Honduras
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/
Honduras
GHG Estimations from the bark beetle disturbance in honduras
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): Forestry Conservation Institute (ICF)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2017 - 2018
The objective of this activity is to estimate the impact of the D. frontalis beetle pest on the country's current and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the forest sector utilizing a modelling framework. The work will entail estimating the historical GHG emissions associated with the effect of the beetle plague and land-use changes (i.e. deforestation) in strategic forests of Honduras. Also, the activity will estimate the impact of pest and deforestation disturbances on future GHG emissions (e.g. 2030) and assess their possible effect on subregional reference levels. Capacity will be transferred on the use of this type of analysis framework in new regions of Honduras (spatial scaling), other types of disturbance (e.g. fire, forest recovery, etc.), or scenarios (e.g. carbon conservation in timber forest products). This activity was a direct request from our partners in Honduras. Honduras now has in place a robust forest inventory system, which feeds in to their national and international reports (e.g. biennial update reports or reference levels). However, over the past several years, their pine forests have been decimated by D. frontalis, affecting over a quarter of the country's primary forest cover. In order to continue to provide accurate, transparent and robust reports, Honduras needs to assess the impact of this pine beetle outbreak on GHG emissions. SilvaCarbon technical advisor Craig Wayson and GHG consultant Marcela Olguín travelled to Honduras in April to work alongside Honduran technical counterparts to generate estimates of past, present and possible future emissions due to bark beetle pest outbreaks and the associated deforestation, as well as provide training on the use of analysis frameworks for other forest disturbance. (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/
Honduras
Honduras Restoration Atlas
International Partner(s): Building and Nuclear Safety,German Ministry of the Environment,The Nature Conservancy,World Resources Institute
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Honduras Restoration Atlas
More information: http://monitoring.restorationatlas.org/honduras/about-honduras?l=en
Honduras
MRV support for REDD+, NFMS
International Partner(s): FAO,UNDP,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): MIAMBIENTE+, ICF
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2018 - 2019
Technical assistance to update the forest reference emission level (FREL), including degradation, and develop the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) Technical Annex.
Honduras
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 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/
Honduras
Technical assistance in MRV processes
International Partner(s): CCAD,GIZ,REDD+ Regional Program,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Institute for Forest Conservation and Development, Protected Areas and Wildlife (ICF)
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, municipal forest atlases; and development of a platform for integrated data analysis. Strengthening of technical capacities and exchange of experiences with other countries.
More information: http://icf.gob.hn/index.php/atlas/http://sigmof.icf.gob.hn/
Honduras
Training on Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT)
International Partner(s): AMEXCID,CONAFOR,Moja Global,SilvaCarbon,USAID,USFS,World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Instituto Nacional de Conservación y Desarrollo Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre
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.
Indonesia
Building the Foundation for Forest Landscape Restoration at Scale
International Partner(s): GEF,UN Environment,World Resources Institute
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Building the Foundation for Forest Landscape Restoration at Scale
Indonesia
Development of an Improved Peatland Monitoring System
International Partner(s): FAO
Country Implementing Partner(s): Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2020
Developed capacity to use tools (SEPAL and EX-ACT) that allow technically solid monitoring of peatland restoration activities and results. Enhanced stakeholder access to relevant monitoring system, leading to more informed decisions made on the basis of evidence from improved data and products on the quantity and spatial distribution of peatlands GHG emissions, and develop practical recommendations for national peatland monitoring with a global impact.
