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

Panel Discussion
Mr. Peter Sirayo
Conservator of Forests, Kenya Forest Services (KFS),
Government of Kenya

REDD+ Readiness in Kenya: An Overview
of Kenya’s Forest Reference Level andNational Forest Monitoring System2

【Scope of REDD+】
REDD+ is covered by three categories of land
use change according to the IPCC Good
Practice Guidance for LULUCF:
1. Forests converted to other lands❖ Deforestation
2. Forests remaining as forests❖ Forest degradation❖ Conservation of forest carbon stocks❖ Sustainable management of forests❖ Enhancement of forest carbon stocks in existing forests
3. Other lands converted to forests❖ Enhancement of forest carbon stocks in bare lands

3【Requirement for implementation of REDD+】•Showing how REDD+
should be implemented

REDD+ National
Strategy

FRELs/FRLs•Amount of emission andsequestration without
implementation of REDD+

REDD+
Implementation•Addressing negative riskthat may reduce the effectof REDD + activities

Safe- guards

NFMS•Basis for estimating forestrelated greenhouse gas
emissions by sources andremovals by sinks, forestcarbon stocks, and forest-areachanges

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Kenya’s Forest Reference Level
ConditionForestdefinition

Decisiona minimum 15% canopy cover; minimum landarea of 0.5 ha and minimum height of 2 meters

Scale/Approach National
Scope ofREDD+Activities

Reducing emissions from deforestation
Reducing emissions from forest degradation
Sustainable management of forests
Enhancement of forest carbon stocks

GHG Gases

CO2Carbon Pools

Above Ground Biomass (AGB) and Below
Ground Biomass (BGB)

Reference
period2002-2018
Data points: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

Construction
methodHistorical Average of emissions and removals
between 2002 and 2018, monitored at 4-year
intervals

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Kenya’s Forest Reference Level

Forest area change（unit：ha）

Forest cover map

Carbon stock change（unit：CO2 t/ha）

52,204,059 t CO2
eq/yearForest inventory

6Conceptual Design of Kenya's NFMS
Developing country Parties implementing REDD+ activities are requested to develop NFMS for themonitoring and reporting of the REDD+ activities

1.

Monitoring Function

2. Data management
function

Monitoring Function of NFMS
Item

Information resources

Activity Data (AD) by Land use / Land cover map
Satellite analysis
Emission Factor (EF) NationalForestbased on Forest carbon Allometric equation
stockForestarea
Monitoringchange Optical andimageries

Policy and Measures

Methodology
Methodology is established based on SLEEK map
manualinventory, Methodology of NFI will be developed based on
ICFRA proposal with modification. Equations havebeen already selected but it should be developed inKenya as phased approachradarsatellite Detect land cover changed area, JJ-FAST and Forest
Alerts- Near Real Time Forest Alert System (NRTFAS),
Mobile GIS/Survey 123 (RT)
NDC, National REDD+ strategy Monitoring Methodology to be developed based on(NRS) and National Forest contents of NRS etc.
Program, etc.

Biodiversity

Protected area, management Methodology is established based on ICFRA and theplan, biodiversity assessment etc. monitoring through implementation of NFIProject information

Project proponent of each Registration and monitoring system to be developed
REDD+ and A/R CDM projectKenya’s NFMS- Monitoring Function
Methodology to develop AD-Forest Definition:

Minimum
0.5ha
surface area
Minimum
2m-MapHeight:
Map
Minimum SLEEK Map
15%ImageLand Sat image or any available and more accurate image
CoverMethodology

Wall to Wall
Supervised Classification (using algorithm named
Random Forest)Time

At the least every two years

Data Management function of NFMS
Components of FIP

Forest Alerts (Ground Truth by use of Survey 123)11

Forest Alerts (Ground Truth by use of Survey 123)

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Institutional Arrangement for NFMS
Carbon stocks andEmission Factors

Item
Land cover
mapping based on
SLEEK
methodology

Activity/Data
TypeDevelopment,
validationand
publication of theLand cover/Landuse (LCLU) map

