Guidance for Implementation of National Forests Monitoring Systems COLOMBIA EDERSSON CABRERA M. Coordinator Forest and Carbon Monitoring System SDCG-7 Sydney, Australia March 4 th – 6 th 2015

IDEAM National meteorological authority. Administrate and Operate meteorological Network National meteorological authority. Administrate and Operate meteorological Network National hydrological authority. Administrate and Operate meteorological Network National hydrological authority. Administrate and Operate meteorological Network National Forestry authority. Official source of forest information (forest cover and deforestation). Coordinates and implement NFI and GHGI execution. National Forestry authority. Official source of forest information (forest cover and deforestation). Coordinates and implement NFI and GHGI execution. Provides technical and scientific support to national agencies and economic sectors. Coordinates and manages the environmental Information System of Colombia – SIAC. Earth Observation Technical coordinator in the Colombian Space Commission 2 What are the guides used for planning and designing the NFMS

3 Fuente: MADS, What are the guides used for planning and designing the NFMS

Strategies and actions for the Environment and Forest planning Cover supply / demand environment and forest, dynamics and impacts on forests caused by anthropogenic and natural phenomena: Generate environmental information Monitoring natural resources Knowledge, warnings, delivery Forest Monitoring National Program –PMSB-. What are the guides used for planning and designing the NFMS

Stablish IDEAM as the official agency for the forest monitoring ans ecosystems research. Stock, Carbon dynamics. GHG Emissions. Forestry, mobilizations and trade Deforestation and degradation monitoring Forest Fires Monitoring What are the guides used for planning and designing the NFMS

General scheme for an MRV System yin the conxext of UNFCCC decisions. Status of National MRV Implementation 6

MODIS MOD13A Landsat 5/7/8 ALOS PALSAR ScanSAR Landsat RapidEye ALOS PALSAR (FBS-FBD) Spot 5-6 Status of National MRV Implementation 7 Integrating remote- sensing and ground-based data for Forest monitoring.

General aspects. Forest Monitoring System. General aspects. SDCG-7 Sydney, Australia March 4 th – 6 th 2015 Annual Semestral Deforestation / Forest Cover monitoring - Forest Cover quantification - Forest loss quantification Carbon monitoring - Carbon Stocks - Emissions GEI Deforestation Early warning Active areas Identification Approach 3*. Tier 2*. 8 Design decisions: -IPCC greenhouse gas inventory methodologies. -Definition of good practice -Design considerations NFMS -MRV -Reference Levels -Sub-national approaches -Forest definition -Use of existing information -Selection of appropriate approaches and tiers.

General aspects. Forest Monitoring System. General aspects. SDCG-7 Sydney, Australia March 4 th – 6 th 2015 Annual Semestral Deforestation / Forest Cover monitoring - Forest Cover quantification - Forest loss quantification Carbon monitoring - Carbon Stocks - Emissions GEI Deforestation Early warning Active areas Identification Approach 3*. Tier 2*. 9 Estimating Emissions and Removals - Deforestation. Data Provision for Estimating Emissions and Removals: -Remote sensing data. -Pre-processing of satellite data -Map products -F/NF -F/NF Change -Forest stratification

Current challenges & obstacles. – Availability of RS to implement operational phase of MGD – Availability of Operational pre-processing SAR algorithms. – Availability of funding to do a “joint work” with MGD – Cloud computing.

SDCG-7 Sydney, Australia March 4 th – 6 th 2015 More Information !Thank you! !Muchas gracias ! “… I’d rather be a Forest than a street…” Simon and Garfunkel.