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Outreach and User Engagement and Training
CBP Review Workshop Voi Wildlife Lodge
September 13, 2012
Outreach and promotion
WebEx (remote training) for cohort groups; Log-in User Accounts
Support: Help desk (e-mail, phone); forum bulletin-board & FAQ
Follow-up 1-on-1 WebEx
User feedback
Documentation support
Field and Workshop Training
Outreach • Web-presence (http://www.carbon2markets.org/content.cfm?m=52&id=52&startRow=1&mm=0)
• Climate-L and Forest-L Listservs • Listed as a tool on the REDD-Desk website
(http://www.theredddesk.org/resources/web_content/mrv_tool_for_forest_carbon_management_and_mitigation)
Cohort training groups
• Program managers with the same agency (e.g. UNDP EBP)
• Region project personnel (e.g. WWF-Peru) • Or just by timing of people who have
expressed interest
Remote Training with Cisco WebEx
• USAID/USDA-USFS • WWF-Peru • WWF-Greater Mekong • WWF-US • + 5 other groups
Video training archive
On-line Videos & Training Documents http://mrv.carbon2markets.org/docs/mrvhelp.html http://mrv.carbon2markets.org/docs/mrvtutorials.html
Tool Technical Specifications
Field training and workshops
• Workshops that combine field measurement and how to use the on-line tool – (e.g. UNDP EBP in Malaysia, GEF Small Projects in
Brazil)
• Field measurement training
Field Measurement Training and Workshops • Training in Thailand – ALRO,
NRCT, and Mahasarakham University trainers
• Thailand Research Expo 2012 (below)
Who is using the CPB Measurements Tool
• CBP in-country host – Kenyan Forest Research Institute (KEFRI)
• GEF Stakeholders – United Nations Development Programme, Ecosystem and Biodiversity
Programme – GEF Small Projects Latin America
• Bi-lateral / Multi-lateral Programs – Forest Investment Programmme (FIP), Climate Investment Fund (CIF) – World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)
• Host government agencies – Thailand Greenhouse Gas Organization (TGO), Thailand – National Research Council of Thailand – Forest Research Center, Ethiopia – Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Nigeria
Who is using the CPB Measurements Tool … cont’d
• Development Assistance Organizations – USAID/US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture (in developing
countries) – USAID – ForestPlus (India)
• International NGOs and Research Centers – WWF-US; WWF-Peru; WWF-Greater Mekong; WWF-Indonesia – Darwin Initiative (DFID, DEFRA) – ICRAF-Vietnam
• Others (University, local government agencies, and for-profit companies) – Vietnam Forestry University – Faculty of Forestry, National University of Laos – Mahasarakham University, Thailand – Agriculture and Land Reform Office, Thailand – Clear Sky Climate Solution
User feedback Additional system functionality … • User defined allometric equations • Project accounts with variable user access
and privileges • Crowdsource data • Upload GIS shapefile and kml/kmz file • Tool to determine number sample plots for
90% - 95% certainty (confidence interval) • Improved error analysis and reporting • Field photo archiving and geo-location