Colombia
PYEO (Python for Earth Observation libraries)
International Partner(s): National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO),University of Leicester
Country Implementing Partner(s): IPB, RMSC, IDEAM, KFS, ECOSUR, National Defence University of Malaysia
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation,Reporting and Verification
Date: 2016
Development of python libraries to provide a set of portable, extensible and modular Python scripts for earth observation (with especial focus on Sentinel-2) and machine learning, including downloading, preprocessing, creation of base layers and classification
More information: https://github.com/clcr/pyeo
Colombia
REED Early Movers
International Partner(s): GIZ,KFW (BMU -IKI)
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment in Colombia
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2020 - 2025
Support to the Operationalization of the national MRV System hosted by IDEAM
Colombia
Reference Level
International Partner(s): World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2011 - 2014
Activities: Construction of projection scenarios of deforestation, Projected deforestation trends, Field measurements
Colombia
Reference Level
International Partner(s): World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Reporting and Verification
Date: 2015 - 2018
Additional funding activities: a) to generate maps of deforestation at national level twice a year. b) to continue to develop a National Forestry Inventory, within the context of improving emission factors relating to the forest category. c) to make progress with developing methodologies for monitoring other REDD+ activities (degradation). d) to continue the analysis, providing more details about the causes and agents of deforestation. e) to implement and strengthen quality control procedures in order to reduce errors in reporting results.
Colombia
Regional Forest Degradation Workshop
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2018
SilvaCarbon supported the participation of two inventory specialists from Honduras and one from Colombia in a regional workshop in Mexico on methodologies for quantifying forest degradation. The workshop reviewed remote sensing tools that have been implemented in Latin America to detect forest degradation, and took place in Guadalajara, Mexico at the National Forestry Commission headquarters. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon Program. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Strengthening capacity for programming and big data processing for forest and land cover analysis
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
Colombia will work with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) experts to implement data-processing workflows in their new data centre, which includes Python programming capacity-building and big-data processing. Colombia also will continue to work with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) scientists and USGS on Data Cube implementation to facilitate the automation process and store spatial data in a controlled and easily available manner. A prototype of the Data Cube has been established at the Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) and is located at the IDEAM data centre, with the purpose of facilitating the transfer of data created in IDEAM to other stakeholders, either as a national or regional product.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Strengthening countries’ capacities to access to the Green Climate Fund, in particular REDD+ SAP and RBPs windows
International Partner(s): FAO
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Forestry (or equivilent)
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2020 - 2021
Strengthening countries’ capacities to access to the Green Climate Fund, in particular REDD+ SAP and RBPs windows
Colombia
Technical and financial support for SINGEI
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Reporting and Verification
Date: 2018 - 2019
One of the expected outputs of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Third National Communication is the design of the Information System for the Greenhouse Gases Inventory – SINGEI. In order to provide continuity to the development of SINGEI, Colombia's Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) will require technical and financial support for subsequent phases such as testing, implementation and operation. SilvaCarbon will contribute to support these activities.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Technical assistance to REDD+ implementation
International Partner(s): FAO,UN-REDD
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADS), Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2016 - 2020
The UN-REDD Programme supports nationally led REDD+ processes and promotes the informed and meaningful involvement of all stakeholders, including indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities, in national and international REDD+ implementation. The programme supports target countries through: Direct support to the design and implementation of National REDD+ Programmes; Complementary tailored support to national REDD+ actions; and Technical capacity building support through sharing of expertise, common approaches, analyses, methodologies, tools, data, best practices and facilitated South-South knowledge sharing.
More information: http://www.un-redd.org/
Colombia
Time Sync in Colombia
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2017 - 2018
Colombia is currently using three time-series analysis tools and wants to add the TimeSync methodology to this suite in an effort to improve their land-use/land-cover change products and select the most appropriate tool. Technicians from the Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) visited the United States Forest Service (USFS) research stations as well as Utah State to work with technicians to produce change products based on this system. A final, larger, workshop in Colombia was planned to demonstrate the results. IDEAM’s initial goal for this support was to validate degradation results that they have obtained with a time-series analysis with Landsat.(Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon programme. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: www.silvacarbon.org
Colombia
Training on Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT)
International Partner(s): AMEXCID,CONAFOR,Moja Global,SilvaCarbon,USAID,USFS,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2018 - 2018
Workshop to the Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT), focusing on a systemic approach to MRV, using IPCC Approach 3, integration of various data sets, operationalisation and governance. Participants reviewed their national land sector policies to determine the minimum requirements for their national MRV systems and checked what improvements are required.
