Gfw presentation for wb master class 27march15
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Global Forest Watch is bringing big data on forests to climate policy by leveraging technologies to gather, analyze, and share forest data. It uses unique partnerships and combines data sets to provide visual stories and analysis to empower various users, including governments, businesses, communities, and educators. The tool tracks carbon emissions from forest change to help monitor progress on REDD+ programs and climate change mitigation efforts.
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- 1. GLOBAL FOREST WATCH: BRINGING BIG DATA ON FORESTS TO CLIMATE POLICY Dr. Nancy Harris, Research Manager, Forests Program
- 4. GATHER ANALYZE SHARE GFW leverages a convergence of technologies . . . 4
- 5. and a unique partnership… Baker & McKinsey Blue Raster Bobolink Foundation BP-REDD, Indonesia Gov’t Cargill CartoDB Center for Global Development CIAT, CGIAR Climate and Land Use Alliance Conservation International Danish International Development Agency Dept. for International Development UK Digital Globe Esri Food & Agriculture Org, UN FoodReg Global Environment Facility Global Forest Watch Canada Global WItness Google Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation Greenpeace Imazon IOI Loders Croklaan IUCN The Jane Goodall Institute Ministry of Foreign Affairs , The Netherlands Mongabay Muyissi NASA Ames Research Center NASA FIRMS NASA JPL Norway International Climate and Forests Initiative OSFAC OSINFOR Planet Labs Rainforest Foundation UK Reforestamos Mexico RESOLVE Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil SarVision ScanEx Swedish Intl. Development Cooperation Agency The Tilia Fund Transparent World UNEP / WCMC University of Maryland University of Minnesota Unilever United States Agency for International Development Vizzuality Winrock Woods Hole Research Center World Resources Institute Yayasan Puter Indonesia Zoological Society of London
- 6. DATA USERS Space agencies National Regional Local Crowd Governments Business Civil society Communities Educators Make complex data easy to understand, decision-relevant, and in near-real time . . . to empower a variety of users 6
- 7. Go to Global Forest Watch
- 8. Combine data sets to tell a visual story
- 9. Do your own analysis
- 10. Or… explore our data by country
- 12. Add your story to the map
- 14. What’s next?
- 15. CLIMATE CHANGE IS UPON US Image: Wikimedia
- 16. Global Carbon Budget (Billion metric tons per year) Humans can reduce emissions with clean energy and energy efficiency Humans can manage lands to reduce sources and enhance sinks
- 17. COMBATING DEFORESTATION ESSENTIAL TO CLIMATE CHANGE 11% of CO2 from deforestation and other land uses Image: Aulia Erlangga, CIFOR
- 18. SECURING RIGHTS, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE: A WRI & RRI REPORT
- 19. COMMUNITIES HOLD THE KEY TO PROTECTING THE FORESTS
- 20. OUR FINDINGS
- 21. OUR FINDINGS: RIGHTS ARE A SOLUTION
- 22. MAPPING COMMUNITY FORESTS WITH GLOBAL FOREST WATCH
- 37. GLOBAL FOREST WATCH C L I M A T E Track carbon emissions from forest change
- 38. USE CASES User Use Case Governments seeking REDD+ funding GFW Climate used as a starting point for setting national and sub-national reference levels and establishing MRV systems for REDD+. On-the-fly data analysis provides decision support in real time on how to design REDD+ programs cost effectively. GFW Climate used as a dynamic capacity building tool where theoretical training material is transformed into applied, geographically relevant analysis REDD+ donors (e.g. Norway, FCPF) GFW Climateused as an independent monitoring tool for evaluating REDD+ performance against information reported by countries. REDD+ project developers GFW Climate used as a preliminary tool for REDD+ project design and estimation of ex ante project benefits. All REDD+ stakeholders (incl. NGOs) GFW Climate used as a planning and implementation tool to facilitate more effective REDD+ interventions
- 39. How do we monitor forest carbon? http://banr.nrel.colostate.edu/allometric-data-collection/ Method 1. Destructive Sampling (Impractical!)
