Congo
PREFOREST CONGO - Projet de reduction des emissions de CO2 issues des forets en Republique du Congo
International Partner(s): FAO,GCF
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2021 - 2029
L'objectif de ce projet est d'apporter une assistance technique au Gouvernement Congolais pour la mise en oeuvre de la Contribution Déterminée au niveau National (CDN) dans le secteur de l'utilisation des terres et de la forêt, à travers les activités liées à (i) l'amenagement du territoire et la sécurité foncière, (ii) l'afforesterie, reboisement et agro-foresterie, (iii) la gestions durable et la conservation, (iv) l'agriculture, (v) la valorisation et la mise en marché, et (vi) la surveillance des émissions des gaz à effet de serre.
Congo
Presentation of technical results to decision makers in RoC
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): Directorate General of Sustainable Development, Ministry in charge of Environment; National REDD+ Coordination, Ministry of Forest Economy; Directorate of Forestry, Ministry of Forest Economy; Ministry in charge of planning and other sectoral ministries
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2021 - 2022
Decision-makers and technical staff in key national institutions are sometimes unaware of the wealth of technical data and information available and continuously being generated. As a result, these information and data are not considered during decision-making. The activity will seek to organize working sessions with key national institutions and strategic actors to present and explain the significance of technical results (rates of deforestation and forest degradation; reforested/afforested areas; rate of biomass burning and burnt areas; etc.) to different national and international policy processes.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Congo
Quantifying CO2 emissions and removals due to change in forest and other land use in RoC / Quantifying emissions from forest cover change
International Partner(s): Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CRN),FAO,SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): National Center for Inventory and Management of Forest and Wildlife Resources (CNIAF)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 202 - 2022
This activity will use remote sensing-based technology to update changes in land use/cover and forest disturbance. A team of national experts will use the Collect Earth Online (CEO) tool and other novel tools and technologies to update national statistics of land use/cover change as well as estimate forest disturbance with technical assistance from SilvaCarbon. This activity follows on an initial training and ongoing collaborative support from SilvaCarbon, FAO, and the Coalition for Rainforest Nations.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Congo
Reference Emission Level
International Partner(s): World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Sustainable Development, Forest Economy & Environment
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Reporting and Verification
Date: 2016 - 2017
Additional funding activities (component 3): a) Coordination of the activities at the CN-REDD (1 MOD Unit Head, 1 Assistant), b) Use of methodological approaches (data collection component, etc.) to update the reference level, c) Missions to exchange experiences with the other tropical countries (e.g., Brazil, French Guiana, the DRC), d) Expanded training on reference scenarios
Congo
Reference Scenario
International Partner(s): World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Sustainable Development, Forest Economy and Environment (MDDEFE)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Reporting and Verification
Date: 2010 - 2013
Activities: a) Identification of variables following analysis of causes, b) Collection of existing data, c) Getting the results of the IIASA study in Congo, d) Design of the spatial model, e) Nat. and dep. validation of scenario, f) External validation of scenario, g) Design of Master's Program
Congo
Republic of Congo Forest Atlas
International Partner(s): World Resources Institute
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Forest Economy
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Policy and Design Decisions
Date: 2003 - 2022
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has worked extensively with the Government of the Republic of Congo to create a "Forest Atlas", with information on forest land ownership from multiple ministries.
