The work of FAO to enhance national capacities to report on Agriculture, Forestry and Other

Land Use

Rocío Cóndor

(FAO)

11-13 October 2017, Dakar, Senegal

Second annual meeting of the

West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency

Content

• The MRV and the Enhanced Transparency

framework (ETF) under the UNFCCC

• Global and regional status of the MRV

• Key elements of MRV

• FAO support & key resources

• Conclusions

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MRV framework

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National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGHGI)

/Enhanced Transparency Framework

Source: UNFCC (2014)

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Forest reference (emission) level

Technical assessment

REDD+ Technical Annex to the BUR

Technical analysis (ICA)

MRV for REDD+

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Step 1: Step 2:

MRV for REDD+, two-step process:

Brazil (Cerrado)CambodiaCôte d’IvoireGhanaHondurasMadagascarNepalPNGSri LankaUgandaTanzania

Brazil 2011-2015

2017

Two-step process:

First BUR: 37 countries

6 Africa (Ghana, Mauritania, Marroc, Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia), 11 LAC, 12 Asia, 7 East Europe, 1 Middle East

Modality of submission as an stand-alone document, plus some countries:

• National Inventory Report, NIR : Armenia, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Ghana,

Mauritania, Republic of Moldova, South Africa (Art. 13 Paris Agreement)

• REDD+ technical annex : Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Malaysia.

Second BUR: 8 countries

2 Africa (Namibia, Tunisia), 3 LAC (Argentina, Brazil, Chile), 1 Asia (Singapore), 2 East

Europe (Andorra, Bosnia).

• National Inventory Report: Chile, Namibia (Art. 13 Paris Agreement)

• REDD+ technical annex : Brazil

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Biennial Update Report (BUR): global

MRV key elements for AFOLU & REDD+

• Sustainable institutional arrangements for measuring,

reporting and verifying.

• Reliability, sustainability and comprehensiveness of data

collection (official national sources).

• Assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) and uncertainties

of emissions and removals applying the 2006 IPCC Guidelines

and its supplements.

• Quality assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) and verification.

• Consistency of reporting to the UNFCCC: data sources,

methodologies, forest definition, national GHG inventory.

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http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7210e.pdf

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FAO resources/global database: agricultural sectors

http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home

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FAO resources/global database: forest & land use

http://www.fao.org/forest-resources-assessment/en/

World Programme for the Census of

Agriculture 2020 (en, fr, es)

supporting countries to carry out their

national agricultural census at least

once every decade. New publication

provides guidance on agricultural

censuses (2016-2025), including a

section Environment/Greenhouse gas

(GHG) emissions, also for data

collection to apply Tier 2 approach.

FAO resources/data collection: agriculture

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http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4913e.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4913f.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4913s.pdf

More information:

http://www.fao.org/world-census-agriculture/en/

Voluntary guidelines on national forest

monitoring (6 languages)

The aim of these Voluntary Guidelines is to

assist with the creation and operation of

National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS).

The guidelines include good practice

principles, guidelines and a general

framework. It also incorporates a set of

decision-support tools for planning and

implementing a multi-purpose NFMS

grounded in nationally appropriate and

scientifically sound practice, taking into

consideration domestic information needs

and reporting requirements.

FAO resources/data collection: forest & land use

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Press release:

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1025728/icode/

http://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767a.pdfhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767c.pdfhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767e.pdfhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767f.pdfhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767r.pdfhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767s.pdf

E-learning course “Building a

National Greenhouse Gas

Inventory for Agriculture, Forestry

and Other Land Use”

• Guide users to estimate AFOLU

emissions following 2006 IPCC

Guidelines at Tier 1 Method

• Provide practical exercises to

apply

the acquired knowledge

• Transition from revised 1996

IPCC, 2000 GPG to 2006 IPCC

Guidelines.

• Free-of-charge

FAO resources/GHG estimates & reporting: AFOLU

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http://www.fao.org/elearning/#/elc/en/course/NGHGI

http://www.fao.org/elearning/#/elc/es/course/NGHGI

Catalogue FAO e-learning center:

http://www.fao.org/elearning/#/elc/en/home

FAO resources/GHG estimates & reporting: REDD+

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http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7163e.pdf

Key findings:

• Unprecedented transparency of

countries’ forest-sector data and

information;

• Technical assessment under the

UNFCCC is key to improvement of

countries’ forest sector data;

• Major improvements of forest area

(change) statistics, including

uncertainty estimates (in most cases

for the first time).

• Challenges remain on data sharing

and in-country sharing of forest

statistics - results in inconsistent

domestic and international reports

(FREL, BUR, FRA, National Statistical

Offices)

Conclusions• Technological and institutional barriers of MRV for REDD+

are being overcome;

• Improved country data is contributing to informed forest

sector policies, and contributes to SDG and NDC.

• Monitoring and reporting GHG emissions and removals

from AFOLU is fundamental to take appropriate actions and

adopt policies and measures.

• AFOLU is a sector that faces several challenges on data

collection and GHG estimations.

• FAO is working with and for countries to address key

elements of MRV and moving towards the Enhanced

Transparency Framework (ETF).

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Thank you

Contact

rocio.condor@fao.org

16Sub- Regional Dialogue on the MRV framework West Africa4-6 October 2016

For more information on FAO’s work on Climate Change visit:

http://www.fao.org/climate-change/en/FAO MICCA

http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/en/

FAO REDD+/NFM

http://www.fao.org/redd/en/