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Winrock Tools
In a world that demands measurement and accountability, Winrock has the tools to provide them. A leader in providing scientific and data-driven accounting of ecosystem services, Winrock has developed a series of innovative tools that marry advanced science with intuitive, user-friendly interfaces to support informed decision-making.
Winrock tools monitor greenhouse gas emissions, evaluate the impact of land-use decisions and identify climate resiliency. They deliver high-quality analyses and information to broad audiences by combining interactive mapping with advanced global datasets.
Built with extensive consultations with funders and end-users USAID, the World Bank and the social impact firm Acumen, Winrock’s tools bridge the gap between scientific research and practical application and ensure that design and methodological approach align with available data and technology.
The FLR Carbon Storage Calculator estimates how much carbon different forest landscape restoration activities store as they grow. Drawing from a global database of carbon removal rates, it applies user-provided information on area under restoration and location to automatically calculate results annually and cumulatively for agroforestry, plantations and woodlots, natural regeneration, and mangrove restoration activities worldwide. The Microsoft Excel-based Forest Landscape Restoration Climate Impact Tool is also available for download for practitioners who wish to evaluate how much carbon is stored/sequestered/removed across a wide range of geographies simultaneously. For more information on how the database and tools were developed, see Bernal, B., LT Murray, Pearson, TR. 2018 Global Carbon Dioxide Removal Rates from Forest Landscape Restoration Activities. Journal of Carbon Balance and Management, 13:22 and this press release.
WinRes evaluates how specific investments can mitigate risk, improve resilience, and pinpoints potential negative impacts. Developed in collaboration with Acumen, the tool uses the Green Climate Fund (GCF) results measurement framework to shape a consistent, rapid, and robust identification how these investments affect communities’ resilience to climate change. For more information about this tool, contact winres@winrock.org.
The Grow Asia Counter allows producers to estimate, compare and monitor the greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural commodity production in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines. The tool is being used by 261 partner organizations and is directly impacting 471,000 small farmers.
The Watershed Ecosystems Service Tool (WESTool) is a land use planning tool built for decision-makers in Cambodia. By applying advanced water modeling and satellite imagery to estimate expected changes in water availability, sediment and nutrient loss, water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions associated with land use changes, it can help determine the best policies and practices for agriculture and land management. It has been used to calculate ecosystem services for 80 percent of Cambodia’s land, home to 8.7 million people.
The World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Decision Support Tool is an interactive online tool that allows countries to make data-driven decisions in the development of their REDD+ programs. By allowing countries to explore the implications of key REDD+ decisions and create initial estimates of historical emissions from deforestation, degradation and enhancements, it is a powerful tool for planning REDD+ programs.
Climate Change and Carbon Accounting Toolkit
Winrock’s scientists have developed comprehensive guidance and a series of tools for estimating terrestrial carbon stocks of any land cover type. This includes guidelines on the sampling design, field measurement methods, and carbon stock calculation methods. These methods have been tested across the world over the past twenty years and have been adopted worldwide. These manuals and associated calculation tools are available to the public for free via the links below. Any questions about these methods or tools can be directed to: carbonservices@winrock.org
Sustainable Development and Science: Bridging the Gap with Tools
September 12, 2018
While sipping your tea this morning, chances are you weren’t thinking about the journey it made to reach your cup. A world away, on a plantation in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, those tea leaves grew, were handpicked by farm workers and hauled off in diesel trucks to processors who fermented and dried them. The […]
Guidance on Participatory Carbon Monitoring
This guidance document is an output of the project ‘Delivering Multiple Benefits from REDD+ in Southeast Asia’ (MB-REDD), implemented by SNV – The Netherlands Development Organisation in collaboration with the ‘Lowering Emissions in Asia’s Forests’ (LEAF) project. The MB-REDD project is part of the International Climate Initiative. The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature […]
Guidance on Carbon Stock Calculations Using Field Data Collected
This module describes the calculations necessary to estimate carbon stocks and their uncertainty, based on field data collected in a Terrestrial Carbon Monitoring System for REDD+.
Allometric Equation Evaluation Guidance Document
The study of carbon stored in forests is based on the assessment of biomass stocks found in various vegetation types, along with the carbon stored in the soil. While it is not possible to directly measure the mass of carbon or vegetation in a forest area without harvesting and weighing all tree and vegetation biomass, […]
Standard Operating Procedures – Selective logging emissions (Spanish)
These SOPs provide a step-by-step guide to completing the field measurements necessary for the Winrock selective logging emissions accounting methodology. This version of the SOPs, which have been developed for several countries around the world, was tailored to the logging practices of Colombia.
Winrock Tools
In a world that demands measurement and accountability, Winrock has the tools to provide them. A leader in providing scientific and data-driven accounting of ecosystem services, Winrock has developed a series of innovative tools that marry advanced science with intuitive, user-friendly interfaces to support informed decision-making. Winrock tools monitor greenhouse gas emissions, evaluate the impact […]
Winrock Tools
In a world that demands measurement and accountability, Winrock has the tools to provide them. A leader in providing scientific and data-driven accounting of ecosystem services, Winrock has developed a series of innovative tools that marry advanced science with intuitive, user-friendly interfaces to support informed decision-making. Winrock tools monitor greenhouse gas emissions, evaluate the impact […]
Sustainable Development and Science: Bridging the Gap with Tools
September 12, 2018
While sipping your tea this morning, chances are you weren’t thinking about the journey it made to reach your cup. A world away, on a plantation in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, those tea leaves grew, were handpicked by farm workers and hauled off in diesel trucks to processors who fermented and dried them. The […]
Saving Cambodia’s Ecosystem — One Click at a Time
August 31, 2016
A complicated digital tool is about to be unveiled. It was planned and tested for months, was carefully conceived and designed with detailed stakeholder feedback and consultation. It could make a real difference in the health of Cambodia’s fragile ecosystems. But Mike Netzer is nervous. In his mind’s eye, he sees the little spinning wheel that […]