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Monitoring Reporting and Verification System for REDD+ in Guyana. Haimwant Persaud Assistant Commissioner of Forest Guyana Forestry Commission
Country Information Ø
2-8°N and 57-61° W
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214,000 Km2 (21.1 million ha)
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18.5 million ha covered by forests (87%).
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Deforestation rate between 0.02% and 0.056% per annum.
Guyana
Areas Addressed for the development of the MRVS Ø The
aim of Guyana’s MRVS is to establish a comprehensive, national system to monitor, report and verify forest carbon emissions resulting from deforestation and forest degradation.
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With the development of the MRVS Roadmap, implementation of works begun in 2010 in two areas: • Forest Area Change Assessment (1) • Forest Carbon Monitoring System (2)
Ø These
activities determined the historical and current patterns of emissions, their drivers and the carbon stock present in the various pools.
MRVS Framework General Framework National Measurement System for Forest Carbon Data Collection
Models
Outputs
Satellite Data
Algorithms
Emissions
Ground Data
Data Fusion
Removals
Climate Data
Raster Environment
Mapping and Visuals
Forest Class Spatial Analysis
Reporting Low Carbon Development Strategy Policy Reporting Reporting National Accounts to meet international obligations under UNFCCC (Emissions Estimates and Projections) & to enter Carbon Markets
Land Management Information
Verification of National Accounts
Management Practices
Verified by UNFCCC, Independent reviewers
Forest Area Change Assessment •
Periods of forest area change assessments: - Creation of Benchmark Map -
1990 to 2000
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2001 to 2005
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2006 to 2009 September
- Annual Assessments Completed -
01 October, 2009 to 30 September, 2010 (Year 1)
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01 October, 2010 to 31 December, 2011 (Year 2)
Forest Area Change Assessment Image Processing
Forest Area Change Assessment Results Period
Benchmark Intact Forest Landscape Year 2
Years
Forest Area (‘000 ha)
Change (‘000 ha)
Change (%)
Initial Forest area 1990
18 473.39
Benchmark 19.75 (Sept 2009)
18 398.48
74.92
0.41%
Year 1 1 (Sept 2010)
18 388 .19
10.28
0.06%
18 378. 30
9.88
0.05%
Year 2 (Oct 2012 to Dec 2011
1.25
1990 to 2010
Forest Carbon Monitoring System (FCMS)
Forest Carbon Monitoring System (FCMS) Stratification Map STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
• Select and process factors contributing to deforestation • Create Potential for Change (PC) maps • Compare PC maps against real change (2000-05 & 2005-09).
• Calibrate and Validate GEOMOD for the past periods : 2000-2005 and 2005-2009 STEP 4 • Create Future Potential for Change (FPC) maps STEP 5
• Future prediction using 2009 PC STEP 6
• Combine Forest Types and PCS maps à Forest Carbon Stratification map STEP 7
Forest Carbon Monitoring System (FCMS) StratificationPreliminary Dataplan Final sampling
Guyana Forestry Commission
Country Information Ø
2-8°N and 57-61° W
Ø
214,000 Km2 (21.1 million ha)
Ø
18.5 million ha covered by forests (87%).
Ø
Deforestation rate between 0.02% and 0.056% per annum.
Guyana
Areas Addressed for the development of the MRVS Ø The
aim of Guyana’s MRVS is to establish a comprehensive, national system to monitor, report and verify forest carbon emissions resulting from deforestation and forest degradation.
Ø
With the development of the MRVS Roadmap, implementation of works begun in 2010 in two areas: • Forest Area Change Assessment (1) • Forest Carbon Monitoring System (2)
Ø These
activities determined the historical and current patterns of emissions, their drivers and the carbon stock present in the various pools.
MRVS Framework General Framework National Measurement System for Forest Carbon Data Collection
Models
Outputs
Satellite Data
Algorithms
Emissions
Ground Data
Data Fusion
Removals
Climate Data
Raster Environment
Mapping and Visuals
Forest Class Spatial Analysis
Reporting Low Carbon Development Strategy Policy Reporting Reporting National Accounts to meet international obligations under UNFCCC (Emissions Estimates and Projections) & to enter Carbon Markets
Land Management Information
Verification of National Accounts
Management Practices
Verified by UNFCCC, Independent reviewers
Forest Area Change Assessment •
Periods of forest area change assessments: - Creation of Benchmark Map -
1990 to 2000
-
2001 to 2005
-
2006 to 2009 September
- Annual Assessments Completed -
01 October, 2009 to 30 September, 2010 (Year 1)
-
01 October, 2010 to 31 December, 2011 (Year 2)
Forest Area Change Assessment Image Processing
Forest Area Change Assessment Results Period
Benchmark Intact Forest Landscape Year 2
Years
Forest Area (‘000 ha)
Change (‘000 ha)
Change (%)
Initial Forest area 1990
18 473.39
Benchmark 19.75 (Sept 2009)
18 398.48
74.92
0.41%
Year 1 1 (Sept 2010)
18 388 .19
10.28
0.06%
18 378. 30
9.88
0.05%
Year 2 (Oct 2012 to Dec 2011
1.25
1990 to 2010
Forest Carbon Monitoring System (FCMS)
Forest Carbon Monitoring System (FCMS) Stratification Map STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
• Select and process factors contributing to deforestation • Create Potential for Change (PC) maps • Compare PC maps against real change (2000-05 & 2005-09).
• Calibrate and Validate GEOMOD for the past periods : 2000-2005 and 2005-2009 STEP 4 • Create Future Potential for Change (FPC) maps STEP 5
• Future prediction using 2009 PC STEP 6
• Combine Forest Types and PCS maps à Forest Carbon Stratification map STEP 7
Forest Carbon Monitoring System (FCMS) StratificationPreliminary Dataplan Final sampling
Guyana Forestry Commission
