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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Africa
Start date:2011-01-01
End date:2013-12-31
Project Acronym:REDDAF
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:GAF AG | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Thomas |
Arnulfstr MUNICH DEUTSCHLAND Region: |
| Tel:+49-891-2152820 | |
| Fax:+49-891-2152879 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.gaf.de | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
Deforestation and degradation are estimated to contribute about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. A group of developing countries initiated a process at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP-11) in 2005 to address the issue of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD), that would be implemented as a post-Kyoto Protocol mechanism. Countries have been encouraged to develop REDD Pilot Projects to assess the feasibility of such a mechanism. Earth Observation in combination with in-situ data are important tools for forest cover and land use monitoring in the REDD process. The current proposal REDDAF aims to develop pre-operational forest monitoring services in two Congo Basin countries that are actively involved in the REDD process. The users in both Cameroon and Central African Republic require such services and will actively participate in project implementation.
The main activities proposed are: Stakeholder Analysis: country specific user requirements to identify the needs of stakeholders in terms of instituting REDD projects. Carbon stock accounting: research and development of methods for improved EO/ in-situ data applications to estimate the real extent of deforestation and forest degradation as well as biomass per unit area. The historical changes in forest cover will be used to establish a reference baseline. Based on these research efforts pre-operational processing chains will be developed. Technology Transfer/Capacity Building to the country: activities to ensure that project results, methodologies and lessons learned are provided in a manner to best support the work of national and regional counterparts. The services and products that will be delivered to the user community include forest cover maps and forest cover change maps for 1990-2000 and 2000 2009/10 (land use changes based on six IPCC compliant land use classes); degradation maps, biomass maps and the relevant digital datasets.
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Project Details
Start date:2011-01-01
End date:2013-12-31
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:262775
Project cost:3638914 EURO
Project Funding:2469596 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Stimulating the development of GMES services in specific areas
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
URL:http://www.reddaf.info/
Subject index:Environmental Protection, Security
Other participants
| Organization name:JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH | |
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Name:Mathias |
Steyrergasse 8010 GRAZ ÖSTERREICH Region:SÜDÖSTERREICH STEIERMARK Graz |
| Tel:+43-316-8761754 | |
| Fax:+43-316-8761720 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.joanneum.at | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:SYSTÈMES D'INFORMATION À RÉFÉRENCE SPATIALE (SIRS) SAS | |
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Name:Christophe |
Rue du Carrousel - Parc de la Ciamise I VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ FRANCE Region: |
| Tel:+33-320727666 | |
| Fax:+33-320980578 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.sirs-fr.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III | |
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Name:Alain |
ROUTE DE NARBONNE TOULOUSE FRANCE Region:SUD-OUEST MIDI-PYRÉNÉES Haute-Garonne |
| Tel:+33-561-556604 | |
| Fax:+33-561-557313 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITE DE BANGUI | |
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Name:Arnaud |
AVENUE DES MARTYRS 1383 BANGUI CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Region: |
| Tel:+236-72776984 | |
| Fax:+236-617890 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
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| Organization name:JORG SEIFERT-GRANZIN | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Joerg |
Raitebergweg KONSTANZ DEUTSCHLAND Region:BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG FREIBURG Konstanz |
| Tel:+49-7531690277 | |
| Fax:+49-7531690271 | |
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| Organization name:GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP SARL | |
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Name:Lawrence |
IMMEUBLE ONCLE KOUGANG, TSINGA 2126 YAOUNDE CAMEROON Region: |
| Tel:+237-22203082 | |
| Fax:+237-22219710 | |
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Record control number:96929
