Australia s National Carbon Accounting System. Gary Richards, Robert Waterworth and Shanti Reddy Department of Climate Change Australian Government

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1 Australia s National Carbon Accounting System Gary Richards, Robert Waterworth and Shanti Reddy Department of Climate Change Australian Government

2 Presentation Outline Objectives Key Features of NCAS NCAS Data Requirements Who Uses NCAS Continuous Improvements Australia s Contribution to Global Efforts

3 Objectives National consistency Monitor change Develop baselines and reference years Report at relevant spatial scales (<1ha units) Report at relevant temporal scales (annual) Account for all pools (biomass, dead organic matter and soil) and gases (CO 2 and non-co 2 ) Meet all reporting requirements (UNFCCC, Kyoto, markets, policy development)

4 NCAS description Integrates satellite remote sensing and ecosystem modelling to provide greenhouse accounts for Agriculture, Land Use and Forestry Continental scale modelling Spatially and temporally explicit, 25m resolution 10 year development program Capability progressively expanded Non-CO 2 modelling, spatial modelling capabilities

5 Key design decisions Spatially explicit, through time-series remote sensing (wall-to-wall) Underpinned by a single process, mass balance ecosystems model Integrated one model application only for all purposes and scales Progressive build by policy priority over several 4 year phases deforestation 1 st

6 Key features of implementation Informs and monitors policy formulation and implementation does not attempt to make policy Transparent publication and availability of data, tools and results Scientifically validated QA, QC, CIVP and peer review A research adopter, not researcher Outsourced private sector, institutions, governments Any secondary benefits not to compromise primary goals

7 Key Inputs to NCAS Data Land use change where & when Forest Type and location Species and management Monthly climate data Average monthly site data (solar radiation, LAI) Soil information Monthly site products Average monthly products (APAR, RF) Monthly forest productivity Long-term average forest productivity Maximum aboveground biomass Source Landsat imagery Landsat imagery Forest management databases BoM data spatially interpolated ANUSPLIN analysis ANUSPLIN, AVHRR data Australian soil atlas Model outputs Model outputs Model outputs Model outputs, ground data Regression modelling to ground data

8 National Carbon Accounting System Satellite Data Ground data & management practices 3 Climate & Productivity Data Cal / Val of RS outputs 5 Calibration & Validation Verification

9 Satellite imagery to identify timing and location of a change event Green: forest 2000 Blue: new forest Green: forest 2000 Dark Blue: new Light Blue: new Green: forest 2000 Dark Blue: new Light Blue: new Green: forest 2000 Dark Blue: new Light Blue: new

10 Remote Sensing - Verification Recent clearing 10

11 fullcam Model

12 Verification and Calibration Biomass: Whole forest and tree harvest the NCAS/CRC- GA Bateman s Bay work

13 Calibration, validation and verification

14 Soil model calibration/verification

15 Who Uses NCAS Australian Government to prepare its National Inventory Report to UNFCCC and KP Australian Climate Change Regulator Plantation Industry and others participating in the proposed CPRS Policy makers Natural Resource Management Agencies Researchers

16 Continuous Improvements Plantations types Sparse Vegetation Mapping Managed Native Forest Non-CO 2 greenhouse gas emissions Nitrogen cycle modelling Methane modelling (soils and livestock) Economic analysis Effects of carbon price signals on economics of forestry

17 Plantation Types 1989 Establishment forest types; conifer, hardwood, other native

18 Sparse Vegetation Mapping

19 Non-CO2 modelling Developing N-cycle component of FullCAM C o n t M e a s C o n tm o d N 2 0 emissions from soils 2 0 Ju ly Ja n u a r y - A u g u s t - F e b r u a r S e p t e m b M a r c h - O c to b e r - M a y N o v e m b y e r e r Methane components Emissions from livestock Emissions from soil Removals to soil

20 Australia s Contribution to Global Efforts Capacity building as part of International Forest Carbon Initiative (IFCI) in partnership with Clinton Foundation, ESRI, GEO, etc. Co-lead on GEO FCT Task Tasmania Pilot to contribute to standard methods for GCMS Access to Landsat archives of SE Asia New Ground Station in Northern Australia to ensure data continuity Assistance for operational Forest Monitoring Systems implementation in the Region

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24 CBERS as a global satellite relies on international ground station network Urumch i Miyun Chetuma l Maspaloma s Aswa n Ghuangzhou Boa Vista Accra(? ) Nairobi(? ) Cuiab á Jo burg Darwin(? ) Alice Springs (?)

25 Questions? See NCAS Technical Reports Online m#land

26 Contains a suite of possible regimes for each unique combination of site data based on inputs from RS, climate, site & prod. data Series of practices that form a management prescription Info on tree species including forest growth model parameters, wood density etc

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28 No Silver Bullet No single measurement or modeling technique can be used to meet all of these requirements. However, by developing an integrated system which uses several different techniques where they are strongest, all of the above criteria can be met to form a comprehensive and cost effective carbon accounting system.