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Module 1.1 UNFCCC context and requirements and introduction to IPCC guidelines

Module developers:

Martin Herold, Wageningen University

Erika Romijn, Wageningen University

Brice Mora, Wageningen University

Country examples:

1. Review of FCPF country REDD+ readiness preparation proposals

2. Phased approach to improving greenhouse gas inventories in Mexico

3. Experiences from Annex I countries using Tier 3 models for carbon accounting

V1, May 2015

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1. Review of FCPF country REDD+ readiness preparation proposals

Implementation Phase MRV activities

Phase 1 Readiness Assess capacity- development needs, develop roadmap

Phase 2 Transition, implementation, and capacity building

Development of Demonstration Activities Monitoring System

Phase 3 Full implementation

National Performance Monitoring System active; fully operational MRV system to report REDD+ mitigation performance in CO2e

Capacity development vital in first two phases of REDD+

Readiness Fund

Carbon Fund

Two funds from the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)

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Some insights in following a stepwise approach to

develop a national forest monitoring system

Define institutional arrangements in an early stage to ensure longer term sustainability

Collaborate with international experts and South-South partners

Build on existing forest-monitoring capacities

Integrate monitoring for REDD+ with other forest-monitoring purposes

Prioritize REDD+ actions in relevant geographical areas and focus MRV capacity building on these specific drivers of deforestation

Learn from subnational implementation in pilot projects

Iterative process: use initial mapping activities to inform REDD+ strategy development and adjust the strategy and monitoring system accordingly Source: Lotsch 2012.

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Some challenges for implementing MRV

Inconsistency between national strategy development and technical forest-monitoring activities

Unclear guidance and inconsistent advice on MRV methodologies and approaches

Linking local monitoring (engagement of local communities) to a benefit distribution system for REDD+

Policy decisions on REDD+, e.g., the forest definition or desired accuracy of reported numbers of forest area changes and emission estimates

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2. Phased approach to improving greenhouse gas inventories in Mexico

Activity data: from national statistics to multiple spatially explicit land-use maps

Stratification: from 5 to 10 major forest classes

Emission factors: from data based on literature to 25,000 inventory plots of 1600 m2

Emission estimates: from Tier 1 to Tier 2–3 (biomass) and Tier 2 (soil)

Source: De Jong 2012.

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Phased approach to improving greenhouse gas inventories in Mexico

Major factors contributing to improvement:

●Policies for making data publicly available

Major challenges:

●Frequent changes in key personnel

●Competing interests

Steps for improvement:

●Developing institutional capacities

● Improvement in data acquisition and management

● Integration of local data into a national database

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3. Experiences from Annex I countries using Tier 3 models for carbon accounting

A. Operational-Scale Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector

B. National Carbon Accounting System of Australia

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A. Operational-Scale Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector

Source: GOFC-GOLD 2014,

fig. 3.1.2.

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B. National Carbon Accounting System of Australia

Land cover changemanagement practices Climate and soil inputs

FullCAM Integrated modelling

Source: GOFC-GOLD 2014,

fig. 3.1.3

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Recommended modules as follow-up

Module 1.2 as a continuation of the UNFCCC context within a country and as guidance about building a national forest monitoring system for REDD+

Modules 2.1 to 2.8 to continue with REDD+ measuring and monitoring

Modules 3.1 to 3.3 to learn more about REDD+ assessment and reporting

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References

De Jong, B. H. J. 2012. “Step-wise Approach to Improving Greenhouse Gas Inventories.” In Capacity

Development in National Forest Monitoring: Experiences and Progress for REDD+, edited by B. Mora, M.

Herold, V. De Sy, A. Wijaya, L. Verchot, and J. Penman, 47–52. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International

Forestry Research. http://www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publication/3944.html.

GOFC-GOLD (Global Observation of Forest Cover and Land Dynamics). 2014. A Sourcebook of Methods

and Procedures for Monitoring and Reporting Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions and

Removals Associated with Deforestation, Gains and Losses of Carbon Stocks in Forests Remaining

Forests, and Forestation. (Often GOFC-GOLD Sourcebook.) Netherland: GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Project

Office, Wageningen University. http://www.gofcgold.wur.nl/redd/index.php.

Hirata, Y., G. Takao, T. Sato, and J. Toriyama, eds. 2012. REDD-plus Cookbook: How to Measure and

Monitor Forest Carbon. Tsukuba, Japan: REDD Research and Development Center, Forestry and Forest

Products Research Institute. http://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/redd-rdc/en/reference/cookbook.html.

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IPCC, 2003. 2003 Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry, Prepared by the

National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Penman, J., Gytarsky, M., Hiraishi, T., Krug, T., Kruger,

D., Pipatti, R., Buendia, L., Miwa, K., Ngara, T., Tanabe, K., Wagner, F. (eds.). Published: IGES, Japan.

http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gpglulucf/gpglulucf.html (Often referred to as IPCC GPG)

IPCC 2006. 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National

Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T. and Tanabe K.

(eds). Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol4.html (Often referred to

as IPCC AFOLU GL)

Lotsch, A. 2012. REDD+ “Readiness Preparation under the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility.” In Capacity

Development in National Forest Monitoring: Experiences and Progress for REDD+, edited by B. Mora, M.

Herold, V. De Sy, A. Wijaya, L. Verchot, and J. Penman, 63–68. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International

Forestry Research. http://www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publication/3944.html

UNFCCC COP (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties)

Decisions. This module refers to and draws from various UNFCCC COP decisions. All COP decisions can be

found from the UNFCCC webpage “Search Decisions of the COP and CMP.”

http://unfccc.int/documentation/decisions/items/3597.php#beg.