Education & Capacity Building
Vietnam Workshop Agenda
Cattien National Park, Vietnam – November 9-12, 2009
November 8th (Sunday)
Participants arrive in late afternoon/early evening for group dinner (20:00) at Cat Tien National Park
November 9th (Monday)
Full-day indoor session
► Welcome and introductory remarks (objectives and logistics): 9:00-9:30
Alessandro Baccini, The Woods Hole Research Center
Danielle Knight, The Woods Hole Research Center
► Introduction to Cat Tien National Park: 9:30-10:00
Mr. Thanh, Cat Tien National Park
► Overview of The Woods Hole Research Center & pantropical mapping activities: 10:00-10:30
Alessandro Baccini, The Woods Hole Research Center
***Break 10:30-11:00***
► Introduction to the Vietnam Space Technology Institute: 11:00-11:30
Nguyen Hanh Quyen, Introduction to Space Technology Institute at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
► Introduction to REDD: 11:30-12:00
REDD in the Real World – Film produced by the Forum on Readiness for REDD at the Woods Hole Research Center
***Lunch 12:00-13:30***
►REDD: Policy and Practice: 13:30-14:15
Richard McNally, SNV-Netherlands Development Organisation
►Overview of Forest Inventory and Planning Institute 14:15-15:00
Mr. Nguyen Manh Dung, FIPI Vietnam
***Break 15:00-15:30***
► Overview of REDD projects throughout the region: 15:30-17:00
Tim Holland, SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation
Chea Nareth, Forestry Administration, Cambodia
Iwied Wahyulianto – REDD Working Group, Berau District, East Kalimantan
November 10th (Tuesday)
Full-day indoor session
► Forest inventory methods across S.E. Asia: 9:00-10:30
Sukan Pungkul, Forest Land Management Office, Royal Forest Department, Thailand
Mr. Soukan Bounthabandid, Department of Forestry, Laos
Hoang Viet Anh, Forest Science Institute of Vietnam (FSIV)
***Break 10:30-11:00***
► Forest inventory methods across S.E. Asia: 11:00-12:00
Harry Yong, Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia
Roy Banka, WWF and Forest Authority, Papua New Guinea
***Lunch 12:00-1:30***
► Remote sensing-based forest survey methods
Introduction to space-based forest monitoring: 13:30-14:15
Wayne Walker,The Woods Hole Research Center
Landsat data for biomass estimation at national scale: the case-study of Uganda: 14:15-15:00
Valerio Avitabile, Istituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare/Carbo-Africa
***Break 15:00-15:30***
► Remote sensing-based forest survey methods
Large Area Biomass Mapping with Satellite and Field Observations 15:30-16:45
Alessandro Baccini, The Woods Hole Research Center
Open source software solutions: 16:15-17:00
Ned Horning, American Museum of Natural History
***Dinner 18:00 ***
***Night Tour 19:30-20:30 ***
November 11th (Wednesday)
Full-day indoor session
► Linking remotely sensed imagery and ground-based surveys 9:00-10:30
Mai Ky Vinh, Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, Vietnam
Horn Leang, Forestry Administration, Cambodia
Kanita Meedej, Forest Land Management Office, Royal Forest Dept., Thailand
***Break 10:30-11:00***
► Linking remotely sensed imagery and ground-based surveys 11:00-12:00
Hamden Omar, Forest Research Institute, Malaysia
***Lunch 12:00-13:30****
► Linking remotely sensed imagery and ground-based surveys 13:30-14:30
Ali Suhardiman, Forestry Planning Laboratory, Univ. of Mulawarman, Indonesia
A forest cover change study gone bad: Lessons learned from measuring changes in forest cover in Madagascar:
Ned Horning, American Museum of Natural History
Scaling from field measurement to remotely-sensed data 14:30-15:00
Alessandro Baccini, The Woods Hole Research Center
***Break 15:00-15:30***
► Discussion: 15:30-17:00
***Dinner 19:00 ***
November 12th (Thursday)
Full-day outdoor session
► Focus will be on field measurements for biomass estimation with emphasis on the following:
- Plot design
- Data collection
- Plot-level biomass estimation
- Plot-level CO2 emissions calculation
***Group Dinner (19:00) ***
Funding and support:
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Google.org, and the David & Lucile Packard Foundation.