Indonesia
Follow-on technical assistance to support the uptake of methods and skills introduced in regional workshops
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon,Various regional partners
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support,Multiple
Date: 2018 - 2019
To ensure that SilvaCarbon-supported activities and products are fully integrated into related national initiatives, SilvaCarbon will deliver targeted, bilateral assistance as a follow-up to regional workshops in Asia (including regional activities from previous years and proposed FY19 regional activities). Priority will be given to technical requests that demonstrate clear links to broader efforts at national level, such as access to climate funding, and activities that ensure collaboration with other programmes, such as SERVIR-Mekong, SERVIR-HKH, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Follow-up technical assistance may take various forms, including "details" or short-term assignments of USG technical experts to work alongside in-country partners to tackle a technical challenge, small group hands-on training sessions, and webinars and backstopping support. Potential examples include: (1) collaborating with SERVIR hubs to train government representatives in different aspects of the regional land-cover monitoring system (RLCMS); (2) country-level technical assistance as a follow-up from regional workshops/training; (3) other opportunities as they emerge, e.g. providing technical support to Cambodia in the area on integrating remote-sensing and field-inventory data, if funding of national forest inventory (NFI) activities is approved in 2019.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Indonesia
Follow-up Webinar on Open Source Change Detection
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2018 - 2018
During the regional SilvaCarbon training on change detection conducted at the end of March, participants from South and Southeast Asia identified two priority topics for further capacity-building support: the mapping of agricultural crops, and working with radar data. While both of these topics will require hands-on training, SilvaCarbon and the United States Forest Service (USFS) Geospatial Technology and Applications Center (GTAC) began the process by sharing some promising approaches in the form of video demonstrations and exercises. Those materials are available here. On 3 July a video conference with GTAC trainers was held to review the materials and discuss practical applications in the context of Cambodia. (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/
Indonesia
Forests 2020: Improving forest monitoring systems through better application of satellite data
International Partner(s): Carbomap,Ecometrica,UKSA,University of Edinburgh,University of Leicester
Country Implementing Partner(s): Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), PT Hatfield Indonesia, Daemeter
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2016 - 2020
Forests 2020 is a 40-month project from a consortium of United Kingdom experts and international partners led by Ecometrica, which aims to address the technical barriers to improve forest-monitoring systems in six developing countries to support REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation), FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and other aspects of forest governance and biodiversity conservation. The project focuses on three areas of forest monitoring systems:• Improved detection of forest changes, particularly in challenging ecosystems and land- use situations.• Improved mapping of risks and priority areas, particularly ways in which local organizations and district or state-level forest authorities can input and interact with the forest maps and forest change detection.• Digital infrastructure for managing and distributing EO-derived and related information to ensure robustness, consistency, continuity and availability of data products to end users. This project uses Earth Observation (EO) imagery from satellites to improve forest monitoring working with leading experts from the National Centre for Earth Observation in the United Kingdom and with local experts to test new forestry monitoring methods. These new methods will enable our partner countries to use more frequent, better quality data, quicker, improving the national forest monitoring systems Cloud cover is a key challenge in Indonesia, and IPB have developed new cloud masking and topographic correction algorithms that are being incorporated into national mapping processes at the Indonesian Space Agency, LAPAN. Local partners are implementing a programme of capacity building for the Ministry of Environment and subnational agencies to use new change detection and risk mapping methodologies developed during the project.
More information: https://ecometrica.com/space/forests2020
Indonesia
Forests and Climate Change Programme (FORCLIME)
International Partner(s): GIZ
Country Implementing Partner(s): Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry Dinas Kehutanan KPH
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2009 - 2024
The Forests and Climate Change (FORCLIME) programme addresses various aspects of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV)-related activities and implements activities at national, regional and local levels. FORCLIME supports the development of REDD+, MRV and forest reference emission level (FREL)-related policies, guidelines and regulations (at various administrative levels). FORCLIME supports the improvement of activity data (land-cover and burned-area mapping). FORCLIME developed locally explicit emissions factors for three districts in Kalimantan (Kapuas Hulu, Berau and Malinau) for above-ground biomass based on data captured with Light Detector and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors. FORLCIME supports districts and provinces in carbon accounting and FREL development. This includes capacity-building for government staff and NGOs in geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, GPS mapping, forest inventory, etc. It also includes related activities such as support to the provincial strategy and action plan (SRAP), safeguards information systems (SIS) and regional MRV activities. Besides, FORCLIME supports Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and Green Climate Fund (GCF) processes, the national capacity-building of human resources on climate change fund issues, as well as a study and analysis of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) benefit-sharing mechanism model and implementation concept.
More information: www.forclime.org
Indonesia
Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) Remote Sensing Survey 2020 National Workshop for Indonesia, Kuta, Bali
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: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 24 June 2019 - 2 July 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.
