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US Forest Service – International Programs
Sarah Marlay
Climate Change Program Specialist
May 3, 2016
Overview
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USFS: Mandate and Organization
International
Programs
Why we work internationally
How we work
Where we work
Topics we work on
Global
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climate change initiatives
SilvaCarbon
Impact statement
What we do
Where we work
Who is involved
Looking forward
Federal Land Management Agencies
THE FOREST SERVICE WORKS
INTERNATIONALLY TO:
 Bring expertise to assist in conservation and
natural resource management activities, policy
development and trade issues
 Assist countries in responding to disasters
 Help mitigate climate change
 Bring important research and technology
gained overseas back to the US
 Internationalize the US Forest Service
PARTNERSHIPS
 Other USDA agencies (e.g., FAS)
 Other USG agencies (e.g., Department of State,
USAID)
 Together, provide ~2/3 of funding for IP
 Host-country governments
 Private sector (e.g., Home Depot, International
Paper Inc.)
 Non-governmental organizations (e.g., The
Nature Conservancy, in-country NGOs)
 Universities (e.g., Land grant universities,
including UC-Davis)
 Multilateral organizations (e.g., Food and
Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO))
more…
STAFF UNITS
Disaster Assistance Support Program
Technical Cooperation, including:
 Regional teams
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Latin America and Caribbean
Africa & Middle East
Asia/Pacific
Russia/Europe/Eurasia
 Climate Change team
 Policy
 Outreach and Partnership
 Operations
 Director’s Office
GLOBAL DISASTER SUPPORT
 Supporting disaster response efforts overseas:
• Leverages USFS expertise in emergency management
systems to build and improve disaster response capabilities
worldwide
•Incident Command System (ICS) = standardized
approach to the command, control, and coordination of
emergency response
• Provides logistic support and supplies in response to both
natural and human caused disasters, funded by USAID’s
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
•Recent responses: Georgia Floods, Ebola Response
STAFF UNITS
Disaster Assistance Support Program
Technical Cooperation, including:
 Regional teams
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Latin America and Caribbean
Africa & Middle East
Asia/Pacific
Russia/Europe/Eurasia
 Climate Change team
 Policy
 Outreach and Partnership
 Operations
 Director’s Office
WHERE WE WORK
ASIA/PACIFIC
 Eastern Himalayans
 China
 India
 Lower Mekong
 Pacific Islands
 South East Asia
AFRICA & MIDDLE
EAST
 West Africa
 Congo Basin
 Liberia
 Tanzania
 Ethiopia
 Lebanon
 Israel
 Jordan
 Morocco
 West Bank
 Egypt
LATIN AMERICA/
CARIBBEAN
 Mexico
 Brazil
 Bolivia
 Ecuador
 Peru
 Honduras
 Jamaica
 Haiti
 Paraguay
RUSSIA, EUROPE &
NEAR ASIA
 Russia
 Central Asia
 Eastern Europe
 Mongolia
SUBJECT AREAS
 Climate Change
 Invasive Species
 Migratory Species
 Fire
 Improved Forestry Practices
 Protected Areas
 Ecosystem Services
 Habitat Management
 Watershed Management
 Global Natural Resource Policies & Trade
 Global Disaster Support
 Forest Planning and Monitoring
 Ecotourism
 Conservation Education
Global Climate Change Initiatives
 Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and
Mitigation Program (SWAMP)
Climate Fellows
SilvaCarbon
- Program Overview
Building Capacity Worldwide in Measuring
& Monitoring Forest and Terrestrial Carbon
WHAT DOES SILVACARBON AIM TO ACHIEVE?
Impact
Outcomes
Outputs
Partner countries generate and effectively use
improved information related to forest and
terrestrial carbon, contributing to climate
change mitigation and low emission
development
Activities
Inputs
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WHAT DOES SILVACARBON DO?
Builds capacity in measuring, monitoring, and reporting forest and
terrestrial carbon for REDD+ and other purposes by:
Working with technical teams in partner countries to
develop national landscape monitoring systems and
terrestrial GHG inventories that are consistent with IPCC
guidelines
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Inform partner countries’ national climate change
mitigation and development strategies
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Support UNFCCC reporting requirements
Identifying, testing, and disseminating good practices
and cost-effective, accurate technologies that are
appropriate to different country circumstances
Facilitating cooperation and collaboration among USG
agencies and international institutions working in the
forest and terrestrial carbon sector
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WHAT DOES SILVACARBON DO?
