This document outlines the Tropical Wetland Initiatives for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation partnership. It discusses capacity building activities like training workshops on measuring greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon stocks. It also mentions the development of a database to store and share tropical wetlands data. The partnership aims to provide information to bodies like the UNFCCC and IPCC on methodological issues related to wetlands and climate change adaptation strategies.
2. Outline
Introduction
• Partnership
• Wetlands and REDD
Capacity building and Networking
• Training Workshop
• Writing Workshop
• International Workshop
Measurement campaigns
Database development
Outreach and communication
• UNFCCC
• IPCC
• Blue carbon working group
Publications
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11. Sampling protocol
Trees >5 cm dbh Wood debris transects Trees <5 cm dbh
measured in 7m radius (4 per plot, all plots) measured in 2m radius
(all plots) (all plots)
D A
R= 2m
C B
3 soil depth
Understory/litter sample measurements and 1
(2 per plot, all plots) nutrient core (all plots)
Plot: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Marine ecotone
50 m 50 m
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19. ForestCDB – alpha version
Accommodates
5 carbon pools
(IPCC 2003)
Providing
calculator and
repository
system
Allowing data
exchange
among users
Point data
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21. UNFCCC SBSTA
Side event
SBSTA-32 identified the limitation of
the IPCC 2006 for GHGs National
Inventory
Invited IPCC to hold an Expert
Meeting to “explore the need to
clarify methodological issues related
to...wetlands…
Synergizing adaptation strategies
and measures
Tropical wetlands should be in the
agenda
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23. IPCC 2006 Land Classification
Forest land
• All woody vegetation according to national definitions
Cropland
• Crops including rice and agro-forestry not included above
Grassland
• All rangelands and pastures not included above
Settlements
Wetlands
• Wetlands not included above (peat use and flooded lands)
Other Lands
• Includes bare soil, rock, ice and lands not included above
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25. 2013 IPCC Supplement: Wetlands
1. Introduction
2. Cross-cutting guidance on organic soils
3. Rewetting and restoration of peatlands
4. Coastal wetlands
5. Other freshwater wetlands
6. Constructed wetlands –wastewater treatment
7. Good practice and implications for reporting
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29. Global survey
Mexico Gabon Vietnam
Costa Rica Mozambique India
Ecuador
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30. Summary 2012 workplan
Deliverables Date Remarks
Protocols for the measurement,
Has been tested and used with
monitoring and reporting of structure,
29 Feb 2012 partners in 2011 campaign and
biomass and carbon stocks in
will be used in Asia, Arica, and LA.
mangrove forests.
Science and Policy Imperatives of A Working paper from the
31 Mar 2012
Tropical Wetlands international workshop in 2011
Announcing and communicating
Project webpage 31 Mar 2012
TWINCAM activities
Based on the data collected in
Journal papers 30 May 2012
2011 to meet IPCC cut-off date
Actual and metadata as part of
Carbon database 30 Sep 2012
CIFOR’s data repository system
Carried out by a consultant under
Global wetland map 31 Oct 2012 a scrutinized contractual
arrangement
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31. Global wetland map
WP Task Number of
working days
1 Data assembly 12
2 Geomatching of all spatial datasets 6
3 Generating annual phenology indexes 20
4 Estimating surface areas of wetlands 30
5 Estimation of wetland volumes 50
6 Initial estimation of global wetland 50
carbon stocks
Total 168
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