1. Cameroon National Monitoring Forest designing process
USDA FOREST SERVICE
International Programs
Cameroon National Monitoring Forest designing process
November 2016

2. SilvaCarbon mandate
The SilvaCarbon program: US technical cooperation program to enhance the capacity of selected tropical countries to generate and effectively use improved information about forest and terrestrial carbon.
Work in collaboration with developing countries and other partners in the domain of climate change
SilvaCarbon builds capacity by providing targeted technical assistance and identifying, testing, and disseminating good practices and cost-effective, accurate technologies for monitoring and managing forest

3. SilvaCarbon Africa strategy
Assist Congo basin countries in their design and implementation of sustainable forest management approaches, including the integration of REDD+ guidelines and programs.
Continue to support activities endorsed by government's as well as exploring new opportunities linked with terrestrial carbon management.
Training and technical assistance to administrations and agencies to monitor and manage forest and terrestrial carbon

4. Cameroon program
build capacity of core experts and present options for technical decisions, especially in establishing a national forest Monitoring system
Observation component that incorporates appropriate remote sensing data analysis and MRV
(Grant to administration employees in the domain of Climate Change and REDD+ at CRESA
Training of trainers through the GHG Institute
Involving: USGS, USGS, NASA

5. Cameroon REDD+ process
Since 2005, Cameroon engage in the REDD+ process
R-PP validated by the FCPF of the World Bank in 2013
First draft of the strategy finalized in 2015
ER-PIN validated by the Carbon Fund of the WB in 2015
Request from the Cameroon steering Committee to SilvaCarbon to provide technical assistance in designing the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) including MRV and the implementation of the RPP.

6. Achievements
Technical Working Group set-up in 2015 followed by a background information mission by expert on remote sensing and forest inventory data
Since 2015: several training workshops conducted in Cameroon by USFS and USGS in the domain of remote sensing
Key parameters discussed at the national level (definition of the forest; land-use classes; general approaches for discussed through the Technical Working Group and adopted by the Cameroon Steering Committee
Institutional arrangement clarified

7. Future Evolution of the National Reference and MRV
RL Version 0 ER-PD
RL Version 1 - National
January 2018
NR Version 2 - National
2018?
RL/MRV
June. 2017
ER-PD
RL Version 0 - National
Phase I : ST-REDD / SDIAF
Phase II : SDIAF / UOSCF
Soutien ST-REDD

8. The way forward
Model assisted approach chosen by the Technical Working Group and ST REDD+. Starting with ER-PIN
Collaboration with UMD, Boston University, USGS and OSFAC: production of thematic maps followed by REDD-Compass portal and BEEODA tools trainings
Collaboration with GHG Institute, USFS: -training of trainers Emission factors (fied measurements (Universities and Lecturers);
Collaboration with WB, JICA for NFI and MRV.
Designing of Cameroon QA/QC protocol

9. Thanks very much