Key Technical Support Areas
Remote Sensing
Forest Inventory
GHG Inventory
•Mapping, Earth
observation data
analysis and
acquisition
•Ground-based
surveys, national forest
inventory design and
implementation
•Analysis and reporting
of GHG emissions from
the land sector
INTEGRATION
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WHERE DOES SILVACARBON WORK?
Americas
Belize
Brazil
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
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Africa
Cameroon
DR of Congo
Gabon
R of Congo
Zambia
Asia
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Nepal
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
Engagement through bilateral and regional activities, research, and incountry technical advisors
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WHO IS INVOLVED IN SILVACARBON?
U.S. Government
Agencies (8)
U.S. Government Agencies
Global Forest
Observations Initiative
Numerous partners
Host country
counterparts
U.S. Agency
for
International
Development
(USAID)
U.S.
Department of
State
U.S. Forest
Service
(USFS)
U.S.
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(EPA)
National
Aeronautics
and Space
Administration
(NASA)
National
Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration
(NOAA)
Smithsonian
Institution
COOPERATION
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WHO IS INVOLVED IN SILVACARBON?
U.S. Government Agencies
U.S. Government
Agencies (8)
Global Forest
Observations Initiative
Numerous partners
U.S. Agency
for
International
Development
(USAID)
U.S.
Department of
State
U.S. Forest
Service
(USFS)
U.S.
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(EPA)
National
Aeronautics
and Space
Administration
(NASA)
National
Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration
(NOAA)
Smithsonian
Institution
Host country
counterparts
Primary
Funders
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WHO IS INVOLVED IN SILVACARBON?
U.S. Government
Agencies (8)
U.S. Government Agencies
Global Forest
Observations Initiative
Numerous partners
U.S. Agency
for
International
Development
(USAID)
U.S.
Department of
State
U.S. Forest
Service
(USFS)
U.S.
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(EPA)
National
Aeronautics
and Space
Administration
(NASA)
National
Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration
(NOAA)
Smithsonian
Institution
Host country
counterparts
Primary Implementers
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WHO IS INVOLVED IN SILVACARBON?
U.S. Government
technical agencies
Global Forest
Observation Initiative
Numerous partners
Global Forest Observation Initiative
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Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), led by
Australia, Norway, the U.S., FAO, and the Committee on
Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)
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GFOI supports the sustained availability and use of
satellite, air, and ground observations in support of
National Forest Monitoring Systems
• SilvaCarbon supports countries in communicating
their satellite data needs to GFOI
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SilvaCarbon leads the GFOI capacity building component
• Coordinating/integrating existing training materials
• Ensuring linkages between capacity building activities
and the technical framework outlined in GFOI’s
Methods and Guidance Document
Host country
counterparts
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WHO IS INVOLVED IN SILVACARBON?
U.S. Government
technical agencies
Numerous Partners
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Universities;
(e.g., UMD, BU, Wageningen)
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International institutions;
(e.g., FAO, UNREDD, World Bank, CEOSS, GOFC-GOLD)
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Other USG and foreign donor programs;
(e.g., SERVIR, LEDS, LEAD, LEAF, CARPE, GIZ)
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NGOs
Global Forest
Observations Initiative
Numerous partners
Host country
counterparts
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WHO IS INVOLVED IN SILVACARBON?
U.S. Government
technical agencies
Global Forest
Observations Initiative
Host country counterparts
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Numerous partners
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Host country
counterparts
Partners at the national level:
• Forestry departments
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Mapping authorities
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Space data agencies
Partners at the subnational level:
• State and provincial agencies
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Communities
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LOOKING FORWARD
FY17-19 strategy
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Geographic priorities
Increase bilateral engagement
• Enhance synergies with existing multilateral programs (ie, ISFL, FCPF, REDD Early Movers)
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Key technical support areas
Support implementation of and design of the next round of Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDCs)
• Expanding beyond forests/REDD+ to the landscape scale
• Integration of subnational activities with national strategies
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THANK YOU!
Sarah Marlay
[email protected]
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TECHNICAL COOPERATION
BREAK-OUT GROUPS (3:15-4:45)
1) Africa and Middle East (stay here)
3) Latin America and Caribbean (small conference room)
4) Asia/Pacific (Stephanie’s office)
5) Russia, Europe and Eurasia(Lara’s office)