1. 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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. COUNTRY Engagement in FY18 Americas Africa Asia Costa Rica El Salvadorz
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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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:

14. 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:
Iquitos, Perú / August 14-23, 2017
Training at National University of the Peruvian Amazon

15. 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:
Collect Earth Online:
BEEODA Tools:

16. 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:
The FLR Monitoring Process

17. www.SilvaCarbon.org More information available at
Moses Jackson, US Forest Service
Sasha Beth Gottlieb; US Forest Service
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