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More than measures:
A comprehensive national systems approach that includes Measurements, Reporting and
Verification (MRV) in a regulatory and policy framework
Fred Stolle, Forest Team, World Resources Institute
Forest Day, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2009
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Copenhagen REDD TEXT
Decision /CP 13
Reduced Emissions From Deforestation in Developing
Countries:
Approaches to Stimulate Action
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M = deforestation x emission
Thus need good measurements in both
R = implies
- Systematic
- Standards
- Timely
- Transparent
V =Recognized, approved by international community
What is MRV ?
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Forest activities covered by REDD
- Deforestation
- Degradation
- Forest conservation
- Sustainable forest Management
- Enhancement of carbon stocks
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What MRV has to take into account too
the needs of local and indigenous communities should be addressed when action is taken to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries,
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Voices from the Congo basin:
Incorporating the perspective of local stakeholders for Improved REDD design
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- What can we actually Measure
- Deforestation:
M ….Remote sensing
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M ….Remote sensing
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General Definitions
Marrakech Accords:
•Forest area: 0.05 to 1 ha
•Potential to reach a minimum height at maturity in situ of 2-5 m
•Tree crown cover (or equivalent stocking level): 10 to 30 %.
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- What can we actually Measure
- Deforestation:
- YES
- as by UNFCCC definition?
- 0.05 ha
- ?????
M ….Remote sensing
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LULUCF rules:
Forest Management
So NO this is Temporary unstocked
DEFORESTATION ?
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REDD rules:
Forest definition
So YES this is Deforestation
DEFORESTATION ?
Possible misuse of definition
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Forest activities covered by REDD
- Deforestation
- Degradation
- Forest conservation
- Sustainable forest Management
- Enhancement of carbon stocks
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Degradation
Small-holder uses
Industrial logging
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- NO Definition
- How to make Baseline ?
- Baseline for SFM ?
M ….Remote sensing
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M ….Remote sensing
In the UNFCCC context the “art” of remote sensing is not to detect deforestation…
It is a regulating framework
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M- monitoring
Not a one off map
Butsystematic annual delivery of reliable, accurate deforestation numbers
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Information Delivered to Decisions makers..
There is money attached to numbers
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Integrated into planning and Governance
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Core Message
REDD will be a regulating framework with binding legal status.
It is NOT only for Remote Sensing/ Geographer geeks
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Conclusion
The MRV should be out of the researcher frame. Need Long term thinking
integrated in policy framework
Integrated in Planning and Governance
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