F O R C E R T. Payment for Environmental Services The need for community involvement. Forest Management & Product Certification Service

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1 INA-IGES Seminar REDD+, PES & Benefit Sharing Workshop Payment for Environmental Services The need for community involvement F O R C E R T Forest Management & Product Certification Service

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3 Environmental Services for community survival It is all about Climate Change, not about money! Unknown climate changes will affect rural communities Environmental services from land essential with uncertain climate changes Communities need to prepare : Sustainable Land Use Plan One of the income generating options: manage forest for Payment for Environmental Services

4 Why is PNG Government promoting REDD? It is all about money, not about Climate Change! REDD/PES should be part of overall plan to assist communities in climate change adaptation Land use planning only sustainable when bottom up: communities decide themselves on long term land use No permanence unless higher level Land Use Plans based on Community Land Use Plans Government should show it is serious about promoting REDD/PES: stop all large scale logging & agricultural projects

5 Payment for Environmental Service (PES) Service comes from the forest: Forest grows on the land: Who owns the land? PES will only work with maximum involvement and ownership of local communities Do the people of PNG trust their government to handle income from PES on their behalf? Transparent management & payment system needed Shortest possible link financer to service provider Maximum benefit to service provider: local communities

6 FORCERT Payment for Environmental Services trial project exploring the options of Payment for Environmental Services as additional resource management & income generating option for community eco-forestry enterprises Section 1. Development of a draft PES system for PNG Section 2. Development & implementation PES management at community level

7 Section 1. Draft PES system for PNG Developed by Expert Consultation Group Group of concerned Papua New Guinean experts Proposed Payment for Environmental Services system: gives outline for transparent operational PES framework ensures maximum benefits reach local communities contains major aspects of practical transparent & equitable PES system No finished or final system Proposal in development offered for consideration and discussion

8 National commitment (Kyoto Post 2012) Environmental Services Verification, Monitoring & Reporting Local level Provincial National International ILGs Landowners Services providing organisations or companies Data and reports Technical assistance Capacity building Provincial PES office Data and reports Technical assistance Capacity building Multistakeholder institution Service Payments Technical assistance and capacity building Data and reports Technical assistance Capacity building Registration Standards setting & enforcement UNFCCC

9 Voluntary market (present and to be included Post 2012) Environmental Services Verification, monitoring and reporting Local level National International Registration Standards enforcement Multistakeholder institution Registration Standards enforcement ILGs Landowners Monitoring & reporting Technical assistance Capacity building Services providing organisations or companies Monitoring & reporting Technical assistance Capacity building National / International Brokers Monitoring & reporting Technical assistance Capacity building PES Financers Service Payments Technical assistance and capacity building

10 Section 2: PES management at community level Trial forest carbon inventories Community inventory teams inventor and monitor own forest (7 communities) Impact monitoring of portable sawmill operations (2 communities) Development methodology and manual for community carbon inventory Community PES management preparations Awareness & discussions with communities (6 communities) Capacity building communities for PES management (6 communities) Trial PES group certification (1 community)

11 Implementing PES for communities with maximum involvement & ownership of communities Trial communities FORCERT members Community organisation (Incorporated Land Groups) Company/Business group Socio-Economic & Environmental Baseline Survey High Conservation Values assessment & Sustainable Land Use Plan Working towards full FSC certification Lowering expectations Community awareness & discussions climate change & PES Training on forest carbon inventory Draft Project Document for PES management (under VCS) & project methodology development Trial financing and incorporation PES into FORCERT group certification structure

12 Conclusion To make potential long term income from Payment for Environmental Services a reality we need: Transparent PES system for PNG with all stakeholders involved Guarantee of maximum long term benefits reaching actual providers environmental services: the local communities Community Land Use Planning by genuine landowners Maximum involvement & ownership PES management by local communities

13 Stop talking Carbon Trade & start assisting communities in Sustainable Land Use Planning with PES as one of their resource management options improved livelihood prepared for climate change impacts contribute to global climate change mitigation effort