Dr. Haruni Krisnawati Senior Researcher, Research Development & Innovation Agency

Ministry of Environment and Forestry - Indonesia

Asia Pacific Rainforest SummitBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 3-5 August 2016

Keeping track of forests: systems for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV)

Experience from the Indonesian National Carbon Accounting System

• Third biggest forest area in the world

• Population of over 200 million people

• Archipelago of 17,000 islands –

less than half inhabited

• Rapidly developing country, app. 6% pa

• Traditional land uses are major economic activities

• High rates of deforestation and degradation• Ambitious environmental protection agenda

Indonesia context

Why do we develop INCAS?Indonesia’s commitment to reduce GHG emissions through improved land management requires a credible MRV system to be able to:

Understand the size and source of emissions Analyze the impact of alternative land

management Track progress towards emissions reduction

targets Support national GHG inventories, sustainable

land use planning, sustainable management of forests, watershed management, etc

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land sector

What is INCAS?

A system for accounting GHG emissions and removals to support MRV requirements for the land sector in Indonesia, including REDD+ activities

Systematic and nationally consistent GHG accounting system for the land sector

Support for GHG inventories & international reporting MRV and decision support tool Designed as a ‘Tier 3’ level GHG accounting system Scalable and uses the best available data

INCAS Framework - summary

QC/QA process is conducted for each step

Forest Modelling ApproachLANDSAT DATA

(2000-2012)

Annual cover change

Forest Type Forest Function

SoilConcession

CropFire

BIOPHYSICAL DATA

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LAND MANAGEMENT DATA

Spatial Analysis

Deforestation Forest Degradation Enhancement of Forest Carbon Stocks SMF

2000 - 20012001 - 20022002 - 20032003 - 20042004 - 20052005 - 20062006 - 20072007 - 20082008 - 20092009 - 20102010 - 20112011 - 2012 Defining area of each management regime (e.g. REDD+)

• The first national results have been generated– REDD+ activities, nation-wide– Covers all of Indonesia’s forests and peatlands– Results presented nationally and for all 34 provinces– Detailed results can be generated– Valuable for MRV and informing policy

• Website for accessing data, methodologies and associated Publications www.incas-indonesia.org

INCAS: Progress to Date…

www.incas-indonesia.org; www.incas.menlhk.go.id

Improvement plans

• Expanding to the entire AFOLU sector• Transition to using full spatial modeling • Trialing next generation Tier 3 tools for national

greenhouse gas inventories• Incorporating more data sets • Extending the time series of forest cover change• Improving maps (peat, fire, forest type etc)• Formalizing QA/QC processes• Improving emissions estimates from peatland

(including drainage ditches) • Internalizing into the activities of GOI land

management agencies

Conclusion Indonesia now has experience implementing a MRV system for

forests Data compiled Systems developed Improvement opportunities identified

The system is designed to comply with international good practice guidance for land based monitoring and with sufficient flexibility to meet reporting requirements

The system is well placed to test new materials and resources

Thank youTerima kasih

Special thanks to Australia for supporting the development of INCAS