More information: https://cog.forest-atlas.org/?l=en
Congo
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
Congo
Strengthening the capacity of departmental personnel to monitor eimssions/removals in the RoC Sangha/Likouala ER-P
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): National Center for Inventory and Management of Forest and Wildlife Resources (CNIAF) and National REDD+ Coordination
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2021 - 2022
The Carbon Fund of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) approved the Republic of Congo's Emission Reduction Program (ER-P) in the Sangha-Likouala administrative departments in 2017. The program intends to reduce CO2 emissions and increase removals mainly through sustainable management forests (reduced impact logging). The involvement of the departmental forestry personnel in the monitoring, measuring and reporting of the efficacy of project actions is critical to the success of the program. The objective is to assess the current needs of the departmental technical experts in terms of MRV and provide capacity building and training for the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them actively to participate in the ER-Program. Special emphasis will be made to ensure the involvement of women in the capacity building activities.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Congo
Support the Elaboration of a National MRV Guide
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): CNIAF
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2018 - 2019
SilvaCarbon will support the work carried out by the Department of State funded climate fellow to elaborate a national measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) guide. Building on existing guidelines (GFOI Methods and Guidance, REDD+ Sourcebook, IPCC Guidelines, etc.) and taking into consideration the different efforts that have been carried out in the Congo to assess forest-cover change (deforestation and forest degradation) and to estimate carbon stock, the climate fellow will support the country to ensure that the national circumstances are integrated into the existing approaches. It should be noted that reduced impact logging (RIL) constitutes one of the major activities in the emission reduction programme in the north of the Congo. RIL Guidelines have been elaborated and validated by stakeholders. The national MRV system will seek to measure and report on the RIL directives. The climate fellow will work with technical staff of the Centre National d'Inventaires et d'Amménagement Forestiers (CNIAF) to design a national guide, which takes into consideration national circumstance, for the estimation of greenhouse gas due to forest-cover changes in the Congo.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Congo
Support the STRENGTHENING OF CONGO's REDD+ MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM
Country Implementing Partner(s): CN-REDD+
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 43101 - 43373
SilvaCarbon will support a work program carried out by a DOS-funded Climate Fellow to evaluate and strengthen the country's REDD+ monitoring and evaluation system. The work program will be developed by the Climate Fellow in collaboration with RoC's CN-REDD+ office. While the specific activities have not yet been identified, it is expected to include at least two technical missions during FY18, and other technical inputs and workshops as needed, to support the Climate Fellow's terms of reference to be agreed to with the leadership of CN-REDD+. Further details of the work program will be developed and submitted for approval by SilvaCarbon donors following placement of the Climate Fellow and elaboration of an agreed terms of reference. (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
Congo
Support the Setting Up of the MRV Web-Portal
International Partner(s): FAO,SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): CNIAF
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2018 - 2019
SilvaCarbon will support a work programme carried out by the Department of State-funded climate fellow in the Congo to provide training to Centre National d’Inventaires et d’Amménagement Forestiers (CNIAF) staff on a measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) web portal for geospatial data. The portal was previously created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide a mechanism for CNIAF staff to upload and process acquired satellite data. CNIAF has expressed the need for follow-up training on the use of the portal to enable the institution to use it effectively and to manage it autonomously. The proposed training on the portal will be designed based on country needs and may involve either support for an FAO trainer or a training-of-trainers approach in which the climate fellow is trained and then transfers capacity within CNIAF. The cost of this activity may decrease, depending on co-funding from FAO.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Congo
Technical assistance to REDD+ implementation
International Partner(s): FAO,UN-REDD
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministère de l’économie forestière et du développement durable de la République du Congo
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/
Congo
Training on Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT)
International Partner(s): Moja Global,SilvaCarbon,UNFCCC
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2019 - 2019
Workshop to the Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT), focusing on a systemic approach to MRV, using IPCC Approach 3, and integration of various data sets, Participants reviewed their national land sector policies to determine the minimum requirements for their national MRV systems and checked what improvements are required.
Congo
Update of the Forest Cover Change Map for 2016 including Forest Degradation
International Partner(s): Observatoire Satellitaire des Forets d’Afrique (OSFAC),SilvaCarbon,University of Maryland
Country Implementing Partner(s): CNIAF
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2018 - 2019
SilvaCarbon will support the Centre National d'Inventaires et d'Amménagement Forestiers (CNIAF) to update the forest-cover change map, differentiating between forest cover loss and forest degradation. Previous iterations of the map (supported by UMD and OSFAC) did not distinguish loss from degradation. CNIAF has received training from UMD on forest cover loss and forest degradation mapping, but the degradation component was based on the existing forest loss maps. This activity will seek to update the forest-loss map for 2016 and further detect areas of forest degradation. The details of the activity will be elaborated in consultation with partners, and may include direct technical assistance and/or support for hardware or software needed to complete the update.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Analysis of Country Data to Support Development of Comprehensive Landscape Methodological Approaches
International Partner(s): LTS International (UK)
Country Implementing Partner(s): Colombian Ministry of Agriculture
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Policy and Design Decisions
Date: 2016 - 2017
The BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) sought to promote reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU). This project produced a background document to support future discussions on the development of a comprehensive landscape methodological approach accounting for GHG emissions reduction for a result-based finance mechanism in the target countries.
