MGD Sections
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UNFCCC decisions and requirements
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IPCC good practice guidance
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GHGI coverage, approaches, methods and tiers
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Significance and key category analysis
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Design decisions relevant to national forest monitoring systems
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Land cover, land use and stratification
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Forest reference emission levels and forest reference levels
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Quality assurance and quality control
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Guiding principles – Requirements and design decisions
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Estimation methods for REDD+ activities
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Integration frameworks for estimating emission and removals
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Selecting an integration framework
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Activity data x emission/removal factor tools
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Fully integrated tools
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Practical considerations in choosing an integration tool
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Guiding principles – Methods and approaches
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Ground-based observations
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National forest inventories
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Intensive monitoring sites
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Auxiliary data
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Guiding principles – Remote sensing and ground-based observations
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Emissions/removals factors
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Above- and belowground biomass
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Dead wood and litter pools
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Soil organic carbon
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Emissions from prescribed fires and wildfires
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National choices in emissions and removals factor estimation
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Emission and removal factor uncertainties
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Estimating total emissions/removals and its uncertainty
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Guiding principles – Estimation and uncertainty
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Reporting and verification of emissions and removals
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Financial considerations
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Sampling
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Country examples – Tier 3 integration
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Brief review of the potential for estimation of biomass by remote sensing
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Integrating remote-sensing and ground-based observations for estimation of emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in forests: Methods and Guidance from the Global Forest Observations Initiative
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