linking remote sensing and in situ data for global
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Linking Remote Sensing and In situ data for global policies’ applications
NFM, REDD+ Team FAO
Inge JONCKHEERERS & EO Lead REDD+ Team, FAO Forestry Dept.
CCI Biomass User Workshop Paris (FR), September 2018
• 38 FREL/FRLs, 5 REDD+ results submitted
• Forests mentioned prominently in Paris Agreement, LULUCF in 77% in INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions)
• Green Climate Fund: Request for Proposals (RfP) on REDD+ for results-based payments
All concern or require a quantification of mitigation from forest
Momentum REDD+
Cancun Agreement: REDD+ elements
National Strategy
or Action Plan
NFMS
SIS(safeguards)
FREL/FRL
Benchmark for assessing each country’s performance in implementing REDD+
Time for stock taking and identifying successes and updating country needs
● A new publication on the progress in REDD+ reporting “From Reference Levels to Results Reporting: REDD+ under the UNFCCC – 2018 Update”.● FAO’s National Forest Monitoring and Assessment Working Paper No. 47 “Strengthening National Forest Monitoring System for REDD+”● 6th World Forest Week Side Event on 19 July 2018 “Consolidating success: Progress on forest monitoring for REDD+.” Webcast link here.● A new publication ‘“Ten years of capacity development on national forest monitoring for REDD+ – much achieved yet more to do. In press.
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FAO Forestry
FAO and its role in Forestry/biomass applications
q FAO’s key role in Forestry monitoring is to help countries develop, implement and operationalize their National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS)
q FAO also assists countries in conceptualizing and implementing Monitoring (M), Reporting (R) and Verification (V) activities & the monitoring of policies and measures
Ø National ownership of data for developing countries Ø Alignment with the global climate policy framework: UNFCCC process and IPCC guidelinesØ Step-wise approach that allows for improvement over timeØ Builds upon existing capacities, available data and existing systems in place Ø Use of open-source, freely/cheap available data and tools as much as possibleØ Strengthening of national capacities (learning-by-doing capacity building)Ø Support consistent over time: time series analysis’ approach: historical data is keyØ FAO is CB co-Chair of the GFOI of GEO: Global Forest Observation Initiative
Key principles of FAO’s support
Summary of key achievements (2009-2016)
§ NFMS: Support to National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) with MRV functions (40 countries)
NFMS action plans, Institutional arrangements and development of its pillars (NFI, SLMS, GHGi)
ü Suite of Open Source Tools in-house used (Openforis, www.openforis.org )
ü Extensive capacity development activities and country exchanges
ü Guidelines, manuals, dissemination materials, knowledge platforms (GlobAllomeTree on www.globallometree.com )
NFI ü Support to countries on NFI, including design, methodology, piloting phase, data collection, data analysis: in situ data component
SLMS ü Capacity development, equipment and SLMS set-up: remote sensing dataü National web portals developed and deployed ü National forest cover maps developed/updatedü Set up of cloud based platform (SEPAL, https://sepal.io)
GHGi ü countries supported in capacity development, enabling GHG reports to UNFCCC
FREL/FRL Submitted ü FAO-UNREDD supported 70% of the submissions made in 2018
FREL/FRL under construction with UNREDD-FAO support
Uncertainties on AD has been reported in lot of the submissions
Capacity building phase ü Technical documents, webinars, videos, in-country support
• FREL/FRL: Support to Forest Reference Emission Levels/Forest Reference Levels for REDD+
Current and Future areas of work (2016 – 2020)
FAO Forstry
1. NFM
§ NFMS/MRV and FREL/FRLContinue and upscale FAO support to developing countries in the NFMS development (for REDD+ and other objectives), building on cumulative experience and existing tools
§ Governance, Tenure and SafeguardsContinue FAO support to countries in analyzing, establishing and implementing enabling legal, policy and tenure frameworks for REDD+, e.g. to operationalize REDD+ National Strategy/Action Plans and the NFMS, and to address and respect the UNFCCC REDD+ safeguards.
Current and Future areas of work (2016 – 2020)
2. REDD+ IMPLEMENTATION
§ Supporting formulation of REDD+ national strategies and Investment Plans
§ Support the implementation of REDD+ actions (PAMs), which can be measured, reported and safeguarded
- Advantage of FAO’s cross-sectoral expertise- Building on existing experience (i.e. SFM implementation)- Strengthening collaboration with other FAO initiatives; e.g. FLEGT, FFF, FLR mechanism- Ensuring social and environmental positive impacts- Promoting public-private partnerships- Activities planned in DRC and Equatorial Guinea, supporting REDD+ investment plans.