Costa Rica
Development of the data analysis protocol for the land use and land cover inventory subsystem of SIMOCUTE, and training
International Partner(s): FAO,SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): REDD+ Secretariat, National Forestry Financing Fund (FOAFIFO), National Meteorological Institute (IMN), National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), Ministry of Environment and Energy
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2018
One of Costa Rica's national land use, land cover, and ecosystems monitoring system SIMOCUTE's subsystems is a sample-based, photo-interpreted inventory of land use and land cover. The data are produced by interpreting these attributes from high-resolution imagery for a systematic network of permanent plots distributed throughout the country. A study testing the methodology in a small pilot area was recently completed and the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) Technical Secretariat will interpret plots throughout the country during the second half of 2017. The next critical step is to develop the protocol to analyse the data. Staff from the United States Forest Service (USFS) have developed the statistics and a tool to analyse similar data produced by the USFS image-based change estimation (ICE) programme. These individuals will adapt the statistics and tool to the data and needs of Costa Rica and deliver training to develop the in-country capacity to analyze the data. The training will include instruction in the R statistical analysis software, which is used to analyse the data. They will assist with analysing the data produced by the REDD+ Secretariat and provide guidance on the integration of the land-use, land-cover and change data interpreted from imagery with the NFI. The interpreted and field plots will be co-located to facilitate this integration. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon programme. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
Engaging Central and South American Participants in other SilvaCarbon Trainings
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
The United States Forest Service (USFS), through the SilvaCarbon programme and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mexico bilateral programme, provides training, workshops and study tours on technical areas related to forest carbon and measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). Counterparts in Central and South America working on forest inventories, remote sensing, forest carbon, intensive monitoring sites and other areas will be targeted to participate in regional activities, including, but not limited to, the annual Belowground Carbon Measurement study tour in Michigan and the Mangrove Carbon Measurement workshop in Mexico. Support will also include short- to medium-term technical visits to relevant research institutions and/or USFS units in the United States of America by Andean Amazon host-country partners. This ongoing support will strengthen and contribute to the community and network of forest and terrestrial carbon technical experts. The SilvaCarbon programme has successfully developed long-term partnerships in countries such as Peru, Colombia and Honduras. In an effort to leverage these advances in Latin America and expand to other countries in the region and promote further South-South collaboration, SilvaCarbon will engage countries such as Paraguay, among others, by inviting relevant actors to participate in SilvaCarbon and other activities.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
Expert Workshop on NFI Harmonization in Amazonia and Mesoamerica
International Partner(s): CATIE,SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2018
In May, CATIE hosted the second in a series of international workshops designed to assist countries in Mesoamerica and South America harmonize the definitions of forest variables across country political boundaries, as has been accomplished in Europe and North America for key reporting variables. SilvaCarbon supported the participation of United States Forest Service (USFS) forest inventory specialist Sonja Oswalt, who shared information about the harmonization process at the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) meeting in Brazil, 2019. Presentations and other information from the event are available on request. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon programme. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
GEE training
International Partner(s): Boston University,Google,SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): CENIGA
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2018
SilvaCarbon collaborated with Google and Boston University to deliver a two-day technical training for government and academic partners in Costa Rica on image processing using Google Earth Engine (GEE). The training was organized by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in coordination with the Costa Rica Climate Fellow, due to its relevance to the design of the national land use, land cover, and ecosystems monitoring system SIMOCUTE. The Costa Rica Ministry of Environment announced the event on Facebook. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon programme. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
GFOI Regional Workshop on LIDAR in South America
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Delivered a workshop to evaluate the utility of various Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data sets (terrestrial, unmanned aerial vehicle, airborne) for the estimation of tropical forest biomass in the Amazon countries. Specifically, partners learned to:(a) collect and analyse terrestrial LiDAR data to generate forest biomass estimates in the tropics;(b) collect and analyse LiDAR data collected by an unmanned aerial vehicle to generate forest biomass estimates; collect field plot data to correlate and calibrate the LiDAR collected from the terrestrial LiDAR, UAV LiDAR, and also airborne LiDAR that was collected previously in 2014 by the Government of Peru for the same region; and then evaluate differences in biomass estimates among the three different LiDAR technologies. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon programme. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
Improved methodologies for measuring and monitoring degradation using statistical analyses to generate degradation data in Costa Rica and Paraguay
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): CENIGA
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
Boston University has developed a degradation algorithm that works within the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. SilvaCarbon will hold training workshops in Costa Rica and Paraguay to test the methodology and start mapping degradation for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) reporting.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
