Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

BOG 3 Conclusions
Expert Meeting for Technical Assessment of IPCC Inventory Guidelines:
follow-up on specified issues from the 2015 expert meetings
Wollongong, Australia, 25 – 26 April 2016

Land Representation and use of Remote Sensing

General remarks
Main conclusion:
Yes. Recent developments on methodologies for land
representation (including remote sensing) requires refinementsof 2006 GL.
The BOG has identified several issues that should beaddressed by further elaboration of the existing GL
Several issues have potential inter-linkages that will need to beconsidered in the scoping meeting.

ISSUEHow to decide when to use
global data, products and tools
for land use representation?
Use of techniques (inconjunction and/or incomplement with national data)

BOG Conclusion
Elaboration of existing guidance(i.e. chapter 3) based on, interalia:
 MGD Module 2 and version 2(currently in preparation); GOFC-GOLD/GFOI/ESA
Workshop on global datasets;
 FFPRI Cookbook; FAO (currently in preparation)

ISSUE
Guidance on activity data
uncertainties

BOG Conclusion
Elaboration of existing guidance(i.e. section 3.5) by inter alia:- including material on
statistical inference;- updating table 3.7 in IPCC
GL;
- using section 3.7 of MGD(Version 1);- etc.

ISSUE

Extend IPCC Guidance on
consistent use of time series
data, including for tracking land
use change

BOG Conclusion

Elaboration of existing guidanceby, inter alia:
Using examples from relevant
countries (e.g. Canada,Australia, etc.);
Using FAO sampling approach;
Etc.

ISSUE
Integration of groundobservation, ancillary and RS
data

BOG Conclusion
Elaboration of existing guidanceby, inter alia:- Correlation of different typesof data;- Using MGD;
- Using countries examples;- GOFC/GOLD;- ALU Software;- ETC.

ISSUE
Identification of disturbances inland representation

BOG Conclusion
Elaboration of existing guidanceby, inter alia:- Using KP supplement;- Etc.

ISSUE

BOG Conclusion

Guidance on how to better
Elaboration of existing guidance
assess conversion to forest land by, inter alia:
and forest regrowth in the- Adding use of time series, RS
context of RS and ground data
data and ancillary data;- Etc.

ISSUEHow to relate national land
classification to IPCC land
categories, including substratification

BOG Conclusion
Elaboration of existing guidanceby, inter alia, using:- Decision tree;- Ancillary data andmanagement practices;- Examples of countries
approaches;- Etc.

ISSUE

BOG Conclusion

Guidance on how RS land cover Elaboration of existing guidance
data, ground based data andby, inter alia, identifying theancillary data can be used toattribution of the change throughderive land use
the use of:- Time series data;- Ancillary data;- Etc.

ISSUE

BOG ConclusionGuidance on how consistency
Elaboration of existing guidance
between REDD+ and/or project by, inter alia:
activities and IPCC inventory GL - Using MGD (in respect ofcan be demonstratedREDD+);- GOFC/GOLD;- FFPRI Cookbook;- Etc.

ISSUE

BOG Conclusion

Guidance on how to use Tier 1 Elaboration of existing guidance
and 2 methods with Approach 3 by, inter alia:- Covering multiple transitions
for estimating emissions;- Etc.

ISSUE

BOG Conclusion

Guidance on how to deal withElaboration of existing guidance
seasonal nature of specific land by, inter alia:
categories- Better categorization of landthrough use of thresholds toidentify seasonality;- Etc.

Issues to be addressed by FAQ• Capacity building for users of global
products/tools• Develop national expertise to use the global
products/tools– FAQ to list potential sources of training materials andcountries or organizations with relevant experience forsharingIssues that the BOG concluded that should not
be addressed through refinement of IPCC GL• How to define forest degradation– Definition is out of the scope of Guidance• How to measure forest degradation– There are sufficient guidance on how to measurechanges in carbon stocks in forest remaining forestland

Web links to documents mentioned••••••MGD Version 1 is at http://www.gfoi.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/04/GFOIMGD_English.pdf(French and Spanish versions also available)
MGD Version 2 is scheduled to be published later this year and will beavailable at http://www.gfoi.org/methods-guidance/
MGD Module 2 is at http://www.gfoi.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/03/MGDModule2_Use-of-Global-Data-Sets.pdf
GOFC-Gold Sourcebook is at http://www.gofcgold.wur.nl/redd/
FFPRI Cookbook is at https://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/redd-rdc/en/index.html
The report of the GOFC-Gold GFOI workshop on global datasets is at
http://www.gfoi.org/rd/fourth-rd-expert-workshop/• Landsat Portal
https://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest