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Open- and crowd-sourced MRV for agroforestry?: Preliminary results and lessons learned from a pilot study using Collect Earth to identify agroforestry on multiple land uses in Viet Nam and Colombia
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Daniel, James Tenneson, Karis Suber, Marta Mulia, Rachmat Van Tranh, Phan Arango, Jacobo Rosenstock, Todd S. |
| Organization | CCAFS: FP3_LEDScaling |
| Organization | CCAFS: PII-FP3_LEDPriorities |
| Organization | CCAFS: PII-FP3_SAMPLES |
| Organization | CCAFS: PII-FP3_USAIDLEDOpportunities |
| Description | Key messages ◼ Forty percent of developing countries plan to use agroforestry to meet climate and development goals, yet available systems for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) are not capable of counting trees in agroforestry systems. ◼ Before agroforestry can become an important response to climate change, countries need access to affordable, accessible tools to improve their ability to monitor agroforestry. ◼ We evaluated the effectiveness of Collect Earth, an open-source platform that allows assessment of land use using freely available high-resolution imagery, for identifying primary types of agroforestry systems in Colombia and Viet Nam. ◼ Preliminary results are mixed but showed promise. Collect Earth is highly effective in identifying some easily distinguished types of agroforestry systems (such as agrisilviculture, boundary planting, and home gardens) but falls short with others (including some types of shadow and silvopastoral systems). ◼ Refinements to our approach—including the integration of local expertise into the photo- interpretation process— could help Collect Earth become a valuable tool to ensure that agroforestry trees count toward climate goals. |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/f321c4d2-9b0c-4fb6-b27a-4a24baa62cbc |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security |
| Publisher Date | 2018-12-18 |
| Publisher Place | Wageningen: The Netherlands |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0 |
| Subject Keyword | Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Climate Change Agriculture Food Secuiry Agroforestry Low Emissions Development |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Report |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
