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www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Session 8 Follow up of Element 2 Country Inputs to Date G Dyke (Australia) SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Overview • • • Objectives of SDCG national consultation Summary of countries to date SDCG-4 highlights Silva. Carbon Thailand highlights SDCG-5 follow-up and management of country relationships SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Objectives of SCDG Current: Consultation • Development of Element 2 Strategy – i. e. GFOI Space Data Services Future: Service Delivery • Provide countries with space data consultation and services in support of national MRV • Brokerage of data provider relationships • Management Capacity? SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Countries To Date SDCG-4 • • • Silva. Carbon (Thailand) Colombia** Peru Ecuador Mexico Guyana Honduras • • 6 countries Thailand Vietnam Cambodia Laos Philippines Nepal* Indonesia 7 countries SDCG-5 • • • Uganda Zambia DRC Tanzania Kenya Colombia** 6 countries Total: 18 countries (6 Americas / 7 Asia / 5 Africa) * Nepal also participated in SDS-4 in Sydney February 2013 ** Colombia participated in SDCG-4 and SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Country Templates • Provided for SDCG-4, Silva. Carbon, SDCG-5 • Generally covering: – – Status of National MRV and REDD implementation Remote sensing data, sources and processing Data issues Research and capacity • Response to date has been very heterogeneous • Broad range of maturity, capacity and needs SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org SDCG-4 - Data Needs • Summary presented by C. and S. American countries at SDCG-4 SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org SDCG-4 – Common Needs • Common needs (aid consistency & comparability) – Early warning (MODIS (+…), Scan. SAR & SAR) – WTW (L 8, S 2, radar) – Historical data (1990…) – HR data (RE) for validation (and WTW in some cases) – DEM (30 m SRTM, Tan. DEM-X) – Data support (WELD, assembly, delivery…. ) SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Silva. Carbon – Summary Table Status of National MRV Satellite Data for MRV Research and Capacity Thailand REDD Consultations Optical Forest Remote Sensing Centre Vietnam REDD 2 nd Phase Optical FIPI Cambodia REDD Readiness Optical / some SAR Technical support from FAO Laos MRV Preliminary Optical / some SAR Japan Data Support Philippines REDD Design Optical / some SAR Moving to digital classification Nepal REDD Readiness Optical / some SAR Req’ SAR processing support Indonesia National MRV Agency Optical Support from FAO and Australia SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Space Data Services Feedback • Positive, but general in nature • No specific feedback on the Space Data Services has been received from countries to date • Follow-up from SDCG-4 was ad hoc • Follow-up from Silva. Carbon via a future series of workshops • Follow-up from SDCG-5 …? SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org SDCG Country Relationships • Element 2 strategy provides for a lead agency for each Space Data Service • How does SDCG marshal the capacity to manage country relationships? – What are the available resources from CEOS agencies? – How to leverage institutional capacity in FAO and WB? SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Practical Next Steps • Discussions amongst the Leads on roles of SDCG and FAO / WB in country service delivery – Need direction from Leads on FAO / WB roles • Practical steps: – SDCG to respond SDCG-5 country day actions with best efforts – Advance GFOI Space Data Services definition based on country feedback (limited to date) – Continued SEO service provision as capacity allows – Consider the need for an “SDCG Country Coordinator”? ? ? SDCG-5 ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy February 24 -26, 2014