1. USAID’s CREL Project, Bangladesh Marriot Courtyard, Bangkok, Thailand
Moving on From Experimental Approaches to Advancing National Systems for Measuring and Monitoring Forest Degradation Across Asia
Measuring Degraded Forests and Developing Emissions Factors in Bangladesh
MD. SHAMS UDDIN
USAID’s CREL Project, Bangladesh
Wednesday 17, 2015
Marriot Courtyard, Bangkok, Thailand

2. Area (Million Hectare)
Forest in Bangladesh:
Forest covers 9.8% area of the country
PA:
Category of Forests
Area (Million Hectare)
Forest Department Managed Forests
1.52
Unclassed State Forest
0.73
Village Forest
0.27
Total
2.52
Mangrove Plantation
Wildlife Sanctuary: 17 National Park: 17
PA Covers 10.72% of total forest area
Hill Forest
Sal Forest
Sundarban Reserved Forest
Source: NFA 2007

3. Forest inventory: Bangladesh
Year
Activity
Curtis, 1924
Forest Management Plan for Sundarbans
Forestal, 1960
Detailed forest inventory of Sundarbans
Forestal, 1964
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Hammermaster, 1981
Inventory of the village forests
Chaffy et al., 1985
Forest Inventory of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest (SRF)
FAO, 2007
National forest resources assessment
BFD, USFS, and IPAC 2009
Forest Inventory Sundarbans
BFD and IPAC, 2011
Forest carbon inventory (Six PAs)
BFD, WI, CREL, 2014
BFD, WI, CREL, 2015
8 Protected Areas
5 Protected Areas (in progress)

4. REDD+ Activities: Bangladesh
Year
Progress
2010
UN-REDD as partner country
2011
REDD+ steering committee and technical committee
REDD+ Cell
Working groups on strategy, safeguards and MRV
2012
REDD+ roadmap
2013
Developed REDD+ Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP)
RPP implementation with UNREDD, FAO, UNDP, USAID, SilvaCarbon
CREL project initiatives in piloting sub-national REL development

5. Bangladesh National REDD+ Framework
USAID’s CREL:
NRM
BIO
GHG
Quantity of greenhouse gas emissions, measured in metric tons of CO2e, reduced or sequestered as a result of USG assistance.
Number of hectares (ha.) of biological significance and/or natural resources under improved NRM as a result of USG assistance.
Number of hectares (ha.) of biological significance and/or natural resources showing improved biophysical condition as a result of USG assistance.
Indicator 12
Indicator 13
Indicator 1
Bangladesh National REDD+ Framework

6. Forest Carbon Inventory 2014:
Protected Area
Inventoried area (ha)
Data collected (n)
Khadimnagar NP
679 9
Lawachara NP
2,600 31
Satchari NP
1,810 20
Rema-Kalenga WS
5,550 63
Modhupur NP
8,436 59
Kaptai NP
5,464 57
Chunati WS
7,764
111
Himchari NP
2,000 27
Total
34,303
377

7. Methodology: (i) Develop Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
In line with the future NFI for Bangladesh under REDD framework
Consulted with forest Department (FD), FAO, and WI
(ii) Training and mobilize field team
FD, Co-management representative, community people
(iii) Data collection
ODK (Open Data Kit)
(iv) Data analysis
Live Trees and standing dead trees (CO2 Mg/ha):
Seedlings or Saplings (CO2 Mg/ha):
Bamboos & Canes (CO2 Mg/ha):
Herbaceous vegetation & grasses (CO2 Mg/ha):
Soil Analysis: Depth, organic carbon, bulk density

8. Land cover classification:
RapidEye imagery (2013), WorldView 2 (2011) , GoogleEarth
Land cover Classes
KhNP
LNP
SNP
RKWS
MNP
KNP
CWS
HNP
Total (ha)
Agriculture 3
137 1
555
2,083 23
598
128
3,528
Bare land - 29
Degraded land
198
509
657
968
5,873
1,385
9,589
Forest
479
1,400
953
4,782
2,233
3,786
507
132
14,272
Plantation 93
578 42
361 15
1,088
Rubber 92
495
587
Settlement
310 68
2,872
271
981
329
4,831
Tea 98
227
104 20
450
Total PA (ha)
779
2,583
1,806
5,518
8,261
5,090
8,320
2,016
34,373

9. Seedlings, saplings, trees recruitments

10. Stocking, CO2 Mg/ha at different PAs
Total
Live trees
Dead trees
Non-tree
Litter
Soil
CWS
146
104 10 9 23
HNP 53 38 14
KhNP
298
264 - 1 7 26
KNP
258
222 3 5 27
LNP
323
278 4 2 42
MNP
235
195 6 32
RKWS
381
330 46
SNP
266
219 11 34

11. Forest Inventory 2014 : Deforestation
Emission factor, CO₂ Mg/ha
Converted to
Hill Forest
Sal Forest
Plantation
Rubber
Degraded forest
Tea Garden
Agriculture
Bare land
Converted from
N/A
93.4
114.4
257.9
288
319.1
324.8
15.6
36.6
180.1
210.2
241.3
247.1 21
164.6
194.6
225.7
231.5
143.5
173.6
204.7
210.4
-257.9
-180.1
-164.6
-143.5 30
61.1
66.9
31.1
36.9
-319.1
-241.3
-225.7
-204.7
-31.1
5.8

12. Forest Inventory 2014 : Degradation
 PA
Stumps per ha
Emissions from extraction of trees (Mg CO2/ha)
CWS 26
2.51
KhNP 15
26.44
KNP 65
48.89
LNP 30
6.43
RKWS 19
19.00
SNP 40
18.02
MNP
4.03
ALL sites 31
17.90

13. Conclusion: Results shared with FD Need skill manpower
Varied drivers of changes

14. Thank you