More information: http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1199520/
Indonesia
Global Peatlands Initiative: Assessing, Measuring and Preserving Peat Carbon
International Partner(s): FAO,Greifswald Mire Centre,UN Environment
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Forestry; Badan Restorasi Gambut,
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2020
data, built capacity, recommendations and best cases by increasing the long-term sustainability of peatland management while promoting biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods in tropical areas.
Indonesia
Improvements to Indonesia's land sector MRV
International Partner(s): Government of Australia
Country Implementing Partner(s): Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Research, Development and Innovation Agency
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2017 - 2019
Address technical, institutional and policy issues identified in the technical assessment of Indonesia's forest reference emission level (FREL); provide access to the best available data and methodologies for generating land emissions estimates; and establish sufficient technical capacity to operate, maintain and update the data and systems within the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. (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.incas-indonesia.org
Indonesia
Indonesia Peat atlas
International Partner(s): World Resources Institute
Country Implementing Partner(s): Peat authority
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Policy and Design Decisions
Date: 2017
The World Resources Institute is supporting the creation of a national peatland map and portal together with BRG in Indonesia.
Indonesia
Landscape and Jurisdictional deforestation monitoring
International Partner(s): World Resources Institute
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2021 - 2022
Landscape and Jurisdictional deforestation monitoring
Indonesia
MOnitoring Mangrove ExteNT & Services (MOMENTS)
International Partner(s): LTS International (UK)
Country Implementing Partner(s): Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2017 - 2020
This project aims to understand the factors controlling such non-linear mangrove dynamics and to quantify the rate of lateral mangrove dynamics and associated change in ecosystem services in Indonesia. This project will further develop a satellite based remote sensing monitoring system in combination with field and mesocosm experiments, modelling to elucidate tipping points in lateral mangrove dynamics and quantifying the economic value of mangroves restoration and loss. These will provide national monitoring allowing changes to be understood and anticipated, key areas for restoration identified and the economic value and its temporal dynamics to be assessed.
More information: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FP014127%2F1
Indonesia
MRV system of FCPF and ISFL ER Program
International Partner(s): World Bank FCPF
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: ott-19 - giu-21
-Improved estimates of emissions from Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) (Financed)-Improved mapping of forest degradation (Financed)-Improved sample-based estimation of Activity Data (Financed)-SOPs and QA for MRV (Financed)
More information: https://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org/country/indonesia
Indonesia
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
Indonesia
Peatland Assessment in SE Asia by Satellite (PASSES)
International Partner(s): UKSA
Country Implementing Partner(s): Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG), Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL), World Resrouces Institute Indonesia (WRI), Geospatial Agency (Badan Informasi Geospatial, BIG), IPB, Global Environment Centre (GEC)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2018 - 2020
The Peatland Assessment in SE Asia by Satellite (PASSES) project will use the latest satellite measurement techniques to develop a comprehensive peatland monitoring service. PASSES will also demonstrate that wide area, routine, comprehensive monitoring of peatland can now also be cost effective, through exploitation of freely available, continuous observations from Sentinel satellites and exploitation of emerging industrial-hosted processing capabilities. Key to realizing a comprehensive and cost-effective satellite-enabled monitoring solution are the Sentinel satellites (S‑1, S-2 and S-3 are relevant). Dense time series from S-1 provide the input for a novel InSAR technique developed by the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) that is core to PASSES and enables observation of vertical displacement of peatland; a key indicator of condition since drained and degraded peat subsides whilst recovering peat (in response to re-wetting interventions) swells and rises. The SAR‑enabled vertical displacement observations will be complemented with other SAR and optical-derived measurements. These will include observations of vegetation, hydrology and fire regime. Together these observations will enable a comprehensive characterization of peat condition, which, if observed over time, can inform an enhanced understanding of condition change.
Indonesia
Peatland Management and Rehabilitation
International Partner(s): GIZ
Country Implementing Partner(s): Directorate of Peat Degradation Control, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan Province Environment Agency
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2019 - 2023
Peatland Management and Rehabilitation (PROPEAT) project was initiated in order to reduce emissions from the peatland and mangrove sector as well as to improve livelihoods of rural communities particularly in the Kayan Sembakung Delta in North Kalimantan and the peatland area of East Kalimantan province. Massive land conversion as well as mismanagement have caused degradation in wetlands both in North and East Kalimantan province. This had also led to negative social, economic, and environmental impacts. Thus, the project aims at developing planning and implementation capacities to protect and rehabilitate peat ecosystems and mangrove forests in the Kayan Sembakung Delta and the Middle Mahakam region. The module combines policy and capacity development measures. Activities are implemented on the macro, meso and micro level. At National level close cooperation is pursued with the Environment and Forestry Ministry, for example through policy advice.