MRV system of FCPF ER Program
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon,USAID,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): National Fund for Forest Financing (FONAFIFO), National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), National Meteorological Institute, Ministry of Environment and Energy (IMN)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: ott-19 - giu-21
-Re-estimation of deforestation emission factors in order to make evident the effect of degradation on biomass density by type of forest. (To be financed)-Development and update of canopy cover-biomass models by type of forest for estimation of emissions from deforestation, and AGB growth models by type of secondary forest for estimation of carbon removals. (Financed)-Update of the tool for estimating forest emissions. (Financed)-Strengthening of the technological platform of the National System for the Monitoring of Land Cover, Land Use and Ecosystems (SIMOCUTE) of Costa Rica (To be financed)-Estimating activity data for deforestation, forest degradation and reforestation period 1998-2018, based on analysis of annual time series of Landsat images. (Financed)-Estimation of carbon densities in non-forest lands. (To be financed)-Assessment of land cover change based on sampling points for the periods 1997-2005-2011-2013-2015-2018. (Financed)-Capacity Building of the members of the Technical Boards of SIMOCUTE. (To be financed)
More information: https://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org/country/costa-rica
Costa Rica
National Forest Inventory Technical Assistance
International Partner(s): FAO,SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): SINAC, CENIGA
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018
Costa Rica completed its first national forest inventory (NFI) in 2015 (prior to the development of the national land use, land cover, and ecosystems monitoring system SIMOCUTE) and is preparing to initiate the second cycle of measurements. To satisfy new requirements of SIMOCUTE, a few design modifications were needed, including an expansion to include all lands. The United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have worked extensively with the stakeholders to provide solid design recommendations and to develop inter-institutional support to adopt the changes. While the new design has now been well documented and accepted by the country, a significant amount of work lies ahead to put the theoretical changes into practice and to integrate the updated design into their processes and procedures. It is proposed to provide additional technical support to SINAC and carry out a series of technical work sessions to ensure the proper implementation of the design changes.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
Pilot study technical assistance and analysis of results
International Partner(s): FAO,SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservación (SINAC), Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2018
The United States Forest Service (USFS) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) personnel have worked closely with their Costa Rican counterparts to develop the proposed changes to the national forest inventory (NFI). The USFS representative working closely with Costa Rica throughout this process will provide technical support during the piloting process to help the country address issues that may arise and recommend other design adjustments as needed. Assistance with analysing the data produced by the pilot study would also be provided. This contract would include one visit to Costa Rica during the pilot phase. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon programme. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
Step-by-step documentation of the analysis of visually interpreted, sample-based Land use and land cover data
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): National University, REDD+ Secretariat, CENIGA, Technological Institute of Costa Rica, National Meteorological Institute
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
One of Costa Rica's national land use, land cover, and ecosystems monitoring system SIMOCUTE's most advanced subsystems uses visual interpretation of land use and land cover from 10 181 systematically distributed plots to characterize the state and change of these attributes. The resulting data will satisfy a variety of national and international reporting requirements and, in the future, will be the source of activity data for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) and greenhouse gas reporting. At the end of 2017, the REDD+ Technical Secretariat interpreted all of the plots for two dates and is moving forward with plans to interpret other dates and intensify the grid of plots in areas of change to improve the precision of the change estimates. In FY18 the SilvaCarbon programme supported two United States Forest Service (USFS) experts to deliver initial training on how to implement the challenging analysis of the data using appropriate statistical techniques. The training was well received and many of the recommendations were adopted. However, as the data are very complex, there is still some confusion, as well as a lack of understanding of how to incorporate and analyse an intensified sample in areas of change, which was not fully addressed in the first training. Because of the importance of the information and complexity of the process, the country has requested a guide to present the statistical theory and describe the analysis in a step-by-step fashion. Additional training on how to incorporate the intensified sample into the base sample is also needed. It is proposed that SilvaCarbon funding be used to finance the support of USFS experts and a professor from a Costa Rican university to jointly develop the step-by-step analysis guide to ensure the theory is well understood in the country and well-documented. It is proposed the professor travel to the US to work one-on-one with the USFS experts to develop the requested documentation. The USFS specialists would also travel to Costa Rica to deliver a training on incorporating the intensified sample data from change areas and analyzing the data.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
Technical assistance in MRV processes
International Partner(s): CCAD,GIZ,REDD+ Regional Program
Country Implementing Partner(s): National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2011 - 2016
Accompaniment, technical assistance, methodological development and acquisition of high resolution satellite images for mapping processes of forest cover, national map of forest types, national forest inventory and constructions of allometric functions for forest types representative of the country. Strengthening of technical capacities and exchange of experiences with other countries.
