Wetland Global Carbon Survey: Tropical Wetlands Initiatives for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation (TWINCAM) (Final Report: 1 October 2011 – 30 September 2012)

Abstract

The overall goal of this project is to support the development of the international REDD+ mechanism in wetlands and significantly reduce this constraint throughout the tropics through better characterization of C stocks in intact tropical wetlands and in the land cover types that are replacing them. The highlights of year-2 of the Wetland Global Carbon Survey Project are the involvement of the team in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) processes in developing guidelines for National Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Inventory in wetland ecosystems and the accomplishment of the wetlands global carbon map. In addition, new partnerships and networking have been conducted in Vietnam, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic. The capacity to understand and assess wetland ecosystem C stocks was developed for numerous partners in Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic throughout the course of the project implementation. Capacity building was initiated with a training workshop to understand the role of ecosystem C in IPCC processes and UNFCCC initiatives (including REDD+) and how to implement sampling protocols for ecosystem C stock assessments. Sample and data collections have been completed in the above-mentioned countries.