Lead
Institution
DRSRS

Maps of forest areas Provide
information onforest area bytype and region

KFS

Maps ofForest
cover change (AD)Development offorest coverchange maps
(Activity Data)

KFS

National forest
inventory (NFI)

Implementationof the NFI

KFS

Carbon stocks andEmission Factors

Development offorest carbon
stock values fromanalysis of NFIdata andGeneration ofassociatedEmission factors
Monitoring ofdeforestation

KFS

JICA-JAXA Forest
Early Warning

KFS

Mandated institutions
Institutions
Role
KFS
Periodic mapping ofCreation of the LCLUCDRSRSSurvey of Kenya
KEFRI
Universities
QA/QC
SLEEK
Technical guidance
based on mapping
manuals
KFS
Periodic mapping offorest cover in Kenya
DRSRS
Survey of Kenya
KEFRI
Universities
QA/QC
KFSprovide periodic
DRSRS
information on forest
KEFRI
cover changes
SLEEKUniversities
QA/QC
KFS
Carry out NFI
KEFRI
Support NFIUniversities
Carry out QA/QCCountyFacilitate inventories inGovernment
County forests
KFS
Data analysis
KEFRI
Support analysis
improvement ofallometric equations
and other related factors
Universities
Carry out QA/QC

KFSManagement of themonitoring system

Item
Land
cover Forest
JICA-JAXA
mapping
based on
Early Warning
SLEEK
System in themethodology
Tropics（JJ-FAST）
The Near Real Time
Forest Alert System(NRTFAS)
Maps of forest areas
Field validation fordeforestationaccording to data
fromand
MapsJJof-FAST
ForestNRTFAS
cover change (AD)Policies andMeasures (PaMs)
National forest
inventory (NFI)
Biodiversity

Carbon stocks andEmission Factors

JICA-JAXA Forest
Early Warning

Development offorest carbon
stock values fromanalysis of NFIdata and
Generation of
Activity/DataassociatedType
Emissionfactors
Development,
Monitoring ofvalidationand
deforestation
publication of theLand cover/Landuse (LCLU) map

KFS

Receiving andanalyzing offorestdestruction
Providealertsinformation on
Groundtruth
forestareabysurvey
byregionuse oftypeandSurvey 123
Development offorest coverMonitorPolicies
change maps
andMeasures(ActivityData)
based onindicators
Implementationof the NFI
Biodiversity
Monitoring

KFS

Development offorest carbon
stock values fromanalysis of NFIdata andGeneration ofassociatedEmission factors
Monitoring ofdeforestation

KFS

LeadInstitution
DRSRS
KFS

KFS

KFS

KFS

MoE&F

KFS

KFS

KFS

Universities
CountyGovernment
KFS
KEFRI

Carry out QA/QC
Facilitate inventories inCounty forests
Data analysis
Support analysis
improvement ofallometric equations
and other related factors
Universities
Carry out QA/QC
Mandated institutions
Institutions
RoleKFS
Periodic
mapping
Managementof theofCreationof system
the LCLUC
DRSRS
monitoring
Survey of Kenya
KEFRI
Universities
QA/QC
SLEEK
Technical guidance
KFS
Managementof thebasedon mapping
monitoring systemmanuals
KFS
Periodic mapping offorest cover in Kenya
DRSRS
KFS
Carry out ground
Survey of Kenya
truthing, and analysis
KEFRI
Universities
QA/QC
KFS
provide periodic
DRSRS
information on forest
MoE&F
Managethe monitoring
KEFRI
cover changes
systemSLEEK
KFSSupport
Universities
QA/QC the monitoringof PaMs
KWS
KFS
Carry out NFI
KEFRI
KEFRI
Support NFIKFSand Analysis of NFI data toUniversities
Carry out QA/QC
Universities
provide biodiversity
CountyFacilitate inventories inindicators
Government
County forests
KFS
Data analysis
KEFRI
Support analysis
improvement ofallometric equations
and other related factors
Universities
Carry out QA/QC
KFSManagement of themonitoring system

Thank You!