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APPLIED REMOTE SENSING IN UGANDA
Ministry of Water & Environment,
National Forestry Authority,
by
Edward Ssenyonjo
Remote Sensing Specialist
Joseph Mutyaba
Cartography Specialist
25 February 2014
FAO-Rome, Italy
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Product Creation
What national reports and forest information products does your
country produce?
National Biomass technical reports (National Land Use Land Cover and Biomass
distribution)
Contribution to:
•State of the environment reports
•Ministerial Policy statement for Water and Environment reports
•Ministry of Water and Environment Sector Performance report
•Background to the budget
•Statistical abstract
•Biomass energy Strategy by Ministry of Energy
•Environmental Sensitivity Atlas for the Albertine Graben
•National Water Resources Assessment report
•National Communication to the UNFCCC
•FAO CountryStat Uganda
•Many others.
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Product Creation
What national reports and forest information products does your
country produce? (Cont)
Others supported
•CDM baseline reports
•REDD –provides a basis for baseline
•Oil exploration impact assessment
•Infrastructural development projects
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Product Creation
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How often are those products updated and by whom? Please provide
dates of recent updates.
Report
National Biomass Technical Reports
State of the environment reports
Ministerial Policy statement for Water and Environment reports
Ministry of Water and Environment Sector Performance report
Budget Frame work Paper
Statistical abstract
Biomass energy Strategy by Ministry of Energy
Environmental Sensitivity Atlas for the Albertine Graben
National Water Resources Assessment report
Government Performance Report
National Development Plan
National Communication to the UNFCCC
FAO CountryStat
Frequency
(Yrs)
na
Last
update By whom
5
2009 NFA not published
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National Environment Management Authority (MWE)
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Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE)
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2013 Ministry of Water and Environment
1
2013 Ministry of Fininace and Economic Development
1
2013 Uganda Beaurau of Statistics
2013 Ministry of Energy
2010 Ministry of Water and Environment
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Ministry of Water and Environment
1
2013 Ministry of Finznce and Economic Development
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2010 National Planning Authority (MoFPED)
2002 Clinate Change Unit (MWE)
1
2013 Uganda Beaurau of Statistics
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Satellite Data Sources
Have you used any satellite data, and if so what satellite data is used
to create your reports and forest cover products?
•SPOT XS (3) for the 1990 national land cover mapping and Biomass assessment
•Landsat ETM 7 for the 2005 national land cover mapping and Biomass assessment
•Landsat TM 5 for the 2010 national land cover mapping and Biomass assessment
How do you obtain those data and what format is used?
Image acquisition
•SPOT XS (3) for the 1990 -Purchase with donor support ( Norwegian Forestry Society)
•Landsat ETM 7 for the 2005 -Purchase from USGS (abt 760 US dollars per scene). Shipped
back for gap filling due to SLC failure.
•Landsat TM 5 for the 2010 –Free download from USGS using GLOVIS.
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Satellite Data Sources
Do you have experience with radar satellite data, and if so, what
missions have been used for which purpose?
Radar data
•Yes but very limited
•ALOS Pulsar -1, 2007
•Introduced to it by the Wood Hole Research Centre (WHRC) for Forest, Non-Forest mapping.
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Other Data Topics
Do you have any specific data issues, such as access to data, access
or use of processing tools, data storage, generation of cloud-free
mosaics, etc.?
IT issues
•Need more powerful workstations with higher RAM, more processing cores
with good speed.
•Central storage for backup (about 1 pent byte)
Tools for
•Generation of cloud free mosaics
•Gap filling Landsat 7 using multiple images
•Calculation of EVI enhanced Vegetation Indices for Landsat 5, 7 & 8., how
to analyse and report on them.
•LULC change analysis and reporting.
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Other Data Topics
Do you see a need for additional satellite data, and if so, what
missions and instruments are desired for which purpose?
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Radar not affected by clouds.
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Access to high resolution images –assess subtle detail biomass/carbon estimation in
project areas CDM, REDD, hazard/risk assessment due to LULC changes on mountains.
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If possible to reacquire the SPOT XS imagery originally purchases in 1989 and used to
generate the national baseline. We need them in a digital form with all bands for
reprocessing because they were originally delivered on paper prints.
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Research and Capacity
Do you have research institutions or groups in the area of forest
remote sensing and if so what are there specific topics?
Individual consultants
Universities: –Makerere University
Students: Makerere, international students,
Civil society: -WCS, WWF, JGI,UWA, FK,
Are there any specific research or development topics that are urgent
to resolve in order to accommodate operational use of satellite data
for forest monitoring in your country?
•More Inventory in the various forest types
•Biomass/Carbon/GHG emissions quantification (carbon trade and Climate
Change)
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Research and Capacity
In which areas would you need support to increase the capacity of
forest information in your country?
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Publication
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E-sharing
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Dissemination
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Policy is weak, poorly enforced and abused.
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Research and Capacity
GRAZIE
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