More information: http://www.sirefor.go.cr
Costa Rica
Train the trainer and trainings on the statistical analysis of sample-based, visually interpreted land-use and land-cover data
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): National University, REDD+ Secretariat, CENIGA, Technological Institute of Costa Rica, National Meteorological Institute
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
In conjunction with the step-by-step guide proposed in the previous activity, it is proposed that United States Forest Service (USFS) experts and the Costa Rica university professor also jointly develop a tool in R statistical analysis software to analyse the data. They would also develop training materials for a series of one-day mini-training sessions to teach the other interested parties in the country how to analyse the data. During these sessions, taught by the university professor, participants would strengthen their knowledge of R, work through any issues encountered with Costa Rican data, and gain knowledge of how to analyse the data themselves.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Costa Rica
Training on Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT)
International Partner(s): AMEXCID,CONAFOR,Moja Global,SilvaCarbon,USAID,USFS,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Fonafifo; Sinac
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2018 - 2018
Workshop to the Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT), focusing on a systemic approach to MRV, using IPCC Approach 3, integration of various data sets, operationalisation and governance. Participants reviewed their national land sector policies to determine the minimum requirements for their national MRV systems and checked what improvements are required.
Costa Rica
Training: Advanced land use/land cover (LULC) mapping, LULC change, and forest degradation
International Partner(s): FAO,SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): CENIGA, REDD+ Secretariat, FONAFIFO, SINAC, IMN, National Geographic Institute, local universities, FAO, Ministry of Environment and Energy
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
In 2018, Costa Rica began actively develop the mapping subsystem of the national land use, land cover, and ecosystems monitoring system SIMOCUTE, which has lagged behind the other subsystems, according to the country's priorities. The country is now anxious to develop its knowledge and capacity to use advanced remote-sensing technologies to create maps for the country. In particular, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) Technical Secretariat needs to develop change maps that can be used to stratify the visually interpreted sample plots described in the previous activities to improve the precision of the future activity data for REDD+ and greenhouse gas reporting, among other initiatives. They also wish to develop the capacity to use time-series analysis to detect forest degradation to improve estimates of emissions from degradation. It is proposed that specialists deliver an advanced remote sensing training using an appropriate analysis platform, with emphasis on land cover mapping, change detection, and/or detecting forest degradation. Following initial training, the specialists would provide consistent remote and in-person technical assistance as needed, so that Costa Rica can apply these remote-sensing technologies to develop accurate change maps over time.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Dominican Republic
Direct technical assistance on national forest inventory for Central American and Caribbean countries
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): Climate Change Department
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2018
In the Dominican Republic, SilvaCarbon will provide technical assistance with the NFI, and potentially introduce key tools to help organize and compile data and estimates for IPCC reporting, such as the Agriculture and Land Use National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software (ALU tool). SilvaCarbon will continue to work with Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and potentially the Dominican Republic to improve national forest inventories (NFIs) so that they are statistically robust and integrate country and regional-level information needs. This is required for their measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems. The NFI designs of these countries need to be developed or improved to be more statistically robust and consistent over time to support forest management and conservation planning, feed into the national greenhouse gas inventory, and provide data for national Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) MRV systems. To carry out the work, SilvaCarbon will facilitate one to two technical missions to each country. These missions will be conducted by United States Forest Service (USFS) experts in NFI, quality analysis/quality control, fuels, agriculture and land use (ALU), and data analysis, who will provide targeted assistance. The USFS experts will also provide ongoing remote assistance (e.g. conference calls, email correspondence). Direct technical support may also include visits by country counterparts to key offices/institutions in the United States of America. Additionally, USFS will contract the services of an NFI expert to provide continued support in the development and use of cost-analysis tools to help countries examine possible costs associated with NFI design decisions. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon programme. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Dominican Republic
Engaging Central and South American Participants in other SilvaCarbon Trainings
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
