Scoping green economy through REDD+ : Experiences from Nepal Community Forestry REDD(+) project HKH Regional Media Workshop on Green Economy $ Climate Change Adaptation 2 Nov 2011 Eak Rana, ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Kathmandu, Nepal
Discussion topic REDD+ in GREEEN Economy REDD REDD Plus (advancement) Project Experiences and learning
REDD+ and Green Economy Economic Social and political REDD+ Climate GREEN ECONOMY Environment, carbon removal, biodiversity Community - Livelihood
REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Advancing REDD to REDD+ Concept Discussion i 2005 2007 2009/2010 Idea Commitment Deforestation RED Deforestation Forest Degradation REDD Deforestation Forest Degradation Forest carbon conservation Sustainable Management of Forest Forest Carbon Enhancement REDD +
REDD+ in Ecological perspective Forest Transition Theory 100% Forest carbon enhancement and F carbon conservation REDD (+) Forest cover sustainable management of forest REDD 0% Undisturbed forests Forest frontiers Forest/agric. mosaics Forest/plantations / agric. mosaics time
Piloting REDD Payment System in Community Forestry Management System in Nepal 2009-2013
Project Sites Wt Watershed hd area 27,790 ha Leakage area 440 ha Community forest area 10,265 ha
Program components Institutional set up Technical aspect Capacity Building
How we implement? Contribute to national REDD policy and strategy Trust fund and seed Grant Disbursement Capacity building and awareness raising Forest Carbon reassess monitoring Forest carbon enhancement (forest conservation and alternative energy) Institutional mechanism (structure and system Testing phase ph hase Forest carbon measurement/baseline Methodology development Baseline phase
Implementation approach Piloting/practices Partnership Phase approach Participation (people and stakeholders) Policy
Major activities Forest carbon measurement Alternative energy Awareness raising Piloting Forest Carbon Fund Stakeholder engagement
Forest Carbon Measurement Forest carbon measurement guideline Forest carbon measurement (field) Protocol review and field verification by Int. expert Carbon data analysis RS and GIS based carbon measurement methodology draft) Microsoft Office werpoint 97-2003 P
Forest Carbon Performance Project sites Project sites Area (ha) 2010 (Feb-April) 2011 (Feb - April) Weighted Weighted Weighted Weighted mean tc/ha mean tc/ha mean tc/ha mean tc/ha (sitewise) (3 sites) (sitewise) (3 sites) Kayarkhola 2382 288.44 289.83 Charnawati 5996 206.95 226.3 228.92 209.2929 Ludikhola 1888 209.12 214.43 Total area 10,266 (ha) 2323195.8 2350092.72 Total carbon stock tc Increment tonne carbon in one year 26,896.92 Per ha increment tc = 2.67 Source: REDD+ project, 2011
Institution, System and Structure System and process Institutional Arrangement Data generation, reporting System Monitoring, facilitation and dissemination Payment and benefit sharing system Forest carbon trust t fund Community Forest Groups Watershed REDD Network Data management/dissemin ation -clearing house) Carbon accounting - methodology, system and data Project Management Unit (Project Collaborators)
REDD+ Payment practicing through Pilot Forest Carbon Trust Fund Multi-stakeholder task force (feedback and consultation process) St t t d Structures, system and standards
REDD payment (seed grant) through Trust Fund: Structure and System Central level Forest Carbon Trust Fund Advisory Committee Government, CSO, Collaborator, IPOs Program Management Unit Fund disbursement - joint 1Secretariat signature (ICIMOD, 2Data registration FECOFUN and ANSAB) and management Verification Agency District Fund Advisory Committee Watershed REDD Network Monitoring Committee (MC) Community Forest User Group Note: Dot Arrow represents report, data and information Bold Arrow represents subsidy and incentive
REDD Payment criteria REDD Payment/Benefit sharing Biophysical performance Inclusion/Safeguards (social performance) Forest Carbon Enhancement (Ha forest and tco 2 = total CO 2 ) Ethnic diversity (IPs and Dalit HH) Women population (gender) Poverty index (number of poor hhs in CFUGs) Payment (100%) = f (tco 2 + IPs and Dalit households + women (pop) + poverty index (hh) Note: IPs- Indigenous people, Dalit- so called untouchable caste in Hindu caste system
REDD Payment (seed grant) through Trust Fund: Overview Monitoring and verification of fund utilization Fund utilisation Payment made to local communities Claim review and approve by committee Carbon monitoring i and claim from local communities US$ 100,000 Operational guidelines of forest carbon trust fund 100435 tco 2 /yr US$.99/tCO 2
Utilization of REDD Fund Forest management activities which contribute to Reduce deforestation Reduce forest degradation Conserve forest carbon Sustainable Management of Forest Forest carbon enhancement Awareness raising/capacity building/forest carbon monitoring Poverty reduction/livelihood lih d improvement
Preliminary Reflections/Learning New relationship established- stakeholders Demand new way of forest management that addresses Economy, social and livelihood issues Bundling- Institutional (REDD Network) and biophysical i Entry point of practicing Payment of Ecosystem Services- PES and GREEN ECONOMY Additional financial income to local communities
Preliminary Reflections/Learning High initial cost (implementation, set up and monitoring) and opportunity cost Equity issues in benefit sharing (in unequal forest area) Rights of Indigenous Peoples (customary practices), women and Dalit Rationalize in REDD+ payment system Feasibility REDD in micro forest management system Build on existing of benefit sharing and utilisation practice (poverty reduction/livelihood l d improvement) Pioneering REDD+ as Green Economy
Issues for thought!! Linking REDD+ (mitigation) with climate change adaptation ti REDD+ beyond national regional approach REDD+ as pathway of poverty reduction Re/defining role of media in CC policy
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