More information: https://www.biocarbonfund-isfl.org
Colombia
Asistencia Técnica para la implementación del modelo de forestería comunitaria Fase II
International Partner(s): FAO
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Other
Asistencia Técnica para la implementación del modelo de forestería comunitaria Fase II
Colombia
Capacity building for Intensive Monitoring Sites in the Andean Amazon
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM
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/
Colombia
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
Colombia
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
Colombia
Develop capacities beyond basic forest monitoring for Colombia and Honduras
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
SilvaCarbon will assist Colombia and Honduras with the integration of their national reporting functions based on the requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and various carbon emissions reductions programmes, including the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) and Forest Investment Program (FIP). This assistance will focus on using the best available data, and will facilitate the evolution of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems that move beyond deforestation estimates. Work under this activity will include longer detailed trips focused on data analyses with different partners in Colombia and Honduras; the analysis of permanent plot data in Honduras; assistance with integration frameworks in both countries; and a workshop focused on restoration monitoring. The workshop on restoration monitoring will complement the pilot forest reference level (FLR) monitoring activity proposed by the SilvaCarbon global programme.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Develop capacities beyond basic forest monitoring for Colombia and Honduras
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: Regional
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
SilvaCarbon will assist Colombia and Honduras with the integration of their national reporting functions based on the requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and various carbon emissions reductions programmes, including the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) and Forest Investment Program (FIP). This assistance will focus on using the best available data, and will facilitate the evolution of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems that move beyond deforestation estimates. Work under this activity will include longer detailed trips focused on data analyses with different partners in Colombia and Honduras; the analysis of permanent plot data in Honduras; assistance with integration frameworks in both countries; and a workshop focused on restoration monitoring. The workshop on restoration monitoring will complement the pilot forest reference level (FLR) monitoring activity proposed by the SilvaCarbon global programme.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Development of a Consolidated MRV Decision Support Tool
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 43101 - 43373
In previous years, SilvaCarbon countries have received exposure to and training on a wide variety of tools for MRV. Feedback received indicates that a user-friendly, consolidated and annotated decision support tool would benefit counterparts as a first step in evaluating and understanding some of the options available. It will include an evaluation matrix to help stakeholders understand the limitations and benefits of each software option and the technical capacity needed. This tool would complement the comprehensive MDG and REDDcompass. The SilvaCarbon Program, in consultation with local counterparts and REDDcompass training facilitators, will prepare this list. It will then be shared with partners for their use and distribution. (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
Colombia
EO4Cultivar
International Partner(s): UKSA
Country Implementing Partner(s): Geits, Campo Vivo, ASBAMA
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 42705 - 44104
By developing the ability to easily disseminate and incorporate Earth Observation data for use in decision making in agricultural supply chains, EO4cultivar will have real impacts on supporting crop production, improving yield for key growers, and managing risk in agricultural supply chains in Peru and Colombia. EO can provide timely field-scale crop observations at regional scales into the high-value South American agricultural market. Better information from EO data services and capacity building will strengthen business operations by increasing the range of evidence and management tools available to grower organisations, leading to improved economic outcomes. Improving crop management will improve sustainable farming practices. There are sources of free and commercial satellite imagery, but currently no capability to process the data necessary to deliver national agricultural data services in South America. EO4cultivar will work with commercial and government stakeholders in Peru and Colombia to deliver information frequently and rapidly within the growing season via trusted channels. Cloud-based processing and storage infrastructure will be developed to deliver services, such as a time series of imagery at the field level to monitor crop performance and target management, as well as for crop identification to support biosecurity, resource planning and market intelligence needs. Case studies will help organisations make best use of data products and services, alongside existing local knowledge, to inform activities that support sustainable livelihood development. Three PhDs will be hosted at UK universities to enable knowledge transfer and capacity building to the target countries.
