http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/ The presentation by Rocío Cóndor, FAO, was delivered during the Second annual meeting of the West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency held on 11-13 October 2017, Dakar, Senegal. It provides an overview of the work of FAO to enhance national capacities to report on Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector and present recent FAO resources.

1. The work of FAO to enhance national capacities
to report on Agriculture, Forestry and Other
Land Use
Rocío Cóndor
(FAO)
11-13 October 2017, Dakar, Senegal
Second annual meeting of the
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency

2. Content
• The MRV and the Enhanced Transparency
framework (ETF) under the UNFCCC
• Global and regional status of the MRV
• Key elements of MRV
• FAO support & key resources
• Conclusions
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017

3. MRV framework
NationallyDeterminedContributions(NDC)
National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGHGI)
/Enhanced Transparency Framework
Source: UNFCC (2014)
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017

4. Forest reference
(emission) level
Technical
assessment
REDD+ Technical
Annex to the BUR
Technical analysis
(ICA)
MRV for REDD+
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
Step 1: Step 2:
MRV for REDD+, two-step process:
Brazil (Cerrado)
Cambodia
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Honduras
Madagascar
Nepal
PNG
Sri Lanka
Uganda
Tanzania
Brazil
2011-2015
2017
Two-step process:

5. First BUR: 37 countries
6 Africa (Ghana, Mauritania, Marroc, Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia), 11 LAC, 12 Asia,
7 East Europe, 1 Middle East
Modality of submission as an stand-alone document, plus some countries:
• National Inventory Report, NIR : Armenia, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Ghana,
Mauritania, Republic of Moldova, South Africa (Art. 13 Paris Agreement)
• REDD+ technical annex : Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Malaysia.
Second BUR: 8 countries
2 Africa (Namibia, Tunisia), 3 LAC (Argentina, Brazil, Chile), 1 Asia (Singapore), 2 East
Europe (Andorra, Bosnia).
• National Inventory Report: Chile, Namibia (Art. 13 Paris Agreement)
• REDD+ technical annex : Brazil
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
Biennial Update Report (BUR): global

6. MRV key elements for AFOLU & REDD+
• Sustainable institutional arrangements for measuring,
reporting and verifying.
• Reliability, sustainability and comprehensiveness of data
collection (official national sources).
• Assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) and uncertainties
of emissions and removals applying the 2006 IPCC Guidelines
and its supplements.
• Quality assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) and verification.
• Consistency of reporting to the UNFCCC: data sources,
methodologies, forest definition, national GHG inventory.
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017

7. West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7210e.pdf

8. West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017

9. West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
FAO resources/global database: agricultural sectors
http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home

10. West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
FAO resources/global database: forest & land use
http://www.fao.org/forest-resources-assessment/en/

11. World Programme for the Census of
Agriculture 2020 (en, fr, es)
supporting countries to carry out their
national agricultural census at least
once every decade. New publication
provides guidance on agricultural
censuses (2016-2025), including a
section Environment/Greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions, also for data
collection to apply Tier 2 approach.
FAO resources/data collection: agriculture
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4913e.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4913f.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4913s.pdf
More information:
http://www.fao.org/world-census-agriculture/en/

12. Voluntary guidelines on national forest
monitoring (6 languages)
The aim of these Voluntary Guidelines is to
assist with the creation and operation of
National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS).
The guidelines include good practice
principles, guidelines and a general
framework. It also incorporates a set of
decision-support tools for planning and
implementing a multi-purpose NFMS
grounded in nationally appropriate and
scientifically sound practice, taking into
consideration domestic information needs
and reporting requirements.
FAO resources/data collection: forest & land use
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
Press release:
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1025728/icode/
http://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767a.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767c.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767e.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767f.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767r.pdf
http://www.fao.org/3/a-I6767s.pdf

13. E-learning course “Building a
National Greenhouse Gas
Inventory for Agriculture, Forestry
and Other Land Use”
• Guide users to estimate AFOLU
emissions following 2006 IPCC
Guidelines at Tier 1 Method
• Provide practical exercises to
apply
the acquired knowledge
• Transition from revised 1996
IPCC, 2000 GPG to 2006 IPCC
Guidelines.
• Free-of-charge
FAO resources/GHG estimates & reporting: AFOLU
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
http://www.fao.org/elearning/#/elc/en/course/NGHGI
http://www.fao.org/elearning/#/elc/es/course/NGHGI
Catalogue FAO e-learning center:
http://www.fao.org/elearning/#/elc/en/home

14. FAO resources/GHG estimates & reporting: REDD+
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7163e.pdf
Key findings:
• Unprecedented transparency of
countries’ forest-sector data and
information;
• Technical assessment under the
UNFCCC is key to improvement of
countries’ forest sector data;
• Major improvements of forest area
(change) statistics, including
uncertainty estimates (in most cases
for the first time).
• Challenges remain on data sharing
and in-country sharing of forest
statistics - results in inconsistent
domestic and international reports
(FREL, BUR, FRA, National Statistical
Offices)

15. Conclusions
• Technological and institutional barriers of MRV for REDD+
are being overcome;
• Improved country data is contributing to informed forest
sector policies, and contributes to SDG and NDC.
• Monitoring and reporting GHG emissions and removals
from AFOLU is fundamental to take appropriate actions and
adopt policies and measures.
• AFOLU is a sector that faces several challenges on data
collection and GHG estimations.
• FAO is working with and for countries to address key
elements of MRV and moving towards the Enhanced
Transparency Framework (ETF).
West African South-South Network on MRV and Transparency11-13 October 2017

16. Thank you
Contact
rocio.condor@fao.org
16Sub- Regional Dialogue on the MRV framework West Africa4-6 October 2016
For more information on FAO’s work on Climate Change visit:
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FAO MICCA
http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/en/
FAO REDD+/NFM
http://www.fao.org/redd/en/