The United States Forest Service (USFS), through the SilvaCarbon programme and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mexico bilateral programme, provides training, workshops and study tours on technical areas related to forest carbon and measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). Counterparts in Central and South America working on forest inventories, remote sensing, forest carbon, intensive monitoring sites and other areas will be targeted to participate in regional activities, including, but not limited to, the annual Belowground Carbon Measurement study tour in Michigan and the Mangrove Carbon Measurement workshop in Mexico. Support will also include short- to medium-term technical visits to relevant research institutions and/or USFS units in the United States of America by Andean Amazon host-country partners. This ongoing support will strengthen and contribute to the community and network of forest and terrestrial carbon technical experts. The SilvaCarbon programme has successfully developed long-term partnerships in countries such as Peru, Colombia and Honduras. In an effort to leverage these advances in Latin America and expand to other countries in the region and promote further South-South collaboration, SilvaCarbon will engage countries such as Paraguay, among others, by inviting relevant actors to participate in SilvaCarbon and other activities.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Dominican Republic
GFOI Regional Workshop on LIDAR in South America
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Delivered a workshop to evaluate the utility of various Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data sets (terrestrial, unmanned aerial vehicle, airborne) for the estimation of tropical forest biomass in the Amazon countries. Specifically, partners learned to:(a) collect and analyse terrestrial LiDAR data to generate forest biomass estimates in the tropics;(b) collect and analyse LiDAR data collected by an unmanned aerial vehicle to generate forest biomass estimates; collect field plot data to correlate and calibrate the LiDAR collected from the terrestrial LiDAR, UAV LiDAR, and also airborne LiDAR that was collected previously in 2014 by the Government of Peru for the same region; and then evaluate differences in biomass estimates among the three different LiDAR technologies. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon programme. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Dominican Republic
MRV system of FCPF ER Program
International Partner(s): ESA,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: ott-19 - giu-21
-Determination of the loss of organic carbon from the soil due to deforestation in the main forest types of the Dominican Republic (Financed)-Estimating emission factors for primary and secondary forests in the Dominican Republic (Financed)-Training to estimate activity data on deforestation, forest degradation and forest regeneration, based on forest probability maps developed with terraPulse methodology (Financed)-Training to estimate forest carbon emissions and removals and their uncertainty, due to land use change and forest degradation (Financed)-Training for land use change detection, using the Google Earth Engine and Boston University tools (To be financed)
More information: https://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org/country/dominican-republic
Dominican Republic
Technical assistance in MRV processes
International Partner(s): CCAD,GIZ,REDD+ Regional Program,UN-REDD,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2011 - 2017
Accompaniment, technical assistance, methodological development and acquisition of high-resolution satellite images for mapping processes of forest cover, national map of forest types, national forest inventory and support in the creation of the forest monitoring unit. Strengthening of technical capacities and exchange of experiences with other countries.
Dominican Republic
Training on Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT)
International Partner(s): AMEXCID,CONAFOR,Moja Global,SilvaCarbon,USAID,USFS,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2018 - 2018
Workshop to the Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT), focusing on a systemic approach to MRV, using IPCC Approach 3, integration of various data sets, operationalisation and governance. Participants reviewed their national land sector policies to determine the minimum requirements for their national MRV systems and checked what improvements are required.
Ecuador
Asistencia Técnica para el manejo forestal sostenible e implementación de procesos operativos REDD+ en el marco del Programa (PROAMAZONIA) _ Porción GCF
International Partner(s): FAO
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Other
Date: gen-18 - mag-22
Asistencia Técnica para el manejo forestal sostenible e implementación de procesos operativos REDD+ en el marco del Programa (PROAMAZONIA) _ Porción GCF
Ecuador
Capacity building for Intensive Monitoring Sites in the Andean Amazon
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of the Environment (MAE)
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
SilvaCarbon will provide continued capacity-building support for the intensive monitoring sites established in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. These are sites that integrate carbon monitoring methodologies at high temporal and spatial scales to detect changes in the ecosystem and provide data to scale measurements to broader regions. To date, with in-country partners, SilvaCarbon has set up carbon-flux towers, meteorological instrumentation and designed an intensive plot network at three sites in the Andean Amazon. Once fully implemented, these sites would form a transect across the Amazon (linking them with similar sites in Brazil) and provide a space-for-time analysis capability. This support is needed to help country counterparts include field data collection, facilitate integration among the sites, and better equip them to progress towards Tier 3 reporting. SilvaCarbon will provide training for field work and transfer methodologies that link remote sensing and field data with models in the three countries. These activities will focus on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) landscapes, and employ a carbon accounting framework with a special focus on forest land remaining forest land (FL-FL) estimation. Efforts in this area will allow the countries to better