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National Forest Monitoring Activities in Papua New Guinea

The Seventh GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium “Benefits for Society from GEOSS evolution toward addressing Sustainable Development Goals”

26th -28th May 2014, Tokyo, Japan Elizabeth Kaidong Forest Policy and Planning Directorate Papua New Guinea Forest Authority

CONTENT

Current Status of Forest Existing Database and resource within Papua New Guinea Forest Authority Forest Resources REDD+ Pilot Sites

National Forest Monitoring Projects/Activities

1. Capacity Development on Forest Resource Monitoring for Addressing Climate Change in Papua New Guinea 2. Technical Support to the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority to implement a multi-purpose National Forest Inventory

 Way Forward

Current Status of Forest

 Vast forest areas which are inaccessible (rugged terrain, remoteness) and high cost

• f logistics; Landform: Rugged terrain, mountainous, lowland and limestone (4 largest

islands and 600 small islands); pristine forest

 Different forest types (lowland to Montane Forest and specific forest types found

• nly in certain areas of the country). Complex forest structure and composition

(different forest types found in one survey area).  97% of forest traditional owned and only 3% ownership by the state (Government). It would be difficult to develop any area without the full consent and proper awareness given to the people.  Potential threats apart from logging activities are expansion of commercial agriculture (oil palm), mining, oil and gas exploration.

Existing Database and resource within Papua New Guinea Forest Authority

 Mandated to maintain and manage the forests and plantations (monitoring).  Forest classes of 63 types (17 vegetation types including forest plantation)but now reduced to 21 land classes  Forest Inventory is only conducted on forest areas which is identified as potential timber stock that is acquired as a forest management area (FMA) or timber permit areas (TA).  There has not been any National Forest Inventory conducted since a survey done in 1972 .  Forest Inventory Processing System (FIPS) was first developed and used in 1986; processing data collected for natural forest (improved and updated).  Forest Inventory and Mapping System (FIMS) has not been updated since 1996 (improved and updated). The Forest Inventory Mapping (FIM) system has been developed to provide a consistent and country wide set of information on the type and extent of the forest resource and of its current use by the forest industry in PNG.  Existing forest related data is not sufficient for carbon estimation (Permanent sample plots; 120 &

• ther studies conducted in the country).

 22 Provincial Forest Offices in the country apart the Forestry Headquarters

TOTAL LAND AREA 46.4 mill ha NON FOREST AREA 9.2 mill ha TOTAL FOREST AREA 27.1 mill ha OTHER AREAS 10.1 mill ha PROTECTION FOREST 1.8 mill ha PRODUCTION FOREST 14.6 mill ha RESERVE FOREST 10.7 mill ha REMAINING FOREST UNDER CONCESSIONS 5.5 mill ha FUTURE POTENTIAL PRODUCTION FOREST 9.1 mill ha

Sherman P., et al. 2008.The State of the Forests of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, University Of Papua New Guinea

Forest Resources

REDD+ Pilot Sites in Papua New Guinea (5 sites)

Sandaun East Sepik WNB EHP MBP

Easily accessible by the general public Different

• wnership

types Different forest/ vegetation types Different Altitudinal zones Fairly distributed across all 4 regions Forest Plans in Place

National Forest Monitoring Projects/Activities

1. Capacity Development on Forest Resource Monitoring for Addressing Climate Change in Papua New Guinea

• Funded and supported: Japanese Government (Japanese Grant Aid and JICA

Technical Cooperation)

• Period: 3 years (March 2011-March 2014)
• 2. Technical Support to the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority to implement a

multi-purpose National Forest Inventory

• Funded and supported: UNREDD Programme, European Union (EU) and

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Period: 3 years (October 2013-September 2016)
• Implementing agency: Papua New Guinea Forest Authority and the Papua

New Guinea University of Technology (Forestry Department)

• Supporting Agency: Office of Climate Change and Development, forest

Industries Association and Environmental NGOs

1.Capacity Development on Forest Resource Monitoring for Addressing Climate Change in Papua New Guinea (1)

Grant Aid JICA Technical Cooperation

• 1. Satellite images, GIS-related

equipment, Equipment for ground truthing and others

• 2. Trainings (GIS-related equipment,

processing of Remote Sensing data & applying them in Forest Inventory.