§ NFMS and FREL/FREL will still be key elements during REDD+ implementation - Scope to expand EU collaboration on National Forest Inventory (particularly the
Pacific) - Interest in further collaboration (LOAs and other) with other institutes e.g. JRC, WUR
and BU (i.e. Forest degradation, high resolution imagery data processing,…)
Current Programmes and resource partners
FAO Forestry
§ UN-REDD programme (in collaboration with UNEP, UNDP)
§ Capacity building co-chair of GFOI with Silvacarbon
§ World Bank (FCPF, FIP, BioCF)
§ African Development Bank (through COMIFAC)
§ CAFI (Central African Forest Initiative)
§ Bilateral collaboration (EU, Finland, US-AID, Brazil-Norway)
§ INPE through MOU since 20013
FAO country support for forest monitoring
• Demand Driven• Capacity Building• Participatory process• Address National and International
Policies and Reporting Requirements (harmonization to national and global standards)
• Knowledge Sharing (e.g. south-south collaboration)
• Institutionalized & Sustainable
Technical support to REDD+ countries on NFMS, FREL and beyond
FAO support
Cloud computing structure
(SEPAL)
Digital Globe Planet
www.openforis.org
Open Foris Initiative: Free and Open Source Tools and Methods for Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting
OpenFORIS: suite of geospatial modules• Collect(mobile), Collect Earth, Geospatial Toolkit
• OpenSAR toolKit
• Tools for quasi-fully automatic preprocessing of nationwide SAR mosaics
• Up to date: ALOS Palsar FBD data, 30m output resolution
• Output Stack: Backscatter values, Ratio, Texture measures, DEM + aspect + slope
• Nice example of integration with SEPAL
SEPAL Modules
- Combining datasets for: - Forest / non-forest- Change detection- Biomass
SEPAL Data Integration
Biomass - Optical (Landsat) Only
FAO / Norway SEPAL Progress Report 17/09/2015
Biomass - RADAR (ALOS) Only
Biomass data used for the Zambia FREL reporting to UNFCCC
Biomass - Optical + RADAR
SEPAL Conclusion
• Improve connection between data / users / information products for REDD+
• Increase production speed of products required for MRV
• Open, flexible system for rapid and standardized image processing
• Building national capacity for autonomous creation of national statistics
• Cloud-based and desktop functionality
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FAO Forestry
Methodologies and technology for geospatial monitoring
Countries require easy and inexpensive access to technology and tools to generate their own geospatial data (systems)
Ø Access to technology is quite limited, particularly for remote-sensing technologies and data
Ø The basics are often missing (e.g. steady electricity, high-speed internet, performing computers, software packages)
Ø Certain technologies are costly (e.g. HR images, Lidar, commercial software packages), limiting large-scale deployment and sustainability
Ø Ownership of data is crucial
Ø Use of time series for consistency
Ø Not promote specific tools/data sets but provide overview of available options
Ø Help governments make informed decisions
Ø Support country decisions and tailor best available approaches while maintaining consistency and comparability of results
Ø Heavy reliance on complex & costly technology may not be in all developing countries’ best interest
Ø Open source, free software/ global or national data sets that meet international requirements. If not, new tools can be developed
Experience Lessons learned
Web portal developmentFor transparent access to national forest data information, forest cover change, monitoring of the implementation and impact of REDD+ policies and measures
What we’ve learned• A few dedicated individuals can make all the difference
– Use of international advisors hand-in-hand with national technicians• Need to see capacity building & knowledge transfer in broader terms
– Training of resilient national institutions and consultants– Mandate of institutions should be clear
• Integration NFI and RS, as well as integration of global data and national (local) knowledge
• On-the-job training is key– Trainings are geared towards producing results– Essential to get faster delivery
• Sharing data and data access is crucial and key: data sharing agreements for national products
• Near-real time monitoring for early warning• Resilience is often at risk
– Easy to develop quickly elements of NFMS, but resilience will be lacking– Long-term commitment is required by government and partners in order to secure
sustainability
• Collaboration with other projects in Forestry and Climate department : use of data pre-processing and change detection algorithms as well as integration of more HR satellite datasets as well as field data into SEPAL and its preprocessing chains
• Integrating open source software and methods– R scripts, Excel Spreadsheets, QGIS instructions
• Support for data generation (both AD and EF) for submission to UNFCCC (FREL, BUR,..) and FRA 2020
• In-country support using best available data (global, national,..)• Integrating of field data on the national portals• Ongoing and new collaborations with institutions, NGOs and
academia (WUR, BU, GFOI, Silvacarbon,…)
Way forward NFMS support
Thank you!Inge Jonckheere & REDD+ team
Erik Lindquist
FAO, Forestry Department, NFM, SLMS Team
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