understand, monitor and estimate the effects of different mitigation policies on agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) greenhouse gas emissions and removals, and assist in their prioritization. The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) SilvaCarbon Technical Coordinator and Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program (SWAMP) researchers will provide direct technical assistance in tower maintenance and data collection analysis. To carry out this work, one to two trips per country will be conducted by the LAC SilvaCarbon Technical Coordinator and/or SWAMP researchers. The technical coordinator will also provide ongoing remote assistance in the form of conference calls and email correspondence. If needed, direct technical support could also include visits by country counterparts to key sites in the United States of America, including research stations, United States Forest Service (USFS) units, or universities.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Ecuador
Direct technical assistance on national forest inventory for Ecuador
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of the Environment (MAE)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
The Ministry of Environment of Ecuador (MAE) completed the country's forest inventory in 2012, with a design made in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In FY17 and FY18, US Forest Service (USFS) detailers supported MAE as it began planning a second cycle of the national forest inventory (NFI). SilvaCarbon provided guidance, a software tool, and technical information focused on sample design and required sample size to meet precision requirements for key attributes. This collaboration has been undertaken in conjunction with the German development bank kFW supporting readiness for participation in the Green Climate Fund (GCF). For FY19, SilvaCarbon will continue to provide direct technical support for NFI development in Ecuador focusing on quality analysis/quality control, field-crew training, data-base design, data analysis. Specifically, Ecuador has requested support in quantifying fuel loads (duff/litter depth and downed woody debris) in their forests and incorporating that into their NFI. As part of this ongoing work, one to two trips per country will be conducted by a United States Forest Service (USFS) NFI expert(s) provide specific assistance on these topics. The USFS NFI expert(s) will also provide ongoing remote assistance in the form of conference calls and email correspondence. If needed, direct technical support may also include visits by country counterparts to key sites in the United States of America, such as research stations, USFS units, or selected universities.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Ecuador
GFOI Regional Workshop on LIDAR in South America
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
This workshop will evaluate the utility of various LiDAR datasets (terrestrial, UAV, and airborne) for the estimation of tropical forest biomass in the Amazon countries. Specifically, partners will learn to: (a) Collect and analyze terrestrial LiDAR data to generate forest biomass estimates in the tropics. (b) Collect and analyze LiDAR data collected by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to generate forest biomass estimates; collect field plot data to correlate and calibrate the LiDAR collected from the terrestrial LiDAR, UAV LiDAR, and also airborne LiDAR that was collected previously in 2014 by the government of Peru for the same region; and then evaluate differences in biomass estimates among the three different LiDAR technologies. (Note: This activity is listed in the FY18 work plan for the SilvaCarbon Program. Please communicate with the point of contact listed to find out the status and results of the activity.)
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Ecuador
Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) Remote Sensing Survey 2020 Regional Workshop for South America, Quito, Ecuador
International Partner(s): European Union (EU),International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA),Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC),National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI),Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Reporting and Verification
Date: 18 November 2019 - 23 November 2019
Following the recommendations from the 23rd session of the Committee of Forestry (COFO), FRA 2020 is conducting a participatory global remote sensing survey (FRA 2020 RSS) with the scope of improving estimates of forest area change at global and regional scales. The FRA secretariat, in collaboration with the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (JRC) and the FAO working group on remote sensing, has developed a worldwide methodology for the FRA 2020 RSS, which is also scalable to national assessments. The scope and the methodological design of the survey were defined on the basis of experiences, in particular from the previous FRA 2010 RSS and taking advantage from technological progress as well as from the increased availability of satellite imagery. OBJECTIVES Provide independent and consistent estimates at global, regional and Global Ecological Zone (GEZ) levels on:• Land use and land cover area in 2018.• Changes in land use area and land cover for the periods 2000-2010, and 2010-2018.• Deforestation drivers.• Develop national capacities in remote sensing.• Build up a global network of FRA RSS experts. IMPLEMENTATION Image analysis is done through visual interpretation using Collect Earth Online software developed under the Open Foris initiative by FAO in collaboration with NASA. More than 35 national and regional workshops will be implemented in 2018-2020 to train about 800 country experts and collect data on 430,000 FRA remote sensing samples. PARTNERS The development and implementation of FRA 2020 RSS strongly relies on partnerships. FRA 2020 RSS counts on financial support from EC and NICFI and technical support from JRC, SLU, NASA, IIASA.Countries are actively engaged in the data collection and image analysis process.