Indonesia
Provision of Baseline Data and Cadastral Maps for Priority Provinces in Indonesia
International Partner(s): LTS International (UK)
Country Implementing Partner(s): Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2014 - 2015
The objective of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was to consolidate information on forest land use so that it can be utilized by all stakeholders to implement Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) projects in Indonesia. This included demographic data and cadastral maps of land administration and/or traditional boundaries. LTS provided a service for the identification and classification of the data required and available for REDD+ implementation, integrated and standardized tools for maintaining data in the province, online platform for data-sharing with national and international stakeholders, data-management training and capacity-development programmes. In addition, it provided information on forest cover, deforestation, peat, and other factors for calculating forest reference emission levels (FREL).
Indonesia
Regional GFOI Workshop on Selected Technical Topic
International Partner(s): FAO,SERVIR Hubs,SilvaCarbon,USGS
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple,Reporting and Verification
Date: 2018 - 2019
A second regional Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) workshop took place in 2018, which aimed to address emerging technical issues that countries are identifying as they progress with their national mapping efforts. Potential topics included statistical analysis and accuracy assessment of change estimates, data management, etc. (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/
Indonesia
Regional Training on Forest Landscape Restoration Planning and Monitoring for Meeting National Targets and International Commitments
International Partner(s): FAO,IUCN,SERVIR-Mekong,SilvaCarbon,Universities, NGOs and private sector working on restoration
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2018 - 2018
Building on the key findings and recommendations from the global SilvaCarbon programme's technical workshop on monitoring forest restoration (December 2017), the Asia Regional SilvaCarbon programme conducted a one-week, hands-on training for a mix of remote-sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) specialists from forestry agencies from selected countries in South and Southeast Asia. The training will help partner agencies to address their mandates for planning and monitoring large-scale restoration efforts, by sharing tools and methods for long-term monitoring, e.g. time series, spatial modelling, etc. The training will be planned in close consultation with senior forestry officials responsible for planning and monitoring forest restoration efforts, in coordination with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and SERVIR-Mekong, and partners such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC). (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/
Indonesia
Strengthening Indonesian Forest and Land Monitoring for Climate Actions
International Partner(s): FAO,Norway
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: ott-19 - dic-20
Strengthening Indonesian Forest and Land Monitoring for Climate Actions
Indonesia
Sustainable Forest and Biodiversity Management
International Partner(s): LTS International (UK)
Country Implementing Partner(s): Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2015 - 2018
This project was designed to assist the Government of Indonesia in enhancing conservation, sustainable forest and biodiversity management in Borneo, by providing technical assistance and implementation of pilot Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) and payment for ecosystem services (PES) models. LTS led a multidisciplinary team, their expertise included protected area management, PES, REDD+, measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), spatial planning, geographic information systems (GIS), sustainable financing, public-private partnerships, economics, training development, policy and institutional development, and legal drafting. Through fieldwork in Borneo and remote support, LTS supported the stakeholders in sustainable forest and biodiversity management planning and implementation, and in piloting REDD+ and PES models.