• 1. Nation-wide forest base map is

improved using remote sensing technology

• 2. National Level forest resource database

is improved

• 3. To address climate change, the

monitoring system of forest resource including carbon stock exchange is improved Purpose and Outputs of the Project Purpose: Contribute to forest base map development and forest state monitoring for addressing sustainable forest management and climate change. Purpose: To address climate change, the capacity

• f relevant institutions in PNG is enhanced for the

monitoring of nation-wide forest resource including carbon stock. Expected Outputs

1.Capacity Development on Forest Resource Monitoring for

Addressing Climate Change in Papua New Guinea (2)

Status of Expected Outputs

1.Capacity Development on Forest Resource Monitoring for Addressing Climate Change in Papua New Guinea (3)

Status of Expected Outputs Output 2: PNG Forest Database

• Forest Inventory Mapping System (FIMS) provides maps such as

Concession area, Logged over area, forest areas with physical limitations (slope, altitude, inundation, karst, mangrove) , and FMU (Forest mapping unit is an area of forest or other vegetation) , etc.

• FIMS also provides merchantable forest volume in each province

and in each concession area.

• Forest Inventory Processing (FIPS) is a simple computer system to process

PNG inventory assessments of natural forest.

• FIPS basically stores Field survey information (topography, area of each block in

hectares, date of survey, etc) and Data on each tree surveyed (strip number, plot number, forest type, species code, diameter, length, form; based on straightness

• f the bole, plot type) and generate reports; Assessment summary (“stocking per

ha”, Basal area per ha and Gross Volume per ha) and species listing in order of volume representation in the assessment (information retrieved from field book data).

SQL (Structured Query Language): It makes it possible to retrieve specific data and make original reports by using MS Access

JICA-PNGFA PROJECT for Capacity Development on Forest Resource Monitoring for Addressing Climate Change

1.Capacity Development on Forest Resource Monitoring for

Addressing Climate Change in Papua New Guinea (4)

Status of Expected Outputs Output 3: Forest Monitoring including Carbon Stock Calculations done based on the Forest BaseMap Version 1 for Above Ground Living Biomass/Above Ground Living Carbon Stock and Below Ground Living Biomass/Below Ground Living Carbon Stock for all forest types Field measurement conducted in two forest types in the Suau REDD+ Pilot for Above Ground Biomass and trial training of Below Ground Biomass in one province with some results.

1.Capacity Development on Forest Resource Monitoring for

Addressing Climate Change in Papua New Guinea (5)

Satellite Imagery and Software Purpose ALOS/PALSAR 2010 (Radar) Change Detection (Forest Monitoring) RapidEye 2010 (Optical) Development of Forest BaseMap (Cloud Compensation; 5m resolution for the whole country (1000+ tiles) ALOS/PALSAR 2007 (Radar) Change Detection (Forest Monitoring) LiDAR/GeoSAR (Airborne) Acquired for only area of interest (selected REDD+ Pilot site; Canopy Volume and GeoSar for terrain illumination eCognition Object Based Classification for the Broad Forest Classification, Land use and others and Mass production ArcGIS 10 (license) and server To allow the application of running the forest base map ,other maps and database. ERDAS Used by a University for the students undertaking studies under the Survey and Cartography field.

Cloud Compensation: Forest BaseMap Change Detection: Forest Monitoring

2.Technical Support to the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority to implement a multi-purpose National Forest Inventory (1)

Project overall objective : is to contribute to the implementation of

PNG's policies and measures for climate change mitigation.

