Measuring and monitoring emissions of carbon caused by deforestation and forest degradation - Copenhagen Forest Day 3

December 13, 2009 by timbercommunity

Measuring and monitoring, baselines and leakage. Shaping the global agenda for forest and climate change.

Abstract
This learning session will showcase different approaches to measuring and monitoring (MRV) past and future emissions of carbon caused by deforestation and forest degradation – ranging from large-scale assessments to small-scale community-based monitoring; from direct measurements to models; from lessons learned in Latin America to Africa and Asia.
 

Key questions addressed include:

• What do we need to measure?
• What tools exist for measuring carbon emissions from forests for different levels of data availability and institutional capacity?
• How do we build a national, consistent baseline?
• How do we best monitor emission displacement and leakage?
• How do we manage the link between local and national-level monitoring?

Chair
Mette L. Wilkie, Food and Agriculture Organization

15.00 – 15.10 More than measures: A comprehensive national systems
approach that includes MRV in a regulatory and policy framework
Fred Stolle, World Resources Institute (WRI)

15.10 – 15.20 Establishing national MRV systems for REDD: Key challenges,
lessons learned and available support functions
Pham Manh Cuong, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Vietnam

15.20 – 15.30 Approach and lessons learned in the development of a VCS
mosaic REDD methodology and use of community-based
participatory biomass inventories
Steven De Gryze, Community Forestry International
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15.30 – 15.40 Using technology to enable community-based forest monitoring
Patrick Newton, Helveta

15.40 – 15.50 Comparison of methods to derive reference levels for REDD
Michael Huettner, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

15.50 – 16.00 Development of a national reference scenario for Ecuador:
Conceptual and methodological challenges
Manuel Peralvo, CONDESAN Ecuador

16.00 – 16.30 Discussion and closing remarks

Co-host contacts
Food and Agriculture Organization: Mette L. Wilkie,
International Tropical Timber Organization: Eduardo Mansur,
Ministry of the Environment, Norway: Andreas Tveteraas,

ONF International: Anne Martinet,
UN-REDD Programme: Alberto Sandoval,

Co-hosts
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Tropical Timber Organization
Ministry of the Environment, Norway
Office National des Forêts International
UN-REDD Programme

Audience Room