Indonesia
Techncial support under the ISFL Jambi Program - field data protocols
International Partner(s): ISFL,SilvaCarbon,World Bank
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2021 - 2022
The ISFL program is working to pilot a jurisdictional landscape approach in Jambi Province, Indonesia, to improve landscape management and reduce emissions from the forest and land use sectors. In support of the MRV activities, the ISFL Program is collaborating with SilvaCarbon to identify and address the key technical needs for quantifying and monitoring changes at landscape level.In FY20, SilvaCarbon and ISFL Jambi program convened a five-day workshop to review the GHG-inventory analysis and to discuss the use of open source tools for improving the emission estimates from forest degradation. Following the workshop, ISFL Jambi team and SilvaCarbon discussed different technical collaboration areas.However, despite the interest to collaborate, due to COVID-19 and the need for an official MOU to initiate the collaboration, SilvaCarbon has not been able to deliver any technical support to the ISFL process to date. SilvaCarbon and ISFL teams are in a regular contact, and once the MOU process is completed there is potential for future collaboration.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Indonesia
Technical assistance to REDD+ implementation
International Partner(s): FAO,UN-REDD
Country Implementing Partner(s): Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)
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/
Indonesia
Training in TimeSync Remote Sensing Sampling Tool to Improve Classifications of Land Cover Classes for GHG Inventory
International Partner(s): FAO,SERVIR-Mekong,SilvaCarbon,USFS,USGS
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Center, and Google Earth Engine (GEE) will deliver regional training in the use of the TimeSync remote-sensing sampling tool, that can be used in combination with Collect Earth to improve land-cover classifications.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Indonesia
Training on use of NRT forest change alerts
International Partner(s): World Resources Institute
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2021 - 2021
Training on use of NRT forest change alerts
India
Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) Remote Sensing Survey 2020 National Workshop for India, Dehradun, Uttrakhand
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: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 11 March 2019 - 16 March 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.
More information: http://www.fao.org/india/news/detail-events/en/c/1185488/
India
India Restoration Atlas
International Partner(s): GEF,UN Environment,World Resources Institute
Country Implementing Partner(s): India forest service
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Policy and Design Decisions
Date: 2018
Anlaysis on suitability mapping of trees, deforestation and reforestation potential
More information: https://india.restorationatlas.org/
India
South-South Learning: Global Forest Observations Initiative for MRV
International Partner(s): GIZ
Country Implementing Partner(s): ICIMOD, ICFRE (Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education)
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2017 - 2017
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is working with its regional member countries (RMCs) to support them in their Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) readiness phase. The focus of REDD+ collaboration is capacity development and technical assistance through the implementation of the South-South learning platform in the region. As part of the South-South learning cooperation platform, GIZ delivered a workshop in 2017 which aimed to build on the broader Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) "train the trainer" workshop series by conducting an in-depth, hands-on development session for regional experts through REDDcompass. The aim of the workshop is to introduce the REDDcompass measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) checklist to develop a priority work plan and a training programme on REDD+ for ICIMOD RMCs. This directly contributes to enhancing their capacity on MRV.
India
Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystem Services (FES)
International Partner(s): GIZ,ICRISAT
Country Implementing Partner(s): National Partner: Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) - Governemnt of India State Partners: Forest Departments of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Institutional Arrangements,Other
Date: 2021 - 2024
The project is being implemented in four Indian states: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It aims to strengthen forest and agroforest management to integrate the Forest Ecosystems (FES) approach with emphasis on water availability. The orientation towards sustainability in the FES concept serves both directly to the sustainable availability and protection of natural resources. The project supports increased orientation of forest and agroforest management towards FES, with a focus on water availability. It also contributes to climate resilence since climate change is endangering the availability of ecosystem services.
Kenya
Forest Landscape Restoration
International Partner(s): GIZ,World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2020 - 2025
In 2011, BMU, together with IUCN, launched a new global initiative called the Bonn Challenge, which now acts as a global platform for FLR. Under this initiative, some 74 countries have committed to restoring about 210 million ha of degraded landscapes by 2030. In 2015, the African Union and its member states agreed on the "African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative"/ AFR100 to restore 100 million ha of degraded land by 2030. Target Goal: Increase the economical, ecological, and climate benefits of appropriately planned large-scale FLR for stakeholders at the national, regional, and local level.In order to achieve significant country-level results from the outset, as well as generate experience and knowledge relevant to the regional level (AFR100 initiative), the program focuses on developing and implementing FLR interventions at the level of selected land areas of each partner country on the ground at different levels (Output I), preparing a significant portion of each country's committed area for large-scale forest landscape restoration (Output II), promoting additional FLR funding (Output III), and increasing the level of ambition for FLR in partner countries through better knowledge management and sharing, including impact monitoring and learning.
