Vietnam -201011

< Last Update: 23 Jan. 2013 >

SAFE Prototyping Status: November 2010 - November 2012 <Completed>

Mangrove Forest Mapping and Carbon Stock Estimation

Forest Resources and Environment Center, Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (FIPI)

Vietnam is the house for quite large mangrove forest along its coastal belts. Mangrove forest is an important wildlife sanctuary in Vietnam as it is characterized by a wetland bio-system dominated by mangrove and many rare species.

The mangrove forest performs many valuable ecological functions, including coastal stabilization, protection against coastal erosion, oil spills and storm surges. The mangrove forest is a source of fuel wood and construction materials.

The objective of this prototype is the followings:

1) To produce and provide data on mangrove forest at the period of 1990, 2000 and 2010

2) To assess mangrove forest changes from 1990

3) To determine the method for Carbon Stock calculating for mangrove forest types in Vietnam

4) To provide the basic data on Carbon stock volume of mangrove forest and its change which will be used as the input data for REL calculation in Vietnam

Final Results

1) Products

Mangrove Forest Map on Landsat data of Quang Ninh province

Mangrove Forest Map on Landsat data of Quang Ninh province on 1990, 2000, 2010

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Mangrove Change in Quang Ninh

Year 1990 2000 2010
Area
(in ha)
28876 21506 23283

Above ground biomass estimates across Quang Ninh province

Year 1990 2000 2010
Area
(in ha)
28876 21506 23283
Method Average AGB/ha
in 2000 and 2010
TH - AGB
by SRTM3
HV - AGB
by PALSAR
Above ground
biomass (tC)
633,725 476,635 506,030

Mangrove Forest of Quang Ninh province on ALOS AVNIR-2 in 2010

Mangrove Forest of Quang Ninh province on ALOS AVNIR-2 in 2010

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Mangrove Forest of Ca Mau province on ALOS AVNIR-2 in 2010

Mangrove Forest of Ca Mau province on ALOS AVNIR-2 in 2010

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Mangrove Forest of Kien Giang province on ALOS AVNIR-2 in 2010

Mangrove Forest of Kien Giang province on ALOS AVNIR-2 in 2010

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Mangrove Biomass Map (Part of Quang Ninh province)

HV image and Mangrove Biomass Map

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2) Method

Approaches of biomass calculating

Approaches of biomass calculating

Biomass and ALOS PALSAR

Biomass and PALSAR at mangrove in Ca Mau and Quang Ninh, Vietnam (2010)

3) Capacity Building

On-the-job training on ALOS PALSAR data processing (Jun. 2011)

On-the-job training on ALOS PALSAR data processing (Jun. 2011)

4) Stake-holder Meeting

on Sep. 7, 2012 at FIPI

Stake-holder Meeting on Sep. 7, 2012 at FIPI

Study Area

Study Area

Formation

(1) Prototyping Executor

Mr. Dien Tien Vu, Director
Forest Resources and Environment Center (FREC),
Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (FIPI), Vietnam

(2) Technical Supporter

- University of Tokyo, Japan
- Geo-informatics Center (GIC)
- Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

(3) Data & Application Provider

- NASA (Landsat ETM)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ALOS PALSAR/AVNIR-2)