- 40. How do we monitor forest carbon? Measure diameter (and height) of trees in a plot Convert diameter and height to biomass with allometric equations Repeat measurements for many plots Estimate average carbon stocks per stratum Method 2. Measure sample plots extrapolate NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES
- 41. How much carbon is in different ecosystems? 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Tropical rain Tropical moist Tropical dry Subtropical humid Subtropical dry Temperate Boreal Carbonstocksinaboveground biomass(tCha-1) Land Cover Type / Climate Zone Forest Forest Plantations* Perennial crops** Grasslands*** Annual crops * Includes tree species e.g. pine, eucalyptus, teak ** Includes e.g. rubber, coconut, oil palm, coffee, cacao, fruit orchards, agroforestry systems ***Grasslands store a large proportion of total biomass belowground in root systems, so carbon stock estimates shown represent total live biomass (above- and belowground.)
- 42. How do we monitor forest carbon? Measure Lorey’s height in a lidar footprint Convert Lorey’s height to biomass with allometric equations Repeat measurements for many plots Estimate average stocks per pixel Method 3. Measure sample plots extrapolate REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES
- 43. Yu & Saatchi et al. In Review
- 44. NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Lidar BIOMASS ESA’s Earth Exploration Mission Radar How do we monitor forest carbon? Method 4. Systematic satellite observations (2020+)
- 45. Stocks vs. Fluxes Forest carbon stocks Carbon emissions from deforestation
- 47. What do users need?
- 48. We need your input!! • Key datasets – Area of tree cover loss – Carbon stocks – Emissions from biomass loss • Analytical Functionality – Combine data sets to tell a visual story – Do your own analysis • Upload and analyze your own shapefile • Adjust time period of baseline • Select carbon pools to include • Modify data sources – Explore data by country or subnational unit – Download the data • Useful metrics
- 49. GLOBAL FOREST WATCH C L I M A T E BETA VERSION HOME CARBON STOCKS GHG EMISSIONS & REMOVALS National boundaries Subnational boundaries Upload or draw a custom boundary
- 50. GLOBAL FOREST WATCH C L I M A T E BETA VERSION HOME MAP BLOG PUBLICATIONS DATA METHODS ABOUT GFW National boundaries Subnational boundaries Upload or draw a custom boundary
- 51. GLOBAL FOREST WATCH C L I M A T E BETA VERSION HOME MAP BLOG PUBLICATIONS DATA METHODS ABOUT GFW Baseline carbon emissions: xx Gt CO2e/year Percent reduction from baseline: y% Avoided Emissions since 2xxx: x Gt CO2e Carbon emissions from tree cover loss REFINE ANALYSIS + National boundaries Subnational boundaries Upload or draw a custom boundary Add Results to Analysis Dashboard See Dashboard
- 52. GLOBAL FOREST WATCH C L I M A T E BETA VERSION HOME MAP BLOG PUBLICATIONS DATA METHODS ABOUT GFW Baseline carbon emissions: xx Gt CO2e/year Percent reduction from baseline: y% Carbon emissions REFINE ANALYSIS X National boundaries Subnational boundaries Upload or draw a custom boundary Carbon Pools Included Forest area data UMD/GLAD Areas to exclude from analysis Freehand Polygon Upload shapefile Aboveground biomass NASA JPL (Saatchi et al.) Woods Hole (Baccini et al.) Carnegie (Asner et al.) Country reported FAO Belowground biomass Dead wood Litter Soil organic carbon Submit Add Results to Analysis Dashboard See Dashboard Time Period for Baseline Forest Definition FAO Reported to UNFCCC
- 54. Analysis Dashboard Save & Go Back to Map Clear Dashboard Export Dashboard Results Review Scenario Settings Monitored Reductions to DateCarbon Emissions Forest Carbon Stocks Gross Tree Cover Loss Emerging Carbon Emission Hotspots Donor InvestmentsEmissions per ton of annual crop yield Emissions Forest Loss Emissions from Primary Forest Loss Carbon Stocks Per Pool Average Total
- 55. We need your input!! • Key datasets • Analytical Functionality – Combine data sets to tell a visual story – Do your own analysis • Upload and analyze your own shapefile • Adjust time period of baseline • Select carbon pools to include • Modify data sources – Explore data by country or subnational unit – Download the data – Identify emerging hotspots within an AOI for deforestation and emissions • Useful metrics
- 56. www.globalforestwatch.org @globalforests nharris@wri.org GLOBAL FOREST WATCH C L I M A T E Thank you!