Institutional REDD+ MRV framework
Workshop for developing a roadmap for an Ethiopian
national REDD+ MRV framework
Institutional framework
 A strong institutional set up and the establishment and
maintenance of partnership and cooperation on all levels
as enabling framework
 Coordination and integration of national datasets through a
high-level national technical committee accompanied and
development of a national data management system and
infrastructure
 Sustain internal and national communication mechanisms
 A framework for involving all relevant national stakeholders
involved in MRV and REDD implementation and mechanisms to
ensure transparent and open exchange and management of
data streams
 Need for engagement with local and international community
 Clarity on roles and responsibilities
Institutional framework REDD+ MRV:
components
 MRV coordination / links to REDD+ policy/implementation
 National data management infrastructure
 NFM/MRV monitoring – remote sensing
 NFM/MRV monitoring – forest inventories
 NFM/MRV analysis and estimation
 REDD+ international reporting (IPCC)
 NFM/MRV local-national interaction
 NFM/MRV training – capacity building
 NFM/MRV research – continuous improvements
 Define roles and responsibilities!
REDD+ MRV coordination component
A high-level national coordination and cooperation REDD+
MRV unit could:
● Link forest carbon MRV system to the national
policy for REDD+
● Specify and oversee roles, responsibilities and cobenefits, and other monitoring efforts
● Coordinate national datasets, national data
infrastructure
● Engage local level and integrate local data streams
(quality control, consistency)
● Coordinate MRV components
● National REDD+ reporting
Relevant organisations for MRV ( ... R-PP)
Organisation Full name
Task
MRV expertise
REPAs
Regional environmental
protection agencies
capacity need assessment has to be
conducted
BoARD
Bureaux of Agriculture
and Rural Development
Ministry of Mines and
Energy
Sub-national or regional level monitoring
reporting, verification of sustainable forest
management and compliance with and
enforcement of policies, strategies and
regulations
Sustainable forest management
Sustainable energy supply
Involved in the first phase of
WBISPP project, specifically in the
energy component.
Expertise on land cover (forests)
within river basins
REDD coordinator
MRV unit with medium level (as
defined in this document) GIS and
Remote Sensing experience
MoME
MoWR
Land Administration Unit
Ministry of Water
Resources
Ministry of Agriculture
River basin management
FEPA
Environmental
Protection Authority
National data integration for IPCC estimation National GHG inventory, National
and reporting
communcation, international
reporting
EMA
Ethiopian Mapping
Agency
EWCA
Ethiopian Wildlife
Conservation Authority
Main mapping centre using GIS and Remote
Sensing in Ethiopia
Main topographic mapping centre
Management of national parks & wildlife
sanctuaries
MoA
Formulation, compliance support,
monitoring, reporting, verification of
sustainable forest management and related
national policies, strategies and regulations.
Medium level (as defined in this
document) GIS and Remote
Sensing expertise
No GIS and Remote Sensing
Expertise
Relevant organisations for MRV (R-PP)
Organisation
Full name
Task
MRV expertise
CSA
Central Statistics Authority
National statistics centre
FRC - EARI
Forestry Research Centre Ethiopian Agricultural
Research Institute
Institute of Biodiversity
Conservation
Main expertise centre on forest
research
Remote Sensing experience on
census unit area mapping
Forest inventories
MU
Mekelle University
WGCF
Wondo Genet College of
Forestry
Horn of Africa Regional
Environment Center
Institute of Sustainable
Development , Farm-Africa/
SOS Sahel Ethiopia
Frankfurt Zoological Society
Dryland agriculture and
biodiversity
Forestry research
IBC
HoAREC
ISD, FarmAfrica/ SOS
Sahel Ethiopia
FZS
CSO at each
Varies
Woreda
NGO supporting Varies
each Woreda, if
found
Main expertise centre on
biodiversity
Promote agroforestry
Rehabilitation of degraded areas
Bale Mountains Eco Region
Sustainable Management Project
(ERSMP)
Bale Mountains National Park
(BMNP) project
Varies
Varies
Inventories and conservation of
plant, animal and microbial
biodiversity
Woody biomass inventories
Expertise in forest inventory
Land cover mapping
Includes land cover mapping, forest
inventories and carbon accounting
studies
Includes land cover mapping, forest
inventories and carbon accounting
studies
Unlikely to have any, will have to
be trained
Unlikely to have any, will have to
be trained
Involving the local level
1.
REDD+ is a national process (policy and performance) but
needs to work on the local level
2.
In many countries, national level REDD+ implementation &
monitoring benefits from direct engagement of local actors
and community
3.
For Ethiopia:
4.
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Participatory forest monitoring framework
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Several local REDD+ related studies (data, experiences,
capacities)
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Need for demonstration activities
Develop local >< national integration as win-win situation
Community-based monitoring
Local experts / communities can provide important data
streams:
● Signalling forest change and human activity
● Forest inventory measurements
● Revisit time and long-term monitoring
● As independent data sources
Issues of Community-based monitoring
 Importance varies depending on national priorities
 Data issues:
● Spatially constraint (local!)
● Data quality
● Data credibility
● Data consistency
● Requires validation and quality control
 Need to develop synergy among national and community
based monitoring
International
reporting
Nationallevel MRV
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National priorities and
strategies for local REDD+
implementation
National datasets and
streams for local use
Capacity development and
revenue stream (for MRV)
MRV guidance & standards
National data infrastructure
and quality control of local
measurements
Monitoring of leakage
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Local &
communitybased
monitoring
REDD+ participation and
safeguards
Local data collection as input
to national monitoring (forest
inventory, regular and nearreal time tracking of forest
change events)
Performance reporting (longterm) for local implementation
activities
Independent data sources for
validation purposes
Higher education and research institutes
 NFM/MRV is in hand of mandated governmental
institutions
 Organizations, universities and research centers
 Conduct/support research on key issues to fill data
and knowledge gaps
 Main driver for continuous improvement in
NFM/MRV
 Long-term role in capacity building and training
 Framework for participation, scientific advice and
(inter)national partnering (e.g. through technical
and scientific advisory group)
Session 10: Breakout groups
Institutions and stakeholders
1. National institutional framework for REDD+ MRV
2. Strategies for community and local participation
3. Involvement of higher education and research
institutes
1. Institutional framework MRV
Objective: develop institutional framework for MRV and
steps to achieve this. With specific focus on:
 Clarify roles and responsibilities for different REDD+ MRV
components
 REDD+ MRV coordination and cooperation mechanism
 National data management system and infrastructure
 Involvement of relevant stakeholders in MRV and REDD
implementation, with consideration of multi-sector
(drivers!) partnerships and engagement with local and
international community
2. Strategies for community participation
Objective: explore how, when and where to involve local
experts/expertise in NFM/MRV activities: discuss the role,
opportunities mechanisms of local actors in REDD and MRV
and defined capacity development needs and next steps
3. Involvement of higher education and
research institutes
Objective: discuss how to involve and support research
org. on key issues, and how to build long-term
partnerships/research priorities with research/training
organizations:
● Define role of higher education and research
institutions in REDD+ monitoring, capacity building
and continuous improvements
● Thematic foci and areas of engagements
● Identify relevant organizations and research
partners
● Outline priorities and next steps to take
Session 10: Breakout groups
Institutions and stakeholders
1. National institutional framework for REDD+ MRV
2. Strategies for community and local participation
3. Involvement of higher education and research
institutes