Regional Data Collection Workshop

On this page you find a short summary of the Regional Data Collection Workshop (RDCW) of the CD-REDD II project, a joint effort of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN), Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut (vTI), on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).

The main aim of the workshop is the collection, assessment, and evaluation of activity data for the GHG inventory of the forest sector in each country. This will serve to identify data gaps and will be the basis for further work with the countries on their GHG inventories, with continuous support from the CD-REDD II team.

Please contact CfRN staff for further information or assistance.

In order to structure the workshop most efficiently, countries will be divided into groups as follows:

• Week 1 (28th May - 1st June): South American project countries:
  • Dominican Republic
  • Suriname
  • Guyana
• Week 2 (4^th - 8^th of June): African project countries:
  • Botswana
  • Ghana
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • Tanzania
  • Zambia

Please see the countries map for a better understanding of the different regional distinctions.

We have collected a set of pictures (ZIP-File, 15MB) available for download as well.

Workshop Agenda

Find linked presentations in the agenda to understand what was going on in the two very fruitfull weeks in Berlin.

Data Processing Workshop

For the countries working with the CfRN within the CD-REDD project, the Data Processing Workshop (DPWS) was the key project activity for generating the GHG inventory.

The DPWS generated the basic inventory components that all countries need to include in their draft GHG inventory. However, depending on the level of ambition of countries, work on fine-tuning the inventory continues after the data processing workshop with the more advanced inventory components.

click here for a larger version, [JPG], 156kB

Please contact CfRN staff [email] for further information or assistance.

We collected also some pictures around the event. Feel free to download them here, [ZIP], 1.3MB.

The CD-REDD team is greatful for the important assistance received from UN FAO, who hosted the event.

For the countries working with the vTI Team within the CD-REDD project, the Data Processing Workshop provided an opportunity to generate an important interim result with an inventory generated from a preliminary database that can inform the work on the spatial database to generated later in the project.

Agenda

Lessons learnt in Building Capacity for AFOLU GHG Inventories

Programme Info

The CD-REDD paper "Advancing on Capacity Development for National GHG Inventory Systems", [PDF], 752kB, presenting an overview of GHG inventory systems and key obstacles  related to data availability, institutional arrangements, and availability of resources, was launched.

During a panel discussion the paper was to debate and participants shared experiences and lessons learnt from on-going work on compiling GHG inventories. Country specific presentations by representatives from the Dominican Republic, Zambia, Malawi and Nigeria were given prior to the discussion. 

The event was opened by Kevin Conrad, Executive Director of CfRN and Horst Freiberg, Head of Division of Forest Conservation, Sustainable Forest Management, Biological Diversity and Climate Change, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany (BMU).

Download the programme flyer of the event here, [PDF], 305kB.

Download your latest copy of the paper published at the side event here, [PDF], 752kB.

Opening

Kevin Conrad, Executive Director, The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN)

Horst Freiberg, Head of Division, Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany (BMU)

Speakers and panellists

• Victor Viñas, Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic
• Salisu Dahiru, National Coordinator REDD+, Nigeria
• Stella Gama, Assistant Director of Forestry, Malawi
• Deuteronomy Kasaro, National Coordinator REDD+, Zambia
• María José Sanz Sanchez, Programme Coordinator UN-REDD
• Till Neeff and Karsten Dunger, CD-REDD project

Moderation

Reinhard Wolf, GIZ

Visits to Countries

In 2012 the CfRN Staff conducted In-Country Training Workshops (ICW) 'Agriculture and Land Use (ALU) National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Software and Other Inventory Tools' as well as Data Gap Fill Visits (DGFV) to bridge gaps that emerged during the Regional Data Collection Workshop in Berlin.

After Berlin the countries of the vTI-cluster proceeded with the workplan through a series of In-Country Meetings (ICM) in the southern african region.

The visits planned or already carried out:

You can find additional information on the Data Gap Fill Visits, such as an agenda and expected outcomes, on the following pages.