Overview. Virginia Burkett, USGS, GFOI.ORG GFOI1

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1 Overview Virginia Burkett, USGS, GFOI.ORG GFOI1

2 What is GFOI? Partnership for coordinating the delivery of international support on forest monitoring & GHG accounting for REDD+ and related GFOI.ORG GFOI1 2

3 GFOI Partners Founded under the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) in 2011 First work plan was Review in 2016 led to development of Phase 2 Lead partners: currently Australia, CEOS, ESA, FAO, Norway, UK, USA, & the World Bank Many other contributor including UNFCCC, IPCC, universities, technical and policy experts Open to new GFOI.ORG GFOI1 3

4 GFOI Goals Provide REDD+ countries with a larger and more targeted package of support than any one international partner can provide alone Enable consistency or complementarity in support Ensure support is targeted at country needs to help accelerate progress towards reporting and action Foster a network of experts to help address challenges and bottlenecks to progress Facilitate exchanges resources, comparative advantages, south-south collaboration and enable learning between partners Avoid overlaps and duplication of effort by developing countries and international GFOI.ORG GFOI1 4

5 Four GFOI.ORG GFOI1 5

6 3 pillars of GFOI.ORG GFOI1

7 GFOI and Paris Agreement The role of forests under the Paris Agreement is clear Limiting global warming to 2 degrees very difficult without significant mitigation from forests Reducing emissions from deforestation, forest degradation and related activities (REDD+) is a key mechanism for emissions mitigation The UNFCCC s Warsaw Framework on REDD+, linked to Paris Agreement, outlines the structure of REDD+ Countries need to establish National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) for emissions Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) GFOI.ORG GFOI1 7

8 GFOI and Paris Agreement GFOI is supporting countries to develop NFMS for REDD+ MRV and related purposes NFMS generate information on forests and associated GHG emissions to enable developing countries to: Track progress in implementing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement Generate information to inform decision making and policy development of responsible interventions to reduce GHG emissions Provides confidence in REDD+ activities and key feature for accessing performance based payments Co-benefits: supports land use planning, tenure and other GFOI.ORG GFOI1 8

9 Progress to date Through the collaborative action of its partners, GFOI has: Assembled a network of world leading partners who help implementing countries on forest monitoring & MRV issues Published implementation friendly guidance which comply with the IPCC Built technical capacity in countries Facilitated wall-to-wall coverage of the world s forests from multiple satellite sensors Established network of experts to address obstacles to progress and build consensus Developed functional methods of coordination and collaboration Developed Phase 2 to better target country needs and accelerate GFOI.ORG GFOI1

10 More information gfoi.org facebook.com/gfoi1 GFOI.ORG GFOI1 10

11 SilvaCarbon Collaboration with GFOI GFOI Capacity Building Component Monday, 12 March 2018 Bogota, Colombia Sylvia Wilson, USGS Sasha Beth Gottlieb, USFS

12 COUNTRY ENGAGEMENT Americas Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Panama Dominican Republic Colombia Ecuador Peru Africa Cameroon DR of Congo R of Congo Gabon Asia Banglades h Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Nepal Philippines Thailand Vietnam

13 Capacity Building Themes Remote Sensing Acquisition and analysis of spatial data on forest and landscape change Forest Inventory Design and implementation of ground-based forest surveys GHG Inventory Estimation and reporting of GHG emissions for the land sector INTEGRATION

14 Capacity Building activities Bilateral Technical Assistance & Training Workshops on Key Topics; Natl/Intl/Regional South-South Collaboration Tools & Guidance Development Applied Research Study Tours

15 CAPACITY BUILDING strategic Priorities, Determined through SilvaCarbon assessments and in collaboration with GFOI partners Use of REDDcompass to identify gaps Implementation of National Forest Monitoring Systems for multiple uses Integration of REDD+ projects into national systems Monitoring of restoration activities Governance (legal frameworks, mandates, and institutionalization of REDD+ processes) Transparency Moving beyond forests to landscape scale

16 Capacity building TOOLS University of Maryland Forest Cover Mapping and GLAD Alerts Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru Asia Regional, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Vietnam Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo Collect Earth Online with FAO and SERVIR ALU tool for GHG inventory and reporting BEEODA tools from Boston University BEEODA Tools: Collect Earth Online: ALU Tool: ts/alusoftware/index.html UMD Training in Yaoundé, Cameroon July 19-August 15, 2017 GLAD website:

17 Continued Bilateral support National Forest Inventory support from US Forest Service Throughout Latin America, DRC, Bangladesh, and Vietnam New USAID Mission support in Peru and in Colombia (in addition to ongoing Mission support in Bangladesh) US Geological Survey joining AfriGEOSS and AmeriGEOSS to support radar inclusion in NFMS Bangladesh NFI Training, 2017 Vietnam NFI Training, 2017 DRC NFI Training, 2017

18 GFOI Capacity building summit Collaboration with SERVIR and GFOI partners Coordinate capacity building efforts Share lessons, learn how others approaches are evolving and promoting transparency Use MRV country assessments to develop a plan for selected countries Hosted by ICIMOD in Nepal from September 18-21, 2017 Capacity Building Summit website:

19 Monitoring forest landscape restoration Exploring needs and opportunities to support large-scale FLR monitoring programs Collaboration with WRI, CIFOR, IUCN, others including GFOI partners Outputs from expert consultative workshop: Compilation of FLR monitoring best practices Tables of FLR monitoring tools and key guidance resources Workshop report with gaps and next steps 5. Learning & Feedback 1. Monitoring in Project Design & Implementati on 2. Defining Monitoring Objectives & Questions 4. Information Sharing & Reporting 3. Monitoring Implementati on (answering the questions) Expert Consultation on Monitoring FLR Washington, DC / December 5-7, 2017 Workshop website: The FLR Monitoring Process

20 Challenges beyond 2018 Uncertainty in funding Maintaining partners institutional capacity Integrating Ground Data (NFI) with Remote Sensing Donor coordination regarding tools and approaches

21 More information available at Sylvia Wilson, US Geological Survey Sasha Beth Gottlieb; US Forest Service