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Lao People's Democratic Republic the Capacity Development Project for Establishing National Forest Information System for Sust Lao People's Democratic Republic Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Lao People’s Democratic Republic The Capacity Development Project for Establishing National Forest Information System for Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+ (PhaseⅡ) Completion Report 2016 March Japan International Cooperation Agency Joint Venture GED KOKUSAI KOGYO CO., LTD. JR ASIA AIR SURVEY CO., LTD. 15-138 Location of the Project site The Capacity Development Project for Establishing National Forest Information System for Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+ Lao People’s Democratic Republic ラオス人民民主共和国 Luangprabang Vientiane Resource ： University of Texas i Photos of Activities September 2013～March 2016 1st JCC Explanation from Chief Advisor Ground Truth Survey Exchanging opinions with another donor NFI Pilot Survey Final Workshop ii Acronyms AGB Above Ground Biomass AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AWLCA Ad hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action BGB Below Ground Biomass CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research CliPAD Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation Project COP Conference of the Parties C/P Counterｐart DAFO District Agriculture and Forestry Office DB Database DBH Diameter at breast height DFRM Department of Forest Resource Management DG/DGG Director General / Deputy Director General DOF Department of Forestry DOFI Department of Forest Inspection EDN ESRI Developer Network FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FFPRI Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute FIM The Programme for Forest Information Management FIP Forest Investment Program FIPD/DOF Forest Inventory and Planning Division (Department of Forestry) FOMIS Forest Inventory and Management Information System FPP Forest Preservation Program FRA Global Forest Resources Assessments FRIMS Forest Resources Information Management System FSCAP Forest Sector Capacity Development Project GIS Geographic Information System GIS/RS Geographic Information System / Remote Sensing GIZ Gesellshaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit GOL Government of Lao PDR IFC International Financial Cooperation IT Information Technology ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JICS Japan International Cooperation System JV Joint Venture LEAF Lowering Emission in Asia’s Forest MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry MONRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment MRV Measuring, Reporting and Verifying NFCMs National Forest Carbon Maps NFI National Forest Inventory NFIDB National Forest Information Database NFIS National Forest Information System NFMS National Forest Monitoring System NTFP Non-Timber Forest Product NGD National Geographic Department PAFO Provincial Agriculture and Forest Office PaMs Policy and Measures PAREDD Participatory Land-use and Management for Reducing Deforestation R/D Record of Discussion REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the role of conservation of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks iii REL Reference Emission Level RL Reference Level R-PP Readiness preparation proposal RS Remote Sensing SG Safeguards SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and technological advice SUFORD Sustainable Forest and Rural Development (Project) TA Technical Assistance TF Task Force TWG Technical Working Group UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change USAID United States Agency for International Development VCS Verified Carbon Standard WCS Wildlife Conservation Society WG Working Group WS Workshop iv Outline Location of the Project site Photo of Activities Acronyms Chapter1 Overview of the Project ................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background .............................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Objective and output .............................................................................................. 1-2 1.3 Flow of Main Components ..................................................................................... 1-3 Chapter2 Main Activities Implemented (Sep2013~Sep 2015) ......................... 2-1 2.1 Work ........................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.2 Common Items for All Outputs ................................................................................. 2-2 2.3 Activities related to Output 1 .................................................................................... 2-4 2.4 Activities related to Output 2 .................................................................................... 2-6 2.5 Activities Related to Output 3 .................................................................................. 2-6 2.6 Activities Related to Output 4 ............................................................................... 2-7 2.7 Personnel Deployment ........................................................................................... 2-8 Chapter3 Results and Achievements by Output .............................................. 3-1 3.1 Achivement of Project goal and outcome of C/P .................................................. 3-1 3.2 Output 1 .............................................................................................................. 3-1 3.3 Output 2 ............................................................................................................ 3-95 3.4 Output 3 .......................................................................................................... 3-146 3.5 Output 4 .......................................................................................................... 3-173 3.5 Deliverables .................................................................................................... 3-214 v Chapter4 Issues for Project Implementation and Management .....................4-1 4.1 Issues for All Outputs ............................................................................................ 4-1 4.2 Issues for Forest Type Map ....................................................................................... 4-3 4.3 Issues for Carbon Stratification .............................................................................. 4-4 4.4 Issues for Forest Information DB Design ................................................................ 4-4 4.5 Issues Concerning design of Next National Forest Inventory .................................... 4-7 4.6. Issues Concerning Development of Relevant information required by REDD+ ........ 4-8 Chapter5 Suggestions For Achievement of the Overall Goal ..........................5-1 5.1 Suggestions in General ............................................................................................. 5-1 Annex Annex1-1：Minutes of 1st JCC Annex1-2：Minutes of 2nd JCC Annex2-1：Minutes of Workshop(Project outline) Annex2-2：Minutes of Workshop(Forest Classification) Annex2-3：Minutes of Workshop(NFI) Annex4 ：Transfer items list Annex5 ：List of collected materials Annex6 ：Action plan for NFMS and suggestion for capacity building Annex7 ：Single Regression Analysis between Diameter At Breast Height and Ground Biomass for Each Province Vegetation Type Annex8 ：Material for RS training Annex9 ：Overview of Potential NFI design approaches Annex10：Next NFI Manual Annex11：NFI for forest carbon sampling -Guidance Document Annex12：Pilot Survey Report Annex13：Report on Methods for Construction of REL/RL Annex14：Compilation and Reporting REDD+ Safeguard Information Annex15：Report on Impact Assessmet of PAREDD Aproach under Participatory Land and Forest Management Project in Ponsay District, Luang Prabang Province Annex16：Technical Transfer Complete Report Annex17：Report on National Forest Information Sytem (Prototype) Annex18：A Study on the Integration with GHG Inventory Software Annex19：NFI Pilot R Script Technical Summary vi Chapter1 Overview of the Project 1.1 Background In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (hereinafter Lao PDR), forest coverage which was 70% or more in the 1940’s had declined to 47% in 1989 and 40% in 2010. The government of the Lao PDR (hereinafter GOL) endorsed the “Forestry Strategy 2020” with the objective of restoring a forest coverage of 70%. GOL also views REDD+ as valid means for strengthening of management capacities on all levels, increasing government revenues and improving the livelihood of local residents. Therefore, GOL has been keen in preparations for implementation of REDD+ including establishment of a REDD+ Task Force (TF) while receiving support from many donors including Japan. On the other hand, in order to promote forest conservation through REDD+, while the development of forest resource information with high accuracy using satellite information analysis and other means is indispensable, the hardware / software processing capability and capacity that are required for forest resource information management are inadequate, and human resources that perform collection / analysis of related information are in extremely short supply in the Lao PDR, meaning that the infrastructure to further forest conservation through REDD+ is weak. Consequently, under the “Programme for Forest Information Management” (FIM) grant aid cooperation project, the
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