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Yasuko Inoue
JICA Strengthening Forest Sector and Community Climate Change Resilience through Sustainable Forest Management and Landscape Restoration (SFS-CORECC) Project, Kenya
Project Long Term Expert
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Date: December 4, 2023, 13:00-14:00 (local time)
Co-organized by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
Cooperation: MECCF (Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forests of Kenya), KFS (Kenya Forest Service), IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), Forest Department of the Ministry of Land and Environment (MITAM) of Mozambique, Sumitomo Corporation
Venue Name (Pavilion Name)：Space Pavilion (Green Zone)
speaker
Hiroshi Yamakawa
JAXA
board chairman
Alexander Lema-Koko
Kenya Forest Service
president
Hodrigo Andonio di Agostinho Mendonça
Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources
president
Joaquim McAkua
Ministry of Land and Environment, Mozambique
Chief, Mapping and Data Management Division, Forest Service
Richard Mwangi
Kenya Forest Service
Forest Information and Data Management Officer
Manabu Kido
Sumitomo Corporation
Senior Advisor, Carbon Solutions Team, Energy Innovation Initiative
Yasuko Inoue
JICA Project on Forest Sector Strengthening and Community Climate Change Resilience through Sustainable Forest Management and Landscape Restoration, Kenya
Project Long Term Expert
Background and Objectives
Many REDD+ countries are currently working to achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) by the December 31, 2024 deadline set by the UNFCCC COP for the preparation of their Biennial Technical Reports (BTR), including annexes on REDD+. The BTR is being prepared by the December 31, 2024 deadline set by the COP of the UNFCCC.
This event will focus on how Kenya and other countries are using satellite imagery to monitor their forests and present how they are using the results of their monitoring to inform forest management. Presenters will include representatives from governments, international organizations, academic institutions, and the private sector to share practical information to build a sound knowledge base for better forest monitoring and management and to contribute to global mitigation efforts.
Contents
This side event was held in the “Space Pavilion” and featured speakers from JICA’s forestry cooperating countries Brazil, Kenya, and Mozambique, as well as from JAXA, with whom JICA has long collaborated in forest monitoring. A panel discussion and question-and-answer session were held on Japan’s efforts to contribute to climate change mitigation, and on the operation of the forest alert system in the field.
In his opening remarks, the President of the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) noted that with JICA’s support, the Paris Agreement has led to the development of reference levels required for the implementation of REDD+ and the establishment of a National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS), and Mr. Mwangi, KFS Geodatabase Manager, mentioned the current SFS-CORECC project to develop a tree cover monitoring system and to improve the NFMS for better forest management, including a forest traceability system and forest ecosystem services.
Speakers (from right to left: Mr. Makua Mapping & Inventory Division Director, Ministry of Land and Environment, Mozambique; Mr. Mwangi Geodatabase Manager, KFS; Mr. Lemar Koko, President, KFS; Mr. Yamakawa, President, JAXA; Mr. Mendonsa, President, IBAMA; Mr. Kido, Senior Advisor, Sumitomo Corporation; JICA SFS-CORECC Expert Inoue
KFS President Remarco Lemarco delivers opening remarks.
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