Guidance for Implementation of National Forests Monitoring Systems CAMBODIA MGD Session Sydney, Australia March 4 th – 6 th 2015.

Guidance for Implementation of National Forests Monitoring

Systems

CAMBODIA

MGD SessionSydney, Australia

March 4th – 6th 2015

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I. National REDD+ Strategy • Main Strategy: Support for effective management of Cambodia’s

forest, in accordance with existing laws and policies :Innovative Financing modelsImproving Forest Law enforcement and governanceLocal forest protection contractsValuing forest ecosystem services and promoting REDD+ Co-

benefitAdopting the nested approach to REDD+ implementation

• Designing and implementing effective strategies to address drivers from outside the forest sector The driver of deforestation and forest degradation that causes

land use change in Cambodia ( migration, Agro-industrial development, land concession, poor ESIA..etc)



II. National REDD+ Management Arrangements

NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE- Main Government Coordination mechanism for climate change

CAMBODIA REDD+ TASKFORCE- Chair: FA- Deputy Chair: GDANCP- Includes FA, GDANCP, MLMUPC, FiA, MEF, MoI, MRD- Decisions made by consensus

REDD+ ADVISORY GROUP

- Key Development Partners & Experts

TASKFORCE SECRETARIAT- Chair: FA- Vice-Chair: GDANCP- National Coordinator- Taskforce Secretary- Other supporting staff

MRV/REL Technical Team

Benefit-sharing Technical Team

Consultation and Safeguards

Technical Team

REDD+ Demonstration Technical Team

REDD+ CONSULTATION GROUP

- NGOs and Civil Society- REDD+ Projects/ Private Sector- Academic Institutions (tbc)



Technical Advisor-UNREDD-FAO

-JICA-CAMREDD

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RGC/Council of Ministers- management of all state properties- adopts management plans for state properties- transfers, reclassifies and designates entrusted authorities for state properties

Ministry of Economy and Finance - maintains inventory of state properties- executive agent of the RGC in managing state properties, including transfer, sale, lease, concessions, etc - management of state revenue - co-chair of state trust funds2008 Public Financial Management Law, 2006 Subdecree # 129 , 2000 Subdecree #04

Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning & Construction

- manage cadastral administration of state immoveable properties - issue title/ownership certificates to all immovable properties - management of maps of Cambodia 2001 Land Law, 1999 Subdecree # 62

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

- general jurisdiction for forests and forest resources (PA management under MoE)- registration of permanent forest estates

Forestry Administration:- responsibility for the Permanent Forest Estate- developing and implementing national forest programme (including community forestry)- studying and collecting data on all state forests- conducting assessments of national forest carbon stocks- developing forest carbon trades- reforestation

Fisheries Administration:- responsibility for flooded forest and mangrove areas- developing and implementing national fisheries plan (including community fisheries)2002 Forestry Law, 2008 Subdecree #188, 2006 Fisheries Law

Ministry of Interior (inc. NCDD)- subnational administration (prov/dist/comm) - commune development plans & funds identify functions to be transferred to sub-national councils (NCDD) 2008 Organic Law

Ministry of Environment- management of Protected Areas - review environmental impact assessments- CDM interim designated national authority

General Department (GDANCP):- developing and implementing National Protected Areas Strategic Management Plan - responsibility for international environmental conventions Department of Climate Change of GDANCP:

- cooperate with relevant institutions to : develop national climate change strategies, and carbon credit policy, manage climate change trust funds; Secretariat of NCCC- UNFCCC focal point: negotiations, implementing UNFCCC decisions and preparing national GHG inventory reports- coordinating implementation of CDM and carbon credit projects2008 Protected Areas Law, 1993 Royal Decree, 2008 Subdecree #37, 2009 Subdecree #175

Ministry of Rural Development- Recognize indigenous communities for registration with MoI 2001 Subdecree

Institutions involved in MRV

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III. the Progress of Phase I of NFMS for Cambodia

Since we are generally in Phase I stage, our progress in Phase I is reviewed.

Actions to be taken Present situation

Define the national REDD+ strategy National REDD+ Strategy is now being drafted.

Target of completion is considered to be August 2015.

Define the pillars of work of the NFMS

Definition of the satellite land monitoring system, the national forest inventory (NFI),and the national GHG inventory for Cambodia is now being made.

Design NFMS and begin institutional and technical capacity building on relevant elements, including the national forest inventory and GHG inventory, to allow the measurable, reportable and verifiable emissions and removals estimates due to REDD+ activities

•Design of NFMS is now being discussed intensively.•Design of NFI, satellite monitoring system and GHG inventory has been discussed extensively and has started to finalize.



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Need to determine:

Overall design of NFMS and strategy for NFMS development

Subjects and/or activities to be monitored by who and how

Methodology to use the monitoring results

1. Design of NFMS

Actions to be taken



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May need to review two things based on the findings of

actual mapping:

Land use/cover classes

Details of mapping

(Maps will be completed by the end of May 2015)

2. SLMS (Satellite Land Monitoring System)



3. NFI (National Forest Inventory)

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Need to make:

NFI implementation plan (feasibility study)

Need to determine:

NFI design (based on the feasibility study)

Relation between NFI and satellite based forest monitoring system.

Complementing each other?



4. GHG Reporting

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Need to determine:

Availability of activity data –for data not available now,

default values of IPCC guideline need to be used.

Software to be used (or, select manual calculation method)

Default values to be used.



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What are the guides used for planning and designing the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS)

“National Forest Monitoring Systems: Monitoring and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (M & MRV) in the context of REDD+ Activities”, 2013, UN-REDD Programme.

This UN-REDD document outlines methodological proposals of the UN-REDD Programme to implement NFMS. While it is still a proposal and each country can design its own NFMS, basic requirements are the same.

It the guideline, more detail on technical aspect and statistical approach



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Limited Human resources

MRV/REL Technical Team don’t have good understanding on development

of NFMS

Lack of Knowledge for Awareness (documents, methodology, consultancy

etc.)

Limitation of Cooperation between intergovernmental agencies

How to integrate all source of document to support NFMS and provide the

robust system

Time of submission of REDD+ national strategy and REL

Challenges for Development of National Forest Monitoring System



SDCG-7Sydney, Australia


Thank You For Your Attention

Mrs. Sar SophyraContact address: FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION#40 Norodom BVLD, Daun Penh, Phnom Ppenh, CAMBODIA.Email: [email protected]

Space Data Needs

• What are the guides used for planning and designing the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS)

• What is your current level of understanding of the GFOI MGD document

• Current challenges and obstacles for applying guidance while designing the NFMS

• Maximum of 5-6 slides



Guidance for Implementation of National Forests Monitoring Systems CAMBODIA MGD Session Sydney, Australia March 4 th – 6 th 2015.

Documents

national forest programme

forest degradation

flooded forest

forest sector

forest resources pa

management plans

ministry of land management

state forests