Dialogue on Satellite data and monitoring systems for REDD+

Date: 5^th October 2012; Location: Filmsaal, BMZ, Bonn, Germany; Time: 9:00 – 18:00

Programme (to download presentations, please click on the links below)

Time	Topic	Speaker
8:30 – 9:00	Registration
Moderator: Reinhard Wolf, GIZ
9:00 – 9:30	Welcome and Introduction	Heiko Warnken, Head of Division 311 - Environment and sustainable use of natural resources (BMZ) Gerd Gruppe, DLR, Member of the Board
9:30 – 10:00	Managing uncertainty and costs in REDD+ and Biodiversity inventory systems	Christoph Kleinn, University Göttingen
10:00 – 10:30	MRV requirements for partner countries: MRV System to support REDD+ Implementation in Indonesia/Role of Satellite Remote Sensing Data on Supporting Forest Carbon Tracking in Indonesia	Arief Darmawan, Indonesia (UKP4) Orbita Roswintiarti, Indonesia LAPAN
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30	MRV requirements of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund	Alexander Lotsch, World Bank, FCPF
11:30 – 12:00	Global availability and coordination of remote sensing data for REDD+ monitoring through the GEO Global Forest Observation Initiative and synergies with related purposes	Frank-Martin Seifert, ESA
12:00 - 12:30	Experiences with RapidEye for REDD+ in Indonesia (Dotzauer) Experiences with RapidEye for REDD+ in Indonesia (Siegert)	Helmut Dotzauer, GIZ Florian Siegert, RSS
12:30 - 13:00	TerraSarX - the German tandem - insights from a public-private partnership in Ghana (Obiaw) TerraSarX - the German tandem - insights from a public-private partnership in Ghana (Kuntz)	Steffen Kuntz, Astrium Edward Obiaw, Forestry Commission Ghana
13:00 – 13:10	AFD’s partnership with Astrium for forest preservation in the Congo Basin	Karen Colin de Verdiere, AFD
13:10 – 13:15	Introduction into Working groups
13:15 – 14:15	Lunch
14:15 – 15:30	Working group I: REDD+ best monitoring practices and uncertainty management. With an introduction to the Mexican Forest Monitoring System.	Frank-Martin Seifert, ESA Introduction & moderation
	Working group II: Costs of REDD+ monitoring and multiple benefits. With an introduction to examples for costs & multiple benefits from a number of African countries.	Thomas Häusler, GAF Introduction & moderation
	Working group III: Satellite data for IPCC reporting in the land-use sector. With an introduction to current and future UNFCCC reporting requirements and related remote sensing applications.	Thomas Baldauf, von Thünen Institute (vTI), Introduction & moderation
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 16:45	Plenary: Presentation and discussion of the working group results	Reinhard Wolf, GIZ
16:45 – 17:00	Outlook, final remarks	Daniel Haas, BMZ
17:00 – 18:00	Reception