VISIT WEBSITE
This document describes the work undertaken during the visit of a national PNG team to FAO HQ, Rome, Italy, from the 21th of November to the 2nd of December 2011.
The workshop described in this document is part of the capacity building activities related to the Start-Up Phase of the UN-REDD Programme. The topics dealt with during the workshop concerned the satellite land monitoring system (SLMS), as part of the national MRV system. The aim was to develop a classification system using TerraAmazon software as a tool to undertake thematic classification and database implementation.
Towards a National Forest Monitoring System in PNG
At the COP 17 in Durban, PNG presented its current efforts in setting up a National Forest Monitoring System for REDD+. The first results were built in collaboration with INPE and UN-REDD/FAO. National government counterparts have followed two intensive trainings during the last months, a first one on the basics of the Brazilian monitoringsystem in CRA in Belem, Brazil, and a follow-up on this with practical work at FAO-HQ in Rome, Italy. The TerraAmazon platform has been adapted according to country needs and experience in order to manage satellite imagery and produce first statistics on historical deforestation and degradation in two pilot provinces in PNG. In parallel, a dissemination web-portal is being developed trough the support of UN-REDD/FAO. The PNG national forest monitoring web-portal will enable the country to follow all the actions related to the implementation of its national REDD+ policies and measures and to communicate its results to the international community.
PNG revised National Programme and revision matrix received by the Secretariat on April 1st.
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