2. www.gfoi.org GFOI Capacity Building Summit Armenia, Colombia – September 17 to 19, 2014 MRV & Capacity building status Nepal Shree Krishna Gautam

3. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 Thinking about capacity building efforts and needs, where do you think your country is in terms of addressing forest change, forest carbon stocks? Forest Change: 1995-2010 Data Land Sat /rapideye Ongoing FRA Comparasion of result Continious change detection system yet to be build since ministry demanding every 2 year cycle forest should be monitered at national scale We ar proposing Landsat based Monitoring With Comprehensiver base Map 2010

4. www.gfoi.org District Forest Cover Map

5. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 Region-wise loss and gain

6. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 Major Hotspots of changes were verified in the Field

7. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 Forest type Mapping (Still Challenge )

8. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 What are the approaches from international cooperation that you have find more useful for advancing the developing of your country MRV system? International Approaches Capacity Building GFOI/SILVA Carbon Program MRV Method linking with NFI/and MRV at National level Regional learning

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11. SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 National Forest Monitoring 10 99 % of inventory completed 186 126

12. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 Land/Forest Cover Map 11

13. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 What are the current programs from international cooperation in your country that aim to develop capacity in the implementation of your MRV system ? FRA ongoing (by the end of December, 2014) REDD World Bank Study completed Working Document submitted ERPIN Submitted GFOI Capacity building events participated Lan cover harmonization training organized

14. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 Immediate Need Long term training that is need for specific topic such as land sat based forest change detection (planning for every two year) Biomass Mapping training intensive Degradation Mapping training

15. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 Activity Data For REDD+ Area of primary Forest Annual conversion (Cropland, Grassland, Wetland, settlement, Other land) Annual transfer from primary forest to modified forest Annual conversion from Non Forest land use to planted Forest

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17. What kind of assistant in capacity building do you find relevant for your country to improve the current methodologies?  Capacity Building to integrate the Remote sensing data and Ground Inventory data for wall to wall biomass/carbon estimates (Till now areas estimates and inventory result separate, not integration, capacity gap), Cloud cover issues, radar capacity building, also gap in Lidar capacity.  Stratification (Forest Type Mapping, Stand size Mapping, and Condition Mapping)  Forest Degradation Mapping  Use of open source tools, data analysis, storage and handling  REL/MRV concept to practice till  Capacity Building to integrate the Remote sensing data and Ground Inventory data for wall to wall biomass/carbon estimates (Till now areas estimates and inventory result separate, not integration, capacity gap), Cloud cover issues, radar capacity building, also gap in Lidar capacity.  Stratification (Forest Type Mapping, Stand size Mapping, and Condition Mapping)  Forest Degradation Mapping  Use of open source tools, data analysis, storage and handling  REL/MRV concept to practice till

18. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 Approx.1500 PSP for periodic Monitoring REDD MRV (proposed 1000 PSP/ two years) Activity data from Land-Sat image for regular emission estimate Use of open source tool and integration in the MRV system could make transparent method and data use Capacity building and retaining main challenge 9/15/2015

19. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 GEOFCT Carbon tracking Verification Sites

20. www.gfoi.org SDCG-4, Caltech, CA, USA 4 th -6 th September 2013 How do you envision international cooperation to assistance in the short term 1 – 2 years and in the long term 5 years from now? Short TermLong Term Regional Trainning Integration of Ground Data and Remote Sensing Data Collaborative research on Biomass change/Carbon Modelling Sampling Design/Inventory Design Advanced study support MSc/PhD Radar Data analysisGEOFCT Carbon Tracking Sites Continuous Carbon Modelling Use of Open Source tool for Change Detection /Forest Cover Monitoring Data Sharing MRV Institutionalization