Accelerating innovative forest monitoring for high-integrity MRV
Rémi d’Annunzio, FAO Forestry Division
October 2023 | #GeoForGood23
So much progress on MRV
Emission reductions:
13.7B tCO2eq
OpenForis tools:
> 90% of the submissions
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Continuous improvement on activity data measurement
Recurring principles of high-integrity MRV
Measurements are accurate or at least conservative
Baselines are accurate: they should avoid as much as possible the risk of over-estimating achieved ERs
Data and analysis are transparent
Reported ERs undergo robust independent third-party validation and verification
Next generation Forest Based Solutions
Ghana
Quality data leveraging payments on zero-deforestation cocoa
Costa Rica
Pioneer in a national Payment for Environmental Services scheme
Vietnam
Champion in forest restoration and delivering emission reductions at scale
Some country examples
Innovation
Advancing technical innovation, open access, and novel learning platforms to empower national forest monitoring systems and accelerate MRV
Harmonization
Enhancing harmonization, reliability, and utilization of high-quality agriculture, forestry, and other land use data and technical solutions
Capacity building for IPLC
Promoting tailored forest and land monitoring, and MRV modules with learning material, enabling IPs and local communities (IPLC) to participate in emerging standards
Country-led planning
Facilitating a comprehensive country-led planning process to identify critical gaps and ultimately embed MRV systems in national institutions
Gap assessments
Providing technical assistance to countries for addressing gaps in NFMS and MRV systems
Institutionalization
Institutionalizing of NFMS and MRV in national institutions, as well as ensuring that results are open, transparent, and accessible to all
workstreams
Thank you!
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