Kenya
Forest Sentinel
International Partner(s): LTS International (UK),University of Leicester
Country Implementing Partner(s): Kenya Forest Service
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation,Reporting and Verification
Date: 2017
Operational smartphone application using satellite data to produce near-real-time forest cover change mapping in order to address the practical challenges of forest monitoring and management. The mobile app allow users to access a near-real-time, detailed information about forest-cover change for their local area of interest. This helps countries in its Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) readiness strategy and demonstrate to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the international community not only the effort the country is currently undertaking but also the value of satellite-enabled forest monitoring and its application via mobile app development, giving confidence to investors such as national governments (United Kingdom, Norway), Green Climate Fund, World Bank or the private sector in supporting Kenya and its REDD+ readiness strategy.
More information: http://forestsentinel.org
Kenya
Forests 2020: Improving forest monitoring systems through better application of satellite data
International Partner(s): Carbomap,Ecometrica,UKSA,University of Edinburgh,University of Leicester
Country Implementing Partner(s): Kenya Forest Service
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2016 - 2020
Forests 2020 is a 40-month project from a consortium of United Kingdom experts and international partners led by Ecometrica, which aims to address the technical barriers to improve forest-monitoring systems in six developing countries to support REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation), FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and other aspects of forest governance and biodiversity conservation. The project focuses on three areas of forest monitoring systems:• Improved detection of forest changes, particularly in challenging ecosystems and land- use situations.• Improved mapping of risks and priority areas, particularly ways in which local organizations and district or state-level forest authorities can input and interact with the forest maps and forest change detection.• Digital infrastructure for managing and distributing EO-derived and related information to ensure robustness, consistency, continuity and availability of data products to end users. This project uses Earth Observation (EO) imagery from satellites to improve forest monitoring working with leading experts from the National Centre for Earth Observation in the United Kingdom and with local experts to test new forestry monitoring methods. These new methods will enable our partner countries to use more frequent, better quality data, quicker, improving the national forest monitoring systems.
More information: https://ecometrica.com/space/forests2020
Kenya
Improving Measurement for Payments to Reduce Emissions and Strengthen Sink
International Partner(s): FAO,UK PACT
Country Implementing Partner(s): Kenya Forest Service
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2021 - 2023
Improving Measurement for Payments to Reduce Emissions and Strengthen Sink
More information: https://www.fao.org/national-forest-monitoring/projects/impress/en/
Kenya
Kenya Restoration Atlas
International Partner(s): GEF,UN Environment,World Resources Institute
Country Implementing Partner(s): Kenya Forest Service
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Policy and Design Decisions
Date: 2018
Analysis of suitability mapping of trees, deforestation and reforestation potential.
More information: http://ken.restoration-atlas.org/map/
Kenya
Kenya's land sector MRV
International Partner(s): Government of Australia
Country Implementing Partner(s): Kenyan Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2013 - 2018
The primary aim of the System for Land-based Emissions Estimation in Kenya (SLEEK) is to allow the country to accurately estimate and track its carbon emissions in the land sector. This includes forestry, agriculture and other land uses. To do this, it will bring together a wide range of data sources and scientific information – climate data, models of Kenya's plants and crops, information about the carbon content of the soils and maps of land use. The system will also play a key role in providing information to help Kenya respond to a range of other development challenges. This includes guiding Kenya's reforestation effort, helping to reduce emissions from agriculture, and helping the country to benefit from carbon markets. (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: http://www.sleek.environment.go.ke/
Kenya
National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) Official Development Assistance programme - Forest carbon stocks and fluxes from deforestation and degradation in East Africa
International Partner(s): National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO),University of Edinburgh,University of Leicester,University of Sheffield
Country Implementing Partner(s): Kenya Forest Service
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation,Reporting and Verification
Date: 2016
NCEO supports Kenya and other African countries to overcome technical and capacity challenges for measuring and monitoring carbon stocks and fluxes derived from deforestation and forest degradation. Activities include biomass mapping, time-series analysis, and carbon-balance modelling.
