MRV

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MRV Reporting Status Related Space Data Needs
Philippines Nelissa Maria B. Rocas DENR-Forest
Management Bureau
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Introduction
Philippine National REDD-Plus Strategy (PNRPS)
A strategy document intended to facilitate
REDD-plus development in the Philippines, guide
REDD-plus discussions within the development of
the National Framework Strategy (NFSCC) and
Program on Climate Change, inform international
donors and investors of country intentions,
provide an initial national resource for domestic
institutions interested in REDD-plus, and
continued, broadened stakeholder engagement, and
guide a future, targeted action plan.
Vision Empowered forestlands managers and
support groups sustainably and equitably managing
forestlands and ancestral domains with enhanced
carbon stock and reduced greenhouse gases
emission.
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Collaborating Institutions in the PNRPS

• Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• Forest Management Bureau (FMB) National Mappiing
  and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA)
  Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB)DENR
  Regional Offices
• Climate Change Commission
• International Institutions
• UN-REDD GIZ FFI NTFP USAID FAO AusAID
• CoDe REDD (NGO/CSO)
• Academe
• University of the Philippines (College of
  Forestry and Natural Resources Dept. of Geodetic
  Engineering) Ateneo de Manila University

Scaling Up Phase
Readiness Phase
Engagement Phase
Code Redd Consulations
PNRPS
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Status of National MRV Implementation
National Carbon Accounting Ambitions

• Institutionalization of processes to DENR
• Capacity Building on Greenhouse Gas Inventory
• workshop series on GHG Institutional Arrangements
• training on ALU Software for the forestry sector
• Move from Tier 1 to Tier 2
• Densification of FRA tracts to meet GHG inventory
  standards
• Production of land cover map every 4 years

UNFCCC Reporting

• Two National Communications submitted (1999 and
  2009)
• Written by consultants from the academe and
  research sectors

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Status of National MRV Implementation
National MRV system is being developed from
sub-national pilot MRV systems

• Leyte - GIZ

• Quezon FFI and NTFP

• Palawan FFI and NTFP

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Status of National MRV Implementation
Satellite Land Monitoring System
NAMRIA provides land cover maps for 2003 and 2010
while FMB analyses the land cover change. For the
2014 land cover mapping, Landsat 8 and IFSAR data
are being used. Possibility of using Worldview 2.
National Forest Inventory
The 3rd NFI was conducted from 2002-2004 through
FRA. Relocation and re-measurement of previous
FRA tracts are on-going since 2013 and are
expected to be finished by 2018.
Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Land cover serves as activity data in estimating
volume of carbon sink from forest type and aerial
extent. Current land cover classification
converted to the 6 IPCC land use categories at
which GHG estimates will be developed.
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FRA Sampling Design
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2003 and 2010 Land Cover
ALOS AVNIR-2 SPOT 5 Landsat 7
Landsat 7
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Status of National MRV Implementation
Land Cover to IPCC Land Use Categories
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Institutional arrangements

• Capacity building with UN-REDD
• UN-REDD Philippines Programme Supporting Initial
  Readiness Process
• 4th and 5th UN-REDD Regional Lessons Learned
  Workshop
• Tenure Options study funded by FAO
• Forest Resources Assessment with FAO
• Capacity building with USAID (SilvaCarbon
  EC-LEDS B-LEADERS) on MRV and GHG inventory
• Capacity building with USFS for Land Cover
  Mapping

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Space Data Needs
Scope and Timeline for Implementation

• Wall to wall nationwide scope (approximately 30
  million hectares of land and inland waters)
• NAMRIA plans to produce land/forest cover map
  every 4 years (2014, 2018, etc.)

Required Space Data Types

• Landsat 8 (wall to wall) and very high resolution
  satellite data (Worldview 2 10 for training
  data and validation, and upland encroachment),
  and DEM of 30m or higher resolution (slope and
  elevation mapping)
• Capacity building to improve current
  methodologies
• Processing tools and/or software

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Space Data Needs
Current Challenges and Obstacles

• Development of the National MRV System for the
  Philippines
• Refined methodology for land cover mapping
• Integration of different data sources
  (resolutions, date of observation, optical and
  radar) to fill gaps in nationwide land cover
  mapping
• Access to high-resolution images due to limited
  financial resources or data sharing issues

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Space Data Needs
Current Challenges and Obstacles

• High cost of processing tools/software
• Sustainable access to data and processing tools
• Capacity building on Sentinel 2 processing data
• Insufficient training on RADAR image processing
• Generation of cloud free mosaics
• Coordination with international space agencies
  that provides free access to their satellite
  imageries/data

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Thank you!
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References

• Philippine National REDD-plus Strategy Manual
  PNRPS team DENR-FMB and CoDe REDD-plus
  Philippines
• REDD in the Philippines presented at the 1st
  GFOI Regional Technical Workshop in Chiang Mai,
  Thainland
• Advances in the Development of a Monitoring,
  Reporting Verification (MRV) System
  Philippines presented at the 2nd GFOI Regional
  Technical Workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal
• Land Use/Land Cover Data in the Philippines
• Land Cover Data in the Philippines presented at
  the 5th UN-REDD Regional Lessons Learned Workshop
  on Monitoring Systems and Reference Levels for
  REDD