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As of: July 2016
MAPPING CARBON CONTENT IN
FORESTS, MONITORING AND REDD+
CAPACITY BUILDING
PROJECT DATA
Country:
Thailand
OBJECTIVE AND ACTIVITIES
The initial aim of the project was to draw up a map showing
the carbon content of Thai forests and to set up a
complementary online database. The data were meant to
provide the Government of Thailand with a sound scientific
basis for planning measures to reduce emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). An additional
goal of the project was to establish a transparent carbon
control system (REDDLite). The data were to be connected
to and made visible on the Google Earth online platform.
Using these tools, the project envisaged being able to show
how forest analyses and newly developed control software
can be combined and used to develop emission maps, with
the aim of training the responsible authorities in the use of
the control system and having the Thai authorities test new
REDD+ financing mechanisms in a regional pilot project.
The intention was to share the project’s findings and
experiences at regional workshops with the neighbouring
countries Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam, and to use them in
other parts of the region.
Partner institution:
Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment
(MNRE), Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and
Plant Conservation (DNP)
Implementing organisation:
WWF
BMUB grant:
€ 582,353.59
Duration:
08/2011 till 08/2014
Website:
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work
/greatermekong/our_solutions/projects/treemaps/
STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION/RESULTS
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As part of the ‘National Community Forest Network
Meeting’, an exchange took place with key interest groups
in the field of community forest management.
Government representatives and project staff took part in
a workshop on ‘PDD development in Xe Pian National
Park, southern Laos,’ which focused on capacity building
and knowledge transfer with the CarBi project in Laos and
Viet Nam.
The refusal to grant official rights to fly over the relevant
areas, which were the basis for continuation of the project,
led to its premature termination.
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