Ecuador
REED Early Movers
International Partner(s): GIZ,KFW (BMU -IKI)
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment in Ecuador
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2020 - 2025
Support to the Operationalization of the national MRV System
Ecuador
Strengthening the National Forest Monitoring System of Ecuador
International Partner(s): KFW (BMU -IKI)
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2017 - 2019
(1) Equipment for the forest monitoring unit in Ecuador's Ministry of Environment and its provincial units.(2) Development and implementation of a cloud-based automated processing chain to detect annual land-use/land-cover change operating in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) System for Earth Observations, Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL) and Google Earth Engine (GEE) using Landsat-8, Sentinel-1/2 data.(3) Development and implementation of a cloud-based automated national early-warning system operating in SEPAL using Landsat-8, Sentinel-1/2 data providing biweekly alerts on deforestation and daily alerts on fires.(4) Development and piloting of a cloud-based automated canopy disturbance detection system for the Ecuadorian Amazon processing Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 data with an NDFI- type algorithm implemented in GEE and SEPAL.(5) Piloting of the second national forest inventory in the Ecuadorian Amazon.(6) Development of the biodiversity, forest management, forest conservation information systems, and their spatial-data infrastructure.(7) Development of the national biodiversity database using SIMBIOTA and of the national biodiversity monitoring framework.
More information: http://suia.ambiente.gob.ec/
Ecuador
Training on Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT)
International Partner(s): AMEXCID,CONAFOR,Moja Global,SilvaCarbon,USAID,USFS,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2018 - 2018
Workshop to the Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT), focusing on a systemic approach to MRV, using IPCC Approach 3, integration of various data sets, operationalisation and governance. Participants reviewed their national land sector policies to determine the minimum requirements for their national MRV systems and checked what improvements are required.
Ethiopia
3-Level-Digital-Monitoring of FLR (including integrated reporting)
International Partner(s): GIZ
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ethiopian Forestry Development (EFD)
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation,Reporting and Verification
Date: 2022 - 2026
Development of a monitoring system (multi-scalar and multitemporal) based on remote sensing, geoinformation and field observation for FLR activities. Strengthen capacities of partners to measure the effects of FLR in rural regions in ecological and biophysical terms through Drone imagery and Digital Survey Tools. Establishment a FLR data base of project activities and vizulaitiation of relevant restoration data through dashboards.
Ethiopia
Backstop implementation of Ormomia Livestock Improvement Plan
International Partner(s): Oromia Forested Landscape Programme (OFLP),SilvaCarbon,UNIQUE Land Use,World Bank
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Agriculture, Oromia Government, Central Statistics Agency
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Other
Date: 2021 - 2022
Backstop implementation of the livestock improvement plan by providing technical support to survey tool and sampling strategy design, training enumerators and providing input to data analysis and reporting to ensure data can be integrated into Oromia regional livestock GHG inventory. The aim by providing technical support to the implementation of the livestock improvement plan is that all ISFL requirements will be met for inclusion of livestock (enteric fermentation) in the second ERPA period for the OFLP.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Ethiopia
Estimation of livestock mitigation potential in Oromia
International Partner(s): Livestock and Fisheries Sector Development Project (LFSDP),Oromia Forested Landscape Programme (OFLP),SilvaCarbon,UNIQUE Land Use,World Bank
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Agriculture, Oromia Government, Central Statistics Agency
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2021 - 2022
The SilvaCarbon team is working to upscale LFSDP emission reduction estimates to Oromia Region level. Analysis would estimate the emission reduction potential of the LFSDP as it is currently designed and the potential of scenarios involving replication of the LFSDP activities in Oromia Region. LFSDP budgets can be used to estimate the cost per tCO2e. Additionally, Ethiopia recently released its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which includes livestock mitigation measures. Analysis in line with the NDC commitments would assess the mitigation potential of the listed measures in Oromia Region. The mitigation potential of the majority of livestock NDC measures can be estimated using a methodology aligned with the ISFL methodology. However, additional evidence is required to support analysis of the mitigation potential of mechanization (tractors substituting oxen) and of small ruminant and poultry development (meat from low-emitting species substituting for beef).
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Ethiopia
Ethiopia Restoration Atlas
International Partner(s): World Resources Institute
Country Implementing Partner(s): Commission on forest environment and climate change
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Policy and Design Decisions
Date: 2018
Analysis of suitability mapping of trees, deforestation and reforestation potential.
