The main purpose of this course was to present and to teach students/early career researchers how to handle various tools to processed EO data, which are relevant to forestry applications. It covered various topics including forest mapping, deforestation monitoring, and biomass estimations using EO technologies such as optical or SAR. The event was held in the Federal University of Pará (Belém, Brazil) ESA Training on EO for Forestry - eo science for society