Key elements OF Colombia’s Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL)

SUBMITTED IN 2014.

Colombia´s Natural regions Five Subnational Areas for Reference

Levels of REDD+

SubNational Reference Level Amazonic Biome

Niveles de referencia forestales /de

emisiones forestales

Land Tenure in Colombian ForestsHa, (59. 000.000 Ha)

Indigenous Communities

43,15%

National Parks

15.58%

Afrodescendant Communities5.50%

Rural Communities

2.27 %

Vacant land and no info

33.49%

FOREST LAND TENURE IN COLOMBIA

Forest Emissions Reference level components

REDD+ Activities, Pools, FE

NREF Area

Reference period and application period

FREL in ton of CO2 eq

3

2

4

6

National Circumstances and adjustments5

Forest and Deforestation definitions1

Forest cover: Land mainly covered by trees which might contain shrubs, palms, guaduas, grass and vines, in which tree cover predominates.

canopy cover> 30%;

Mature minimum height> 5m trees in situ;

Minimum area of 1 ha

Commercial forest plantations, oil palm plantations, planted trees for agricultural production, and trees in urban parks (consistent with the 12 / CP17) are EXCLUDED.

DeforestationThe conversion of forest cover to other types of land coverage in a period of time..

Same definition in National Monitoring System , GHG Inventories, MDL Land projects

Forest

Forest and Deforestation definitions

Total Area

458,961 km2

Forest area in 2012 (ha)

399,737 km2

Forest Types

(3 types). Bh-T(Tropical Moist Forest), Bmh-T(Tropical Wet Forest), Bmh-PM (Premontane Wet Forest)

NREF Subnational Area

FREL from Amazon Biome

ACTIVITIES INCLUDED

Estimated through the SMByC (NFMS) for the AMAZON biome

Acorde a 1/CP 16

EMISSION FACTORS

Stratification

Forests were stratified according to the bioclimatic Holdridge classification (HOLDRIDGE, et al 1971), in which vegetation is classified using the potential evapotranspiration as a diagnostic variable, expressed as a function of the equilibrium between precipitation and annual temperature.

National allometric models

Álvarez 2012: national estimations throughThe Forest Monitoring System (SMByC)

Pools included

The FREL includes the "Aboveground Biomass - AB" and "Belowground Biomass - SB" pools. "Litter", "Dead wood" and "Carbon in organic soils" pools have not been included, as no information is currently available to allow for their incorporation in this FREL.

EMISSSION FACTORS

Tropical Moist Forest AGB 753 273.14 ± 9.8 Mg/ha

Below Ground Biomass: 55.02 ± 1.83 Mg/ha(Cairns et al 1997)

Total Biomass 328,2 ± 11,7 Mg/ha

566,1 TonCO2eq/ha

LANDSAT 8 OLI 2014 scenes

Temporal Median Mosaic 2014

Imagen cortesía Iniciativa GFOI

DEFORESTACIÓNEN COLOMBIA Procesamiento Digital de Imágenes

Detección de Cambios

COMPUESTO TEMPORAL 2013COMPUESTO TEMPORAL 2014COMPONENTES PRINCIPALES MULTITEMPORALESDeforestation Change Detection (RED Colored)

DEFORESTATION

Average deforestation: 82.863 ha/año

Se recomienda un 10% de ajuste sobre el promedio Promedio (76,000 ha)

Rango (31,000 ha)

El rango resume las circunstancias históricas (incluidos los diálogos de paz)

The Post-conflict period and other economic changes may generate an increasing dynamic

NATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

328,2 ± 11,7 Mg/ha Total Biomass x 0,47 =154,3 TonC/ha

FREL Estimation

154,3 TonC/ha x 3,666 = 566,1 TonCO2eq/ha

566,1 TonCO2eq/ha x 82.863 ha/año x 1,1 = 51.599.618 CO2eq/ha/año

FREL technical assessment considerations

Mid February (one session per year)

End of April Mid July Mid August

Mid-December

Technical elements

•VIceministery•SMByC – IDEAM•DBBSE – MADS•DCC – MADS•OAI - MADS

Political Committee

take decisions

•Viceminister•Coord. SMByC -IDEAM•DBBSE – MADS•DCC – MADS

Submission

FREL technical Assessment considerations

Institutional arrangements

UNFCCCTAT

What were the key challenges/areas for improvement for your country related to data needs for the construction of the FREL?

• Establish consistency between the FREL and GHG inventories in time for inclusion in its first BUR;

• Use reference data for better activity data estimates, and an NFI for better statistical sampling of biomass and inclusion of additional pools;

• Monitor displacement or move from subnational to national coverage;

• Expand activities to include forest degradation.

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