More information: http://eth.restorationatlas.org/
Ethiopia
Field test of a methodology to capture forest degradation
International Partner(s): FAO,GIZ,University of Wageningen
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MEFCC); Renamed NOW: Commission for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (CEFCC)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2017
To provide recommendations on scaling up forest degradation analyses, two types of data were collected by the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), field data including forest-inventory data by GIZ (plantation forest, natural forest, fisheye pictures of canopy cover) and visually interpreted data of high-resolution images by FAO (Collect Earth); time-series analysis using the Breaks for Additive Season and Trend (BFAST) algorithm and remote-sensing imagery was tested to automatically detect forest degradation; the field data were processed using GLAMA software to quantify percent canopy cover for each photograph and the percent canopy cover from five photographs were averaged for each plot. The percent canopy cover values were used to assign classes for degrees of disturbance and to validate the results.
Ethiopia
MRV country Needs Assessment
International Partner(s): FAO,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): MRV country Needs Assessment
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Reporting and Verification
Date: dic-19 - dic-20
Formulation Funding for Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Country Needs Assessments
Ethiopia
MRV system of ISFL ER Program
International Partner(s): FAO,Norway,SilvaCarbon,World Bank IFSL
Country Implementing Partner(s): EFCCC
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: ott-19 - giu-21
-Determine uncertainty of emission reductions for first OFLP monitoring report (To be financed)-Quality assurance on existing Oromia training data to produce updated land cover map (To be financed)-Run BFAST/LandTrendr/ CCDC/CODED algorithms for Oromia using existing 3700 reference points from OFLP baseline and determine potential of these algorithms to determine land cover change between all IPCCC categories (To be financed)-Based on WP2, design approach to run selected algorithm for the whole country to determine land cover change (To be financed)
More information: https://www.biocarbonfund-isfl.org/ethiopia-program
Ethiopia
National REDD+ MRV Capacity Consolidation and Strengthening
International Partner(s): FAO,SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2022 - 2024
Reduce degradation of natural resources and improve their productivity
Ethiopia
Support to conducting Forest Inventory
International Partner(s): WeForest
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MEFCC); Renamed NOW: Commission for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (CEFCC); Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise (OFWE); Amhara Forest Enterprise (AFE);
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2016
Forest inventories (full inventory) and forest surveys (basic inventory) for management purposes have been conducted in selected forest areas within each region (Amhara, Tigray, Oromia, SNNPR); completed in Dessa (Tigray), SNNPR, Oromia (Suba national forest); Amhara ongoing.
Ethiopia
Support to the development of the national forest regulation
International Partner(s): GIZ
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MEFCC); Renamed NOW: Commission for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (CEFCC)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Institutional Arrangements,Other
The Council of Ministers enacted the new Forest Proclamation on 23 January 2018, thereby repealing the old forest proclamation of 2007. The new proclamation encompasses major topics, such as new forest categories, a wider usage of protected forests, the delegation of legislative powers to the regions, new opportunities and incentives for forest developers, particularly private sector investments, and participatory forest management (PFM) and benefit sharing. In the new national forest regulation clarity and focus are required on forest sector development, sustainable forest management, particularly on sections covering private sector engagement, incentives and security for private sector investment, utilization of natural forests including PFM, and the roles and rights of regions administering natural resources (in this case forests) under federal policies and legal frameworks. The German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) BFP provides technical input to the topics and chapters mentioned above.
Ethiopia
Supporting estimation of forest degradation in Ethiopia
International Partner(s): FAO,Oromia Forested Landscape Programme (OFLP),SilvaCarbon,World Bank
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ethiopia Environment Forests and Climate Change Commission, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Other
Date: 2021 - 2022
Provide technical input into field sampling design to re-inventory NFI plots to develop IPCC Tier 2 emission factors for forest remaining forests in Ethiopia. Support will be provided as part of FAO's REDD+ MRV phase-two project, funded by Norway. SilvaCarbon is still waiting on approval of this project before being able to identify specific technical support. FAO has confirmed their interest in SilvaCarbon support to work on the field sampling design to re-measure NFI plots where degradation has occurred to be able to develop emission factors for forest degradation (forest remaining forests).This work builds upon a technical brief drafted by SilvaCarbon on considerations for defining, measuring, and monitoring forest degradation in Ethiopia.Forest remaining forests was the primary emission category identified in the Oromia Forested Landscape Program (OFLP) ERPD. By supporting the development of emission factors for forest degradation (forest remaining forests), this will support OFLP to meet part of the MRV requirements for this land use emission category with the aim that it will help to facilitate the receipt of emission reduction payments.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
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