ReCaREDD Project

F. Achard, R. Beuchle, S. Carboni, H. Eva, R. Grecchi, A. Langner, A. Marelli , D. Simonetti, H-J Stibig, A. Verheggen

Institute for Environment and SustainabilityEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre

Hans-Jürgen Stibig

ReCaREDD

• EC-project of the DG DEVCO (Directorate General - DEVELOPMENT & COOPERATION)

• implemented by the JRC

• in collaboration with partner countries and institutions in the tropical regions

• total budget ~5 Mio Euro

developing/testing new Remote Sensing methodologies for monitoring of forest degradation in the tropics

contribute to capacity building in tropical countries for reporting on mitigation actions in the forest sector (REDD+)

Main Objectives

developing specific software tools (open software development)

Approach: enhancing and complementing ongoing country activities and collaborating with

institutions and existing projects in the region

support RS based forest degradation monitoring at local or national scale

help establishing reference emission levels

collaboration with and involvement of partner institutions in research and testing

organize regional/national Technical Workshops and Training (in the region or at the JRC)

compiling REDD+ relevant regional database (e.g. on methods, statistics, maps, allometry, biomass data)

Other Objectives

Geographical Areasfocus on Africa, selected cases in S-America and SE-Asia

= ‘Focus Countries’ - active research on test sites= ‘Associated Countries’ - specific collaboration, sharing

ReCaREDD in SE-Asia

Focus on continental SE-Asia and Lower Mekong basin

CAMBODIA: • Department of Forestry and

Community Forestry (FA)

LAOS • FIPD- Forest Inventory And Planning

Division (DoF/MAF)• NOUL- National University of Laos

Research Division, Faculty of Forestry

VIETNAM• FIPI – Forest Inventory and Planning

Institute

FIPDNOULVientiane

FIPIHanoi

FA – Phnom Penh

ReCaREDD in SE-Asia

‘Focus Countries’• active work in test sites

‘Associated countries’(other interested countries of the region)

• sharing of methods, tools & results• invitations to regional workshops or

technical meetings• support for accessing satellite

imagery SENTINEL• collaboration on specific issues

Bac Kan

Kampong Thom

Bolikhamsai

Lam Dong

Salavan

main focus on national & regional-scale monitoring(medium-resolution satellite imagery 10m-5m)

test cases for local scale monitoring • (high-res imagery 5m-≤1m)

Scale

flexible approaches, most appropriate choice: • automated (pixel or segment based) • visual methods

Methods

 LANDSAT 1-8 SENTINEL-2

Mission Lifetime 1972 – present launch: June 2015

Repeat cycle 16 days 10 – 5* days

* in 2017 with S2a & S2b

Swath width 185 km 290 km

Spectral bands 7 13

Spatial resolution 30 (60) m 10 (20, 60)m

Looking forward for intense use of expected ‘Sentinel-2’ (10m) imagery

• Feasibility study establishing information systems and databases for ‘regional forest observatories’

• Open call for tender to be launched the study

Regional Forest Observatories