GOFC-GOLD workshop on Monitoring Tropical Deforestation for Compensated Reductions

Tuesday, March 21^st  at Rosensäle, Downtown Jena

Welcome and setting the stage

09.00 - 09.15

09.15 - 09.45

09.45 - 10.30

10.30 - 11.00

Start of Workshop / Organizational Issues / Logistics

GOFC-GOLD intro  / Meeting objectives

Tropical deforestation – a status quo

Washington meeting outcomes (monitoring trop. def.)

DeFries/Herold

Townshend

Skole

DeFries

11.00-11.30 Break

SESSION 1: UNFCCC: needs, requirements, proposals (Presentations + discussions)

11.30 - 11.50

11.50 - 12.10

12.10 - 12.30

12.30 - 12.50

COP11 outcomes on reducing deforestation

JRC proposal of a compensated reduction framework

Noel Kempff project experiences

Methodological issues related to compensated reductions

Achard

Mollicone

Seifert-Grazin

Schlamadinger

12.50-14.30 Lunch

SESSION 2: Assessment of current practices (Presentations + discussions)

14.30 - 14.50

14.50 - 15.10

15.10 - 15.30

15.30 - 15.50

15.50 - 16.10

16.10 - 16.30

Role of earth observation in monitoring deforestation

Role of earth observation for biomass assessment

National examples: Brazil

National examples: Indonesia

National examples: India

National examples: Peru

Skole

Brown

De Souza

Murdiyarso

Pandey

Vereau

16.30 - 16.50 Break

SESSION 3: Assessment of current practices (Presentations + discussions)

16.50-17.10

17.10-17.30

17.30-18.30

Coarse-resolution deforestation monitoring with MODIS

Examples and potential of SAR data applications

Discussions and forming breakout group

Hansen

Wielaard

Townshend

19.00-21.00

Joint Ice Breaker and Workshop dinner at Jena Botanical Garden (Courtesy of GAF AG)

Wednesday, March 22^nd  at Rosensäle, Downtown Jena

SESSION 4: Towards best practices (Breakout group presentations and discussions)

09.00 - 10.00

Breakout group discussion (1^st set)

Best practices

1) Monitoring Deforestation & Devegetation (Mayaux)

2) Monitoring Degradation & Regenaration  (DeSouza)

3) Biomass & Forest types in relation to carbon (Brown)

All

10.00-10.30 Break

SESSION 5:  Towards an implementation framework (Presentations + breakout group discussions)

10.30 - 11.00

Breakout group presentations (1^st set)

Mayaux/DeSouza/ Brown

11.00 – 12.30

Discussions and forming breakout group on key requirements, current limitations and challenges

Historical deforestation projections (Schlamadinger/ Vereau)

Verification (Pandey/ Seifert-Grazin)

Strucutre of best practices report (Achard/ DeFries/)

All

12.30-13.30

Lunch

SESSION 6:  Towards an implementation framework (Breakout group Presentations + discussions)

13.30 – 15.30

Breakout group discussion (2^nd set)

Develop roadmap for implementation framework

All

15.30-16.00

Break

SESSION 7:  Summary and action items (Discussions)

16.00 - 16.30

16.30 - 17.30

Breakout group presentation (2^nd set)

Summary and Synthesis

Define action items and way forward

Recommendations for GOFC-GOLD land cover IT meeting

Townshend (moderator)

18.00 - 21.00

Workshop dinner at Scala Restaurant Jena-Tower