More information: http://www.envsys.co.uk/projects/eo4cultivar/
Colombia
Ecological Productivity Management Information System (EcoProMis) for palm oil and rice
International Partner(s): UKSA
Country Implementing Partner(s): CIAT, Cenipalma, Fedearroz, Solidaridad
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 43139 - 44286
Rothamsted will be working with Agricompas, Pixalytics and Elastacloud in the UK and CIAT, Cenipalma, Fedearroz and Solidaridad in Colombia to develop an Ecological Production Management Information System (EcoProMis). This system will provide crop production knowledge to growers and decision support to key stakeholders in oil palm and rice value chains. This new knowledge will optimise production, efficiency and resilience to deliver solutions that enhance the environmental footprint of smallholder farmers and improve social and economic wellbeing. The project will engage with smallholder farmers through outreach programmes to collect data and provide training, so that their skills and understanding on how crop management affects productivity, income and sustainable ecosystems is developed. Smartphones are used to communicate data and knowledge directly from and to farmers in the field. EcoProMis will create a Management Information System that combines crop production knowledge per field with economical, environmental and social information to provide commercial decision support to a wide range of stakeholders across the value chains such as input providers, (food) processors, insurance firms and governments to create a sustainable platform for knowledge to partners and decision support to crop stakeholders. The project will create ongoing impact through a public-private partnership of farmers, research institutes and Agricompas that builds comprehensive sets of crop and ecosystem data and models to provide near real-time knowledge that is made freely available for the partners to improve the environmental, technical and financial efficiency of their processes. The project uses satellite Earth Observation combined with crop production data to research the impact of crop and ecosystem management on biodiversity and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Sentinels -1 and -2 will be used for SAR and optical imaging to provide information on crop health and biomass.
More information: http://ecopromis.org/
Colombia
Engaging Central and South American Participants in other SilvaCarbon Trainings and the USFS International Seminar
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/
Colombia
Enhancing Consistency for International Reporting under the UNFCCC Transparency Framework
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Reporting and Verification
Date: 2018 - 2019
Colombia will improve its reference levels, projections of current trends and future reductions scenarios calculated that fit with national goals (e.g. nationally determined contributions or NDCs) as well as meet international standards, including by establishing the necessary arrangements and conducting the recalculations, if needed, to ensure that these different components of international reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are consistent, both individually and as a whole. In particular, SilvaCarbon will provide technical advice to improve the consistency between the reference emission level (FREL), NDC and greenhouse gas inventories, in order to reduce uncertainty and thus enhance the quality of the reports.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Expert Consultation on Forest Landscape Restoration Monitoring
International Partner(s): World Resources Institute, FAO, IUCN
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
The SilvaCarbon Program will convene an Expert Consultative Workshop on Monitoring Forest Landscape Restoration in support of international, national, and subnational FLR activities. The workshop will explore processes and technologies for developing integrated FLR monitoring systems, as part of broader, existing, forest and landscape monitoring systems. Emphasis will be on monitoring at larger, landscape or national scales. This workshop supports efforts to facilitate national monitoring of Bonn Challenge commitments and the priority actions identified in the collaborative roadmap for monitoring forest landscape restoration that came out of the Drylands and Forest Landscape Restoration Monitoring Week in Rome, in April 2016. This workshop will bring together forest and restoration monitoring communities, including REDD+ monitoring researchers, international cooperation agencies collaborating on forest monitoring, and national practitioners. Expected outcomes of the workshop include: � Compilation of best practices for developing integrated FLR monitoring systems � Matrix compiling tools and technologies for FLR monitoring � Workshop report, which will include understanding of gaps and next steps resulting from the workshop discussions (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
Colombia
Forest Landscape Monitoring in Colombia
International Partner(s): CIFOR,SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM, Ministry of Environment
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
For a detailed description of this activity, please communicate with the point of contact listed.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Forest cover change mapping
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
