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Enhancing Forest Monitoring and Reporting in Honduras

Explore the national MRV implementation status, carbon accounting ambitions, and institutional arrangements in Honduras. Learn about the relevant space data needs for multilevel monitoring and future projections. Discover the challenges and opportunities for improving forest monitoring in the region.

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Enhancing Forest Monitoring and Reporting in Honduras

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  1. MRV & Reporting Status& Related Space Data Needs HONDURAS :Efraín Duarte

  2. Introduction: HONDURAS Population 2012: 8,3 millones. Forest Cover: 65,982 Km2 (59% ) Territorial extension: 112,492 km2 • National Institute of Forest Conservation and Development, Protected Areas and Wildlife (ICF): Main function: • Managing private and public forest resources to ensure rational and sustainable management. • REDD + Technical Point of Honduras: ICF. • Political Focal Point to the UNFCCC in Honduras: SERNA. • Implementation of MRV: ICF throughNational Forest Monitoring Unit: is based on four pillars: (a) remote sensing, (b) Forest Inventory, (c) Development of allometric models and (d) Information systems and data reporting.

  3. Status of National MRV Implementation • National Carbon Accounting Ambitions: Currently carbon accounting Honduras is done with a Tier 1, seeking to make reports at Tier 2. The main actions taken to achieve a Tier 2 report are: • Systematic database from local and regional inventories. • Permanent Sampling Plots. • Second national forest inventory (345 plots). • Forest inventories in protected areas (214 plots). • AllometricRelationships (3 species forest)

  4. Status of National MRV Implementation ImplementationProcess Historical deforestation rate with a consistent methodology for the years 2000 - 2005 and 2010. • Status of MRV Implementation: • UNFCCC reporting: 2 NationalCommunications A. 1995 (reported in 2010) B. 2010 (reported in 2012) Currently building the third national communication Map of forest cover by forest type / strata for 2013, . Development of predictive models of deforestation. Subnational baseline (55% area) methodology using VCS (Verified Carbon Standard) VM00015 (unplanned deforestation). HISTÓRICAL PROJECTED MultitemporalAnalysis CURRENT Missed/ Gains ForestTypes 2030 2013

  5. Institutional arrangements Relevantworkwith UN-REDD/FAO, World Bank. UN-REDD/FAO: • Currently with no activity UN-REDD/FAO framed in MRV. However, there are plans to Honduras from 2014 to integrate a national program. • Honduras currently has observer on the policy board of UN-REDD. • The delivery partner of Honduras to implement activities for REDD + (R-PP) is UNDP. World Bank: • The activities with the World Bank during 2012 and 2013 are focused on the preparation of the R-PP document, which was approved in the month of March 2013.

  6. MRV: Institutional arrangements Contributions from academiatechnical / scientific Organization Report Transparency

  7. Space Data Needs MultilevelMonitoringSystem • Required space data types 8 -10 2 0 6 12 4 10 -5 …20 Historicaltendency Future Projection Monitoring changes LANDSAT (30m) Alert System MODIS (250m) National Map of forest types RAPIDEYE (5m) National Forest Inventory (IFN) stratified by forest type Update IFN in secondary forests

  8. Space Data Needs • Scope and timeline for implementation Activities Time • National Sub Baseline GHG. 18 months: Ends in October 2013 • National Forest Map. 12 months: Ends in June 2014 • Analysis mutitemporal Continuous activity (every two years) Continuous activity (every two years) • Map of profit and loss. • National Forest Inventory Starts January 2014 - End March 2015 • Allometric relations. Continuous activity Starts July 2014 - Ends December 2014 • National Map biomass/carbon. Continuous activity (every two years) • Projection deforestation.

  9. Multilevel / Multiresolution Resolution Low (>100 m) Resolution Media (10 – 100m) High Resolution (<10m) MODIS (250m) MODIS (500m) LANDSAT (30m) ASTER (15m) IKONO (1 m) RAPIDEYE (5m) Example 30m 15m 1m 500m 250m LEVEL: REGIONAL PROJECT NATIONAL Y SUBTACIONAL

  10. Ourobjective Historical Dynamics (every two years) (Landsat) Forest types (RapidEye) Products Baseline Projection future dynamics (LCM) Zonification of change dynamic activities Volume Calculation Stock, Biomass and Carbon Forest

  11. Define similar regional methodologies primarily on issues of carbon estimates, rate of deforestation, vegetation cover, among others. Promote the exchange of information, methodologies to national and regional level to avoid duplication of efforts and resources. Complexity: Monitoring requires multiple actors involved in the implementation of processes and reporting of results. INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. Ensuring transparency and consistency in the reporting of results by objective consideration of the means and capacities. Consistency: Ensure in time Measurement, Verification and Country Report to compare their performance according to commitments. Current challenges & obstacles where GFOI assistance may be most valuable

  12. MRV & Reporting Status& Related Space Data Needs HONDURAS :Efraín Duarte THANKS¡¡¡

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