More information: https://www.nceo.ac.uk/
Kenya
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
Kenya
REDD+ Monitoring Services with Satellite Earth Observation - Community Forest Monitoring Pilot in Kenya
International Partner(s): University of Leicester
Country Implementing Partner(s): Kenya Forest Service, UKALL Ltd
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation,Reporting and Verification
Date: 2016 - 2016
Prototype smartphone application using satellite data to produce near-real-time forest cover change mapping in order to address the practical challenges of forest monitoring and management in Kenya. The mobile app allows users in Kenya to access a near-real-time, detailed information about forest-cover change for their local area of interest. This will help the country in its Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) readiness strategy and demonstrate to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the international community not only the effort the country is currently undertaking but also the value of satellite-enabled forest monitoring and its application via mobile app development, giving confidence to investors such as national governments (United Kingdom, Norway), Green Climate Fund, World Bank or the private sector in supporting Kenya and its REDD+ readiness strategy. By developing this technology, the ultimate aim is to play a crucial role in forest preservation.
More information: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FN017021%2F1
Kenya
Reporting for Results-based REDD+
International Partner(s): Norad,PWC (UK)
Country Implementing Partner(s): RCMRD, JICA
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support,Measurement and Estimation,Reporting and Verification
Reporting for Results-based REDD+ (RRR+) aims to support 14 tropical forest countries in their efforts to move towards systems of payment for performance in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+). Specifically, the project aims to develop capacity for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the agriculture, forestry and other land-use sectors (AFOLU).
Kenya
Restoration
International Partner(s): FAO,Japan Government
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: nov-17 - dic-20
Mitigation potential of global actions to enhance forest carbon stocks
Cambodia
Agricultural Crops Monitoring
International Partner(s): SERVIR,SilvaCarbon,USFS
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2019 - 2019
In FY18, SilvaCarbon worked with different stakeholders involved in land management in Cambodia to assess the key data gaps for an improved greenhouse gas inventory. While the information from the forestry sector has been gradually improving under Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), there is a significant lack of information on agriculture areas and limited technical capacity to map and monitor changes in agricultural landscapes. To start addressing these issues, SilvaCarbon hosted a webinar on working with Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for mapping agricultural crops, providing opportunity to test out the utility of Sentinel-1 products for crop classification. The webinar was a first step that helped to further clarify the needs of the different stakeholders, and it was agreed to continue the collaboration with more detailed training in FY19 for the technical staff from Department of Agricultural Land Management and the General Directorate for Nature Conservation. The training proposed for FY19 will aim to build technical capacity for producing a map of important agricultural crops. This activity will be implemented in close collaboration with SERVIR-Mekong. The SAR manual developed by SERVIR and SilvaCarbon will be used for designing some of the workflow. The key findings and developed products will be shared with Green Invest Asia and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service for potential application and further work on generating data at commodity level.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Cambodia
Collaborative Research on Priority Silvacarbon Topics
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
SilvaCarbon has funded eleven research proposals addressing key issues in forest and terrestrial carbon measurement, monitoring, and management. Proposals were selected based on their applicability to the needs of SilvaCarbon country partners and their potential to contribute to capacity-building. These research projects were completed in 2017. The SilvaCarbon Program continues to compile and distribute research findings. In the SilvaCarbon Program "research" refers to analyses that respond directly to the specific technical needs and capacity gaps of SilvaCarbon partner countries, and that may also apply more broadly to other developing countries. In 2018, the SilvaCarbon Program will partner with other technical experts to conduct applied research on key SilvaCarbon topic areas. Some possibilities include monitoring forest restoration, optimizing sample designs and plot considerations for remote sensing, approaches linking forest degradation data definitions with remotely-sensed data, and estimating emissions factors. (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: www.silvacarbon.org
Cambodia
Collect Earth Online Training
International Partner(s): SERVIR and FAO
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 43009 - 43373
Collect Earth Online brings a desktop application online. It is a user oriented platform for collecting and analyzing earth observation data. Collect Earth Online was developed by the FAO, SilvaCarbon, NASA-SERVIR, and the Spatial Informatics Group in FY17. Now that the platform is fully developed, this year SilvaCarbon efforts will focus on technical assistance, training and outreach. The approach will be developed over the next few months, in consultation with Collect Earth Online partners and country counterparts but could include preparation of materials for regional or national-level trainings and direct technical support. The SilvaCarbon Program will also work with FAO and SERVIR to arrange co-funding opportunities. (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: www.silvacarbon.org
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