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The Challenge of REDD Design: Considerations on Uncertainty and its Implications on Policy Options, and Data Needs for Monitoring and Verification
The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC)
Location: 218, 2nd floor, Collegium Maius
The success of REDD will likely depend on a better understanding of the uncertainties faced when implementing a REDD program. WHRC experts will discuss different aspects of uncertainty relevant in REDD design. The objective of the session is to examine how the design of a comprehensive REDD program is affected by uncertainty in land use projections, forest measurements, and monitoring. Implications will be discussed for policy options, remote sensing, forest survey, and ancillary data needs.
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Chair:
Tracy Johns, WHRC |
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14:30 – 14:45 |
The IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry – Reporting and Uncertainty: A review of the GPG approach |
Tracy Johns, WHRC |
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14:45 – 15:05 |
How would existing REDD policy proposals perform under uncertainty? |
Andrea Cattaneo, WHRC |
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15:05 – 15:25 |
How does uncertainty of biomass estimates vary with spatial aggregation? |
Alessandro Baccini, WHRC |
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15:25 – 15:45 |
The Role of High-Resolution Radar Imagery to Reduce Uncertainties in Tropical Forest Mapping |
Josef Kellndorfer, WHRC |
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15:45 – 16:00 |
Panel discussion |
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