Moses Jackson, US Forest Service International Programs Building Capacity Worldwide for Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Forest and Terrestrial Carbon International Seminar on Climate Change and Natural Resource Management US Forest Service International Programs May 7, 2018 Moses Jackson, US Forest Service International Programs

Overview What is SilvaCarbon? Who is involved in SilvaCarbon? Where does SilvaCarbon work? What does SilvaCarbon do? Capacity-Building Tools

What is silvacarbon? A flagship technical cooperation program of the US Government to build capacity worldwide in measuring, monitoring, and reporting forest and terrestrial carbon Interagency: provides coordinated technical support from multiple US agencies Needs-based: fills capacity gaps, serves as a flexible science delivery tool Collaborative: facilitates cooperation at national, regional, and international scales

What is silvacarbon? Overarching Goal Activities Outputs Outcomes results chain Impact Activities Outputs Outcomes Partner countries generate and effectively use improved information related to forest and terrestrial carbon, contributing to: low-emission development climate change mitigation

Who is Involved in SilvaCarbon? U.S. Government Technical Agencies Country Partners Global Forest Observations Initiative Other Partners U.S. Government Technical Agencies U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) U.S. Department of State U.S. Forest Service (USFS) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Smithsonian Institution COOPERATION Primary Funders Primary Implementers

Who is Involved in SilvaCarbon? U.S. Government Technical Agencies Country Partners Global Forest Observations Initiative Other Partners Forestry departments Mapping authorities Space data agencies REDD+ Units NGOs National Universities Country Partners Jaruwan Kaewmahanin Enright, Thailand

Who is Involved in SilvaCarbon? International consortium working to improve donor coordination and increase availability and use of remote sensing data & tools for national forest monitoring SilvaCarbon is the primary US contribution to GFOI, with USGS as lead SilvaCarbon representative SilvaCarbon co-leads the GFOI Capacity-Building component with FAO Global Forest Observations Initiative ( ) U.S. Government Technical Agencies Country Partners Global Forest Observations Initiative Other Partners Sylvia Wilson, USGS

Who is Involved in SilvaCarbon? U.S. Government Technical Agencies Country Partners Global Forest Observations Initiative Other Partners Academia University of Maryland, Boston University, Wageningen, etc. Other donors and multilaterals FAO, UN-REDD, World Bank, GIZ, etc. NGOs Companies Other Partners Matt Hansen, UMD

COUNTRY Engagement in FY18 Americas Africa Asia Costa Rica El Salvador z Americas Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Panama Dominican Republic Colombia Ecuador Peru   Africa Cameroon DR of the Congo R of the Congo Asia Bangladesh Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Nepal Philippines Thailand Vietnam

Capacity-building process Understand Monitoring Needs & Options Basic MRV Capacity Robust MRV Capacity Full Country Ownership & Sustainability Identify specific forest monitoring objectives Determine relevant capacity gaps Assess available tools, approaches, & data; weigh costs & benefits Make informed, strategic decisions on forest monitoring investments Build capacity for basic monitoring & reporting, consistent with international best practices Collaboratively address needs & gaps using appropriate tools & methods Leverage international engagement & South-South cooperation Advance to more sophisticated monitoring & reporting systems Goal: reporting at the same high standard as the U.S. reports Facilitate access to performance-based payments based on verified data Develop sufficient in-country human & financial resources to operationalize monitoring & reporting system over the long term, with continuous improvement over time Transition to self-sufficiency

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

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

Capacity building TOOLS University of Maryland GLAD system Forest cover mapping and deforestation alerts Exchange of Experiences at USGS, USA January 29-31, 2018 Training in Yaoundé, Cameroon July August 15-19, 2017 GLAD website: http://www.glad.umd.edu/

Capacity building TOOLS REDDcompass – online platform to guide countries through the MRV design process Intuitive access to a full suite of methodological guidance Guatemala City, Guatemala / November 28-30, 2017 Training with Guatemala Inter-Institutional Mapping Group REDDcompass: https://www.reddcompass.org/frontpage Iquitos, Perú / August 14-23, 2017 Training at National University of the Peruvian Amazon

Capacity building TOOLS Collect Earth Online – collecting earth observation data BEEODA – processing & analyzing earth observation data ALU – GHG inventory & reporting for land sector ALU Tool: https://www2.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/ALUsoftware/index.html Collect Earth Online: http://ceo.sig-gis.com/ BEEODA Tools: http://beeoda.org/

Monitoring forest landscape restoration (FLR) Exploring needs and opportunities to assist with FLR monitoring programs that can support large-scale restoration commitments 1. Monitoring in Project Design & Implementation 2. Defining Monitoring Objectives & Questions 3. Monitoring Implementation (answering the questions) 4. Information Sharing & Reporting 5. Learning & Feedback Expert Consultation on Monitoring FLR – Washington, DC / December 5-7, 2017 Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/site/silvacarbonflr/home The FLR Monitoring Process

www.SilvaCarbon.org More information available at Moses Jackson, US Forest Service mosesmjackson@fs.fed.us Sasha Beth Gottlieb; US Forest Service sbgottlieb@fs.fed.us More information available at www.SilvaCarbon.org