Woods Hole Research Center

The workshop was scheduled for three days and included both theoretical (presentations and discussions on days 1 and 2) and practical (field training on day 3) components.  Day three (Friday) was optional.

 

November 11th (Tuesday)
Participants arrive in late afternoon/early evening for group dinner (6:00 pm) at Kaniyo Pabidi Ecotourism Site, Budongo Forest Reserve

 

November 12th (Wednesday)
Full-day indoor session Welcome and introductory remarks (objectives and logistics):  8:30-9:00

 Nadine Laporte, Woods Hole Research Center

 Wayne Walker, Woods Hole Research Center

Introduction to Budongo Forest Reserve:  9:00-9:30

 Andrew Plumptre, Wildlife Conservation Society

Traditional forest inventory methods

•Presentation: Long-term forest changes in Budongo: 9:30-10:10
 Douglas Sheil, Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation, Uganda

• Presentation: Remote sensing as a tool to detect and quantify vegetation properties in tropical forest-savanna transitions: 10:10-10:30
Edward Mitchard, University of Edinburgh

***Break 10:30-11:10***

• Presentation: Ecological forest inventory methods in permanent plots in the DRC:11:10-11:50
 Jean Remy Makana, Wildlife Conservation Society, D. R. Congo

• Presentation: Forest Inventories in National Forestry Authority: 11:50-12:30
David Elungat, Inventory Coordinator, National Forest Authority, Uganda

***Lunch 12:30-2:00***

Case Studies

• Presentation: Developing forest inventories for local communities: 2:00-2:40
Zahabu Mnkondo Eliakimu, (Faculty of Forestry and Nature) Chuo, Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania

• Presentation: Integrated assessment of Mozambican forests: 2:40-3:20
Walter Marzoli,  Forestry Consultant

***Break 3:20-3:40***

• Presentation: Sub-national carbon project activities: 3:40-4:20
Jennifer Farmer, Uganda Carbon Bureau

Directed discussion 
Overall comments & REDD discussion:  4:20-5:00  

Alessandro Baccini, Woods Hole Research Center

November 13th (Thursday)
Full-day indoor session Remote sensing-based forest survey methods

•Presentation: Introduction to space-based monitoring of forests:  9:00-10:00
Wayne Walker, Woods Hole Research Center

•Presentation: Capabilities and limitations of land cover and satellite data for biomass estimation in African ecosystems:  10:00-11:00
Valerio Avitabile,Istituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare/Carbo-Africa

***Break 11:00-11:20***

•Presentation: Integration of forest inventories with remotely sensed data for biomass mapping – First results for tropical Africa:  11:20-12:00
 Alessandro Baccini, Woods Hole Research Center

• Presentation: Building a pan-tropical network of collaborators for forest carbon
characterization :  12:00-12:30
 Nadine Laporte, Woods Hole Research Center

***Lunch 12:30-2:00***

Invited speaker presentations

•Presentation: Reforestation BioCF Project
Fredrick Njau & Irene Muthuka, Kenya Grennbelt Movement

• Presentation: FACE – Forests Absorbing Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Kibale National Park
Richard Kigenyi & Richard Muhabwe, Uganda Wildlife Authority

• Presentation: Carbon projects with local communities
Annah Agasha, Nature Harness Initiatives

• Presentation: The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP)    
Ned Horning, American Museum of Natural History

Final Remarks and Discussion

Alessandro Baccini, Woods Hole Research Center

 

November 14th (Friday)
Full-day outdoor session

Focus will be on training participants in implementation of the WHRC field protocol with emphasis on the following components:

• Plot design
• Data collection
• Data entry/management
• Data transfer/collaboration

 

Funding and support were provided by the following institutions:

Woods Hole Research Center, Spot Image and the Planet Action Initiative, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Google.org, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Wildlife Conservation Society, and The NASA Land Cover Land Use Change & Applied Sciences Programs.