Purpose: is to support the PNG Forest Authority to implement a

continuous and multi-purpose National Forest Inventory (NFI) as part

• f a National Forest Monitoring System that will fulfil the UNFCCC

Cancun and Copenhagen decision.  PNG has taken a double sampling approach:

• Phase 1: Based on Remote Sensing data

analysis, Collect Earth Open foris and Google Earth tool

• Phase 2: Based on field plot clusters on a random

restricted sampling design

Multi-purpose Inventory: Botanical Sampling, carbon pools (Deadwood- standing/fallen, soils, litter), Non Timber Products, Biodiversity (flora & fauna)

2.Technical Support to the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority to implement a multi-purpose National Forest Inventory (2)

1. Sampling Design – Systematic grid 4.44x4.44 km and 2.22x2.22 km (Grid – 0.04 x 0.04 degree) – 25,279 tracts covering PNG 2. Sampling Unit

• 1 hectare (100m x 100m)

& 25 check points 3. Classification: – IPCC land use categories and sub-categories – PNG Forest type and Vegetation classifications as sub-divisions

Pre-Assessment

2.Technical Support to the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority to implement a multi-purpose National Forest Inventory (3)

Software/Programs/ Materials Purpose

Java/Google Earth/Collect Earth Initiate Google Earth to run the Collect Earth Firefox/Earth Engine Initiate Earth Engine to run the Land sat 7, Land sat 8 and Bing Map RapidEye 2010 Supporting reference to areas that have no images/not clear FIMS Logging Concessions/ FIMS Forest/Vegetation classification Supporting reference to indicates logging areas and existing vegetation classification (subject to change) Land use Hierarchical Rules To determine the type of land use category per plot. General Planning Maps Supporting reference to determine the location of plot and accessible entry Saiku Server To analyze the data and determine the results.

2.Technical Support to the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority to implement a multi-purpose National Forest Inventory (4)

2.Technical Support to the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority to implement a multi-purpose National Forest Inventory (5)

• Phase 1 of the project is completed and now progressing

into the Phase 2 of the project

• It took six months to complete the assessment of the

plots and presented in the results in a 3 days workshop (20-22nd May 2014) which was the 3rd one to be held and progression into phase 2. Previous two were in 2012- 2013.

• Field manual and methodology be completed by June.

Botanical trainings on a regional level (4) in July- August and trial field testing of sampling design in September of 115 plots (circular plot with five clusters).

• Actual National Forest Inventory to be conducted in 2015.

Way Forward

• Since the completion of the first Japanese Grant Aid/JICA Technical

Cooperation Project, with the success of the project has extended for next 5 years (2014- 2019) of the Second Project in July of this year.

• Despite having much of the forest detailed out on the Basemap

Version 1, there’s still the challenge to clearly determine forest types using remote sensing therefore it is essential for continuous field work to verify those forest.

• The issue of future monitoring of land use change or change

detection of forest areas to other land use conversion.

• First National Forest Inventory will determine actual forest areas and

carbon stock for the whole country to form the basis for the reporting to the UNFCCC.

Acknowledgement for Presentation Contents

 Special thank you to the following group of people with contents of this presentation:

• 1. JICA/KKC Experts: Mr. Tatsuya Watanabe (Chief Advisor)
• Mr. Kiyoshi Suzuki (Forest Inventory/Project Coordinator)
• Mr. Masamichi Haraguchi (Team Leader of Grant Aid Technical

Assistant Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd (KKC)

• Mr. Yasuyuki Okada (KKC)
• 2. PNG Forest Authority: Dr. Ruth Turia (Director Forest Policy and Planning)
• Mr. Gewa Gamoga (Senior Climate Change Officer)
• Mr. Perry Malan (Senior Cartographer Officer)
• Mr. Ledino Seaga (Senior Inventory Officer)
• Mr. Rabbie Lalo (Planning and Analyst Officer)

Thank you Tenk yu tru Arigatou gozaimashita

Elizabeth Kaidong Adaptation and Low Carbon Growth Officer ekaidong@pngfa.gov.pg or ekaidong@gmail.com