MRV & Reporting Status & Related Space Data Needs

1. MRV & Reporting Status& Related Space Data Needs NEPAL Shree Krishna Gautam skgautam@dfrs.gov.np

2. Presentation Outline • Introduction on Institution; • Current activities; • National REDD Progress; • MRV Progress (WB supportedStudy)/Major Outputs • Space Data Needs; • Current Challenges/GFOI Assistance

3. Introduction Research Survey

4. Emission Factors Estimates

5. National REDD+ readiness Landscape Establishment of REDD Cell, MoFSC REDD Readiness Phase ER-PIN National REDD+ Strategy outline framework MTR ER-PD R-PIN R-PP National REDD+ Strategy

6. MRV Project: Working Papers MRV Geographic Information System Data catalog Methodological approach of the MRV Project to REDD+ activities at local (CFUGs) level Analysis of Institutional Structure for MRV System within Nepal’s National REDD+, present Architecture MRV IT Platform WISDOM Nepal and contribution to MRV Nepal’s MRV System Management Architecture: Structure, Functions, Human Resources and Capacities Remote Sensing for MRV: Activity Data Monitoring The Continuous Forest Inventory (CFI) approach MRV Full Cost Proposal

7. Space Data Needs • Wall-to-wall using Landsat 8 for National Land Cover Map and High resolution (Quickbird/GeoEye/ Rapideye/ World View) supplementary images every 2 years ,… • Support with radar data for biomass model development; • Monitoring of rapid deforestations and degradation sites using LANDSAT 8 and High resolution images as frequent as possible;

8. Ground Verification of Change Area

10. Current challenges & obstacles where GFOI assistance may be most valuable • Capacity building on Sentinel-2; • Capacity building on radar data analysis for Biomass Modelling.

11. Thank You