Over the next two years, Colombia will complete its biennial time series analysis of the forest-cover change mapping from 2000 to 2016. Future plans over the course of the next five years include moving into integrating methodologies for land-use/land-cover change that are compatible with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) requirements on mapping at least six land-cover classes and change among those classes. Ultimately, Colombia will have in place a system to produce the required spatial information annually or biennially as required to meet international reporting. SilvaCarbon support will include, but not be limited to, technical visits by in-country partners to the University of Maryland and Boston University as well as for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and other experts to work in Colombia with their local counterparts. Support can include a visit to the USGS Earth Resource Observation and Science (EROS) data centre. During this visit guidance will be provided on including other data sets, such as Sentinel or the International Space Station, in their mapping systems. Five inventory specialists from Colombia's Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) spent a week training with USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) experts at the USFS facility in Newtown Square. USFS analysts Sara Goeking, Andy Lister and Jim Westfall, along with retired USFS inventory specialist Chip Scott, facilitated the training, which covered a range of technical topics related to the ongoing development of Colombia's NFI. SilvaCarbon is continuing to provide remote technical assistance as needed.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Forestry Reference Level
International Partner(s): World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible; MADS)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2011 - 2014
Component 3: The work planed for how the reference level for deforestation, forest degradation (if desired), conservation, sustainable management of forest, and enhancement of carbon stocks developed. Included early ideas on a process for determining which approach and methods to use (e.g., forest cover change and GHG emissions based on historical trends, and/or projections into the future of historical trend data; combination of inventory and/or remote sensing, and/or GIS or modeling), major data requirements, and current capacity and capacity requirements. Assessed linkages to components 2a (assessment of deforestation drivers), 2b (REDD-plus strategy activities), and 4 (MRV system design)
Colombia
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): Meteorology and Environmental Studies of Colombia (IDEAM), University of Andes (UniAndes)
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+1 (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation), FLEGT2 (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and other aspects of forest governance and biodiversity conservation. The project will focus 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.
More information: https://ecometrica.com/space/forests2020
Colombia
GEE Colombia consultation
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2018
Google Earth Engine (GEE) consultation.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
GEE Training
International Partner(s): Google,SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2018
The United States Geological Survey and SilvaCarbon organized customized training for each of these countries: Cameroon, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Nepal and Viet Nam. The purpose of the training was: (1) to become familiar with Google Earth Engine (GEE) objects and their associated functions: images and image collections, features and feature collections and geometries; (2) to enhance capacity on remote-sensing data, analysis and mapping using GEE; (3) to assist participants exploring the functions and tools of the GEE for their work on forest-cover mapping and monitoring; (4) to process large archives of satellite imagery and carry out simple analysis; (5) to use GEE Code Editor to create cloud-free mosaics and plot time-series data. (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/
Colombia
GFOI Americas Coordinator
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2018 - 2019
Through discussion with key stakeholders in Viet Nam, it was agreed that it is timely to organize REDDcompass training for decision-makers and technical specialists involved in REDD+ processes in Viet Nam. The training will aim to provide an in-depth overview of good practice guidance, and outline REDD+ reporting requirements and alignment with the national communication. This will be an important step towards identifying opportunities for collaboration between Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) on the issue of data alignment and consistency. The REDDcompass training will also provide an opportunity for technical staff to go over some of the existing tools that can help them with important steps related to accuracy assessment, data management and reporting.The training will convene around 20 representatives from Viet Nam's Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (FIPI), MONRE, academia, as well as partners such as SERVIR-Mekong and the Green Annamites programmes.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
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/
Colombia
GFOI-Related Research and Development
International Partner(s): GOFC GOLD and Wageningen University
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: ongoing
SilvaCarbon will continue its active engagement in the GFOI Research and Development component while exploring new opportunities to enhance synergies between GFOI and SilvaCarbon research initiatives. The SilvaCarbon Program will continue to support the participation of SilvaCarbon-funded researchers and Program staff in GFOI research and development workshops led by the Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) program. While all of the areas of focus have not been defined, to allow for flexibility, some potential areas for continued work are accuracy assessments / uncertainty and forest landscape restoration monitoring. (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
Colombia
GFOI-Related Space Data Efforts
International Partner(s): CEOS NASA and USGS Group
Geographic scope: Global
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: ongoing
