UNFCCC COP 27 Japan Pavilion Seminar
How can satellites improve Forest Monitoring and Management?

Panel Discussion
Mr. Joaquim Macuacua
National Directorate of Forests,
Ministry of Land and Environment,
Government of MozambiqueREPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUEMINISTRY OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENT
National Directorate of Forestry

National Forest Monitoring System inMozambique
COP27 side event
Joaquim Macuacua

Head of Division on Mapping and Data Management,
Department of Inventory of Forest Resources, National
Directorate of Forestry, Ministry of Land andEnvironment, Mazambique

10th November, 2022

The European Space Agency

Outline➢ Overview➢ NFMS concept➢ Legal instruments➢Activities and output on REDD+ readiness Phase➢Challenges➢ Request

Overview• Mozambique is East Southen Africa country• Forest area ~38 Million ha which represente 48% of land cover• Deforestation is 220 000 ha per year;

What is NFMS?
The UNFCCC requests REDD+ countries to build…a robust and transparent national forest monitoring system forthe monitoring and reporting of REDD+ activities…
(Decision 1/CP.16)
How to design NFMS depends onthe country’s national definition andcircumstances

1/CP.16
15/CP.19

Na onalStrategy (NS)orAc on Plan(AP)12/CP.17
12/CP.19

Safeguard
Informa onsystem (SIS)

NFMS
including

4/CP.15
11/CP.19

MRV

FREL / FRLGraphic source: UN-REDD “REDD+ Academy

4/CP.15
12/CP.17
13/CP.19+ Annex

Key REDD+ elements• There are 4 key REDD+ elements to be
developed by REDD+ countries.
• Having these in place is also a requirement foraccessing result-based finance5Legal instruments,
Mozambique prepared legal instruments for Policies and Measures tocontribute to REDD+ and sustainable forest management:••••

National Climate Change Strategy, 2018
National Forest Program, 2018;
National REDD+ Strategy, 2018;
National Forest Policy and Implementation Strategy, 2020

• National Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation (NBPS),• Forest Emissions Reference Level (FREL), 2018;• Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment which serves as umbrella of
National safeguards information System; 2017
• On going of the Project of Forest Law Review which will issues related toClimate Change; 2022;

Activities and output in REDD+ readiness phase•Provision of Grant Aid by GoJ 2010, and Establishment of Platform for sustainable
management to monitor REDD+ 2017, JICA;•National Forest Reference base map of 2013 (Landsat 8 data and ALOS Radar data andLandsat 8 wall-to-wall methodology), 2017, JICA

•Estimation of Activity Data based on deforestation from 2001-2016, Collect Earth;•Prepared Forest Reference Level (FREL), based on 2001-2016 data of deforestation andsubmitted to the UNFCCC in 2018, UEM, FNDS

• National Forest Inventory, 2018, DINAF; (Past F cover mapping NFI 1980, 1994, 2007, )•On update data of annual deforestation and estimation of forest degradation from 2016 up
to date using Sentinel 2 data, 2022;, FNDS•Historical Map of changes (2002,2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013 Landsat 8) of two provinces(Gaza and Cabo Delgado) using wall-to-wall method, DINAF-JICA;•Provincial Forest Zoning (Niassa, Sentinel 2) for REDD+ and integrated Forest Management
Model for national wide, DINAF-JICA;• Systematic engagement in Wildfire data map and analyse.

Activities and output in REDD+ readiness phase (cont…)•

In 2019, Emissions Reduction Payment Agreement (ERPA) for Mozambique (ZILMAP) was signed.

•Established of the operational NFMS being update, 2021•

Established Strengthened technological control of deforestation, through satellite-based
Deforestation Reference System (SDRS) to monitor Deforestation in semi-real-time (JAXA-JICA),
2022•

Participatory Deforestation monitoring, Forest degradation monitoring, FNDS 2021•

Establishment of Permanent Sample Plots, etc, 2019•

Under conclusion Timber Tracking supported by ITTO, 2022•

Established National Forest Information System, linked to spatial information, 2021•

Payment for environmental service under emission reduction, FCPF;•Establishment of National REDD+ project registry for feasibility studies for REDD+implementation.

Activities and output in REDD+ readiness phase (cont…)•Pilot project in Zambezia province within nine districts on forest restoration, forest plantation, agrosilviculture, agriculture of conservation was caried In the last 5 years, FNDS ;•Mangrove data mapping, 2021

•Ongoing Soil carbon mapping,•

Produce annual land use and land cover (LULC) maps with resolution of 30 meters for Mozambique
based on the classification of satellite image time series from 1990 to 2019. A pilot using technologies
developed by the Brazil Data Cube project team, CfRN, 2022;

Forest Reference Base Map Vs
Deforestation Map2010

How to access the FRIP and SDRS
Link from DINAF portal(http://www.dinaf.gov.mz)

satellite-based
Deforestation
Reference System

SDRS _Dash board application
https://www.dinaf.gov.mz/portal/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ec89
16bbd4384bc7bd18af95c03a9c8b

SDRS_Web map application

https://www.dinaf.gov.mz/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a7
9142a2a13946d1a5595cd55f4d45a1

SDRS
FRIP

Sample image of Dashboard
Detail information of
selected detected area.

Filter byover 10 haand sort by
detecteddate.

Change data source by tabs
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Example of utilization of the SDRS (1)Confirmation of the deforestation area on the latest Landsat andSentinel-2 images
JJ-FAST (Quality checked)
Observation period: 2019/8/26 – 2019/11/4

Detailinformation

Left: LandsatAcquisition date: 7th Aug. 2020

Right: Sentinel-2Acquisition date: 12th Sep. 202013

Information sharing with related institution of SDRS
➢ Share the information, especially early warning(GLAD & JJ-fast), to therelated institution(Agriculture, Aqua and ANAC).

Challenges• High resolution Satelitte data aquisition;• Difficults to Compare historical satelitte data with different resolution;• Low internet speed, makes Hard work to full fill the time line ofsubmissions;• Needs of Capacity building and technology in place;• Hardware and Sortware acquisition and it´s extetions updates;• Lack of Human resource in RS/GIS field and Financial support;• Provision of sistematic data to support yearly GHG inventory reportand BUR/BRT annex;

Request• Needs of Support in all aspects on the challenges items presented in
the previeous slide to guarinty Systematic GHG reportingThank you

Email:
Joaquim.macuacua@dinaf.gov.mz
Site Page: http://www.dinaf.gov.mz