SilvaCarbon will maintain its ongoing efforts to facilitate connections between developing countries and the GFOI SDCG with the objective of further linking the users of Earth observation data with planners. The Global Program will continue to sponsor representatives of developing countries to attend SDCG meetings to discuss their data acquisition plans for their NFMS (16 countries have been sponsored to date). It will also continue to support countries' acquisition of commercial data through combined proposals to data providers, such as a past proposal granted to CEOS, NASA, and Colombia to use the TanDEM X satellite in ten deforestation "hot spots." USGS, based on agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), will archive, process and deliver Landsat data, by Sentinel 1 and 2 data as well. In addition, SilvaCarbon will continue funding the development of tools produced by CEOS, such as the CEOS Visualization Environment (COVE) tool, which allows users to search satellite missions and generate reports of all available space data for forest monitoring. Finally, SilvaCarbon will support the provision of analysis-ready data to country partners who express need for this data. (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
Colombia
Global Forest Observation Initiative Framework
International Partner(s): GFOI
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Policy and Design Decisions
Date: 43009 - 43373
Colombia will continue working and receiving information/capacity building within the GFOI framework. Multiple institutions that produce data used as an input in the NFMS will receive training and guidance using the GFOI REDD Compass Portal. This training will provide valuable information to the country on what steps are next, and who within the Colombia administration should be implementing the next step. Colombia will send participants to the regional GFOI workshops. One of these workshops will be held in Colombia in 2017. The topic of each workshop will be defined in the frame of the cooperation with other countries. (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
Colombia
Global Forest Observations Initiative Framework
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: All - holistic support
Date: 2018 - 2019
Colombia will continue working and receiving information/capacity-building within the GFOI framework. Multiple institutions that produce data used as an input in the national forest monitoring system (NFMS) will receive training and guidance using REDDcompass. This training aims to clarify next steps and who in the Colombian administration is responsible.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) Remote Sensing Survey 2020 National Workshop for Colombia
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: 23 January 2019 - 28 January 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.
Colombia
IPCC Tier 2 Reporting Capabilities
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2017 - 2018
Colombia aims to begin reporting at Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)- defined Tier 2 using spatial data and a partial or full national forest inventory (NFI) in their greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, including forest land remaining forest land (FL-FL). This could also include other land covers and IPCC categories. Colombia will receive capacity- building and work with experts on C accounting modelling. This will involve both national and international experts. Colombia will also work with experts on using terrestrial Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to develop allometric equations, integration with airborne LiDAR for biomass and biodiversity estimation. SilvaCarbon will provide technical support and capacity building for Colombia on linking information from the land-cover/land-use monitoring groups with the GHG inventory groups through workshops and direct technical assistance.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Implementation of REDD+ and carbon sequestration activities
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
SilvaCarbon plans to support the implementation of Colombia's Assisted Natural Regeneration for the 2020 Restoration Pledge, as led by the Ministries of Environment and Sustainable Development and Agriculture and Rural Development, which encompasses silvopastoral and agroforestry activities as well as other productive approaches. Focused activities will include nursery management and planting technologies from United States Forest Service (USFS) experts.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Implementation of REDD+ and carbon sequestration activities
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Other
Date: 2017 - 2018
SilvaCarbon will support the implementation of assisted natural regeneration for the 2020 Restoration Pledge by Colombia, supported by the Ministries of Environment and Sustainable Development and Agriculture and Rural Development and which encompasses silvopastoral and agroforestry activities as well as other productive approaches, through focused activities which will include nursery management, planting technologies from United States Forest Service (USFS) forest experts.(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/
Colombia
Implementation of national forest inventory
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
Over the next three years, Colombia will have at least one cycle of its national forest inventory (NFI) completed. Specifically, SilvaCarbon will support NFI development focusing on quality analysis/quality control, field-crew training, data base design and data analysis. This would include the integration of permanent plots with remote-sensing data. As part of ongoing work, in FY17, United States Forest Service (USFS) NFI expert(s) will travel to Colombia to provide specific assistance on these topics. The expert(s) 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 Colombian partners to relevant research stations, forest service units or universities in the United States of America.
More information: https://www.silvacarbon.org/
Colombia
Improved forest monitoring methodologies by including LiDAR data in Guatemala and Colombia
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
SilvaCarbon will assist Guatemala and Colombia to incorporate Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data into their national forest monitoring system (NFMS) by using a methodology developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the University of Maryland that combines forest cover change measurements with biomass data calculated with LiDAR data. The capacity will be transferred by the NASA Goddard group by a series of visits/short training sessions from the NASA Goddard team to the Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) in Colombia, and the Grupo Interinstitucional del Monitoreo de Bosques y Uso de la Tierra (GIMBUT) monitoring group in Guatemala. The resulting product will combine the current canopy-change estimates produced by Colombia and Guatemala with forest height, carbon storage and ground topography with very-high-resolution data.
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Colombia
MRV system of ISFL ER Program
International Partner(s): Germany,GIZ,Norway,SilvaCarbon,UK,USAID
Country Implementing Partner(s): Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies - IDEAM (also Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Minagri, and Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development - Minambiente, as advisor: Department National Planning - DNP and
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2019 - 2021
-Adjustment and standardization of the procedures for calculating the aggregate uncertainty of the estimation of emissions / removals of the AFOLU Monitoring, Reporting and Verification System for Colombia. (To be financed)
More information: https://www.biocarbonfund-isfl.org/colombia-program
Colombia
Monitoring System
International Partner(s): World Bank FCPF
Country Implementing Partner(s): Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible; MADS)
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Multiple
Date: 2011 - 2014
Component 4: To design, on a stepwise basis, of an integrated monitoring system of measurement, reporting and verification of changes in deforestation and/or forest degradation, and forest enhancement activities. The system design should include early ideas on enhancing country capability (either within an integrated system, or in coordinated activities) to monitor emissions reductions and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, and to assess the impacts of the REDD strategy in the forest sector.
Colombia
Monitoring System
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: 2011 - 2014
To develop: a. Thematic validation processes in the field and/or more accurate forest and non-forest input maps and changes in forest cover inputs, b. Make progress on the interoperability and integration of sub-national and national scales with other mapping products like covers and land uses. c. Automate processes to improve early warning and protocol processing, d. To improve estimates of carbon by mandatory monitoring plots which requires carbon monitoring and developing specific allometry equations missing, e. Deepening the use of remote sensing for monitoring biomass, f. Strengthen the reporting and recording of REDD projects as part of the Environmental Information System.
Colombia
Move towards Tier 3 reporting
International Partner(s): SilvaCarbon
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation
Date: 2018 - 2019
Colombia has a plan, data and capacity for advancing towards Tier 3 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reporting. SilvaCarbon provided continued support and capacity-building for the intensive monitoring site established in Colombia in FY15; support is required to extend the network of sites around the country; and to include field data collection and integration among sites. SilvaCarbon will provide training for fieldwork and technical transfer on methodologies to link remote-sensing and field data with models in Colombia in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) landscapes through a carbon accounting framework with a special focus on forest land remaining forest land (FL-FL) estimation, and possibly other land covers In the near term. Efforts in this area will allow Colombia to understand, monitor and report the effects of different mitigation policies on agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) greenhouse gas emissions and removals, and assist in their prioritization. (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/
Colombia
National biomass mapping Colombia
International Partner(s): National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO),University of Leicester
Country Implementing Partner(s): IDEAM
Geographic scope: National
REDDcompass Theme: Measurement and Estimation,Reporting and Verification
Date: 2016
Developing methods and capacity to map aboveground biomass at national level using machine learning techniques and combination of different sensors. The activity involves co-development of methods/algorithm and capacity building.
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