Patricia ZuritaConservation Stewards Program

March 13, 2009

making conservation people’s choice

the carbon angle

Today

CI’s carbon experience

Working with people

Bringing it together

CI mission

Our Mission is to inspire and help societies manage nature’s assets for the

equitable benefit of current and future generations

CI’s carbon experience

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Conserving and restoring forests, and sustainably managing agricultural land, can increase carbon sequestration and

reduce GHG emissions, mitigating climate change

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conserving intact terrestrial and marine ecosystems helps

communities adapt to ongoing climate change

biodiversity + carbon potential overlap

hotspots + wilderness areas populated

Protect intact forestsreduce CO2 emissionsconserve biodiversity

Reforest and restore degraded areas

increase CO2 uptakerestore or recreate habitat

Create diverse agroforestry systems

increase CO2 uptakerestore or recreate habitat

Building corridors

landscape forest carbon projects

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support policy change

transfer technological expertise, and

provide multiple benefits for biodiversity and local peoples

What are the potential benefits of Forest Carbon Projects?

Forest Conservation + Reforestation

Sequester and store C

Maintain healthy ecosystems that are resilient to climate change

Climate change mitigation

Climate change

adaptation

Provide habitats and resources

Serve as sources of products, ecological services, employment and income

Forest Carbon Projects contribute directly to CI’s conservation and human well-being goals

Climate change mitigation

Provide habitats and resources

Serve as sources of products, ecosystem services, employment and income

reduced impact reduced impact

Human well-being

Forest conservation(REDD)

Reforestation

Store carbon and reduce GHG emissions

Biodiversity

Where are our Forest Carbon Projects?

Mantadia, Madagascar

-3,000+ ha AR corredor

- 425,000 ha REDD in Protected Areas

-Fruit gardens, fuelwood

ChoCO2, Ecuador

-275 ha A/R, 80K+ CERs

-Restoration of degraded pasture lands

-Choco-Manabí Corridor

Tengchong, China

-467 ha A/R, 167K CERs

-Reforestation around an ecological reserve

-Local forest cooperatives

Where are our Forest Carbon Projects?

Projects before 2007

Projects initiated 2007 or later

Our portfolio:• Global coverage: 20+ projects in 15 countries• Integrated, multiple-benefit projects • Ambitious scale:

• ~ 21 million ha forest conservation• ~30,000 ha forest restoration

working with people

people are choosing destruction over conservation

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what we are aboutBiodiversity is in people’s hands Protecting areas with local people in private, communal +

traditional lands Conserving it has a cost

People will not conserve unless: It is beneficial to them They have the tools to make it happen

We are about making conservation attractive Concrete and periodic benefits in exchange for effective and

measurable conservation commitments

Conservation Agreement

ConservationActions

BenefitsThreats to

BiodiversityOpportunity

cost

Patrolling Reforestation

Demarcation No Hunting

No deforestation

Teachers salariesMedicinesAgriculture best practicesWages from doing conservation actions

Endowments

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Cardamoms Protected ForestCardamoms Protected Forest400,000 has400,000 has

chumnoabThe challenge 73 families Slash & burn 40 has/year Hunting (Pangolins, Sun bears, tigers, etc)

By-catch of Siamese crocodiles (pop. 200)

chumnoabTheir aspirations Rice production areas (food security) Teachers who stay in school full scholarly years (education) Income (econ opportunities)

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No deforestation No slash & burn No nets or electricity in the

vicinity of the nesting areas No burning in the nesting

areas Patrolling to retire wildlife

traps Support croc monitoring

10 buffalos ($5,000) 25 has plowed by a tractor Salaries for 2 teachers

($50/month) Ag extension (CEDAC) Equipment, per diem,

training and insurance for patrolling

Signs and communication strategy

20,000 has of forest patrolled, zoned + protected

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10% of the global population hatched in year 1

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Rare endangered species are returning to these forests

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A community engaged + supportive of conservation and monitoring with us

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Increased rice production 4x

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Teachers in schools year round

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Changes in school attenance 2006 - 2007Areng River Valley - Cambodia

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$30K protects 20,000 has in one year

5 communities protect 110,000 has

A $2M trust will save this area forever

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2002 -- 1

2005 -- 42006 -- 10

2007 -- 282008 -- 50 systemsdifferent

private farmers

indigenous groups

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Creation of MPAs

Municipal areas

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2005 -- 42006 -- 10

2007 -- 282008 -- 50 human wellbeing

90% reduction in respiratory problems

$12/family/month savings in firewood

costs

Reviving old Tibetan traditions

bringing it together

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2005 -- 42006 -- 10

2007 -- 28

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Liberia

DRC

Madagascar

Cambodia

Guyana

Guatemala

Ecuador

Solomons

Fiji

Madagascar: an example of how we are taking our work to scale

1. Makira Forest Carbon Project (WCS 2002)Forest Conservation: 400,000 haCarbon benefit: Up to 9 Mt CO2

2. Mantadia-Zahamena (2004)Forest Conservation: 425,000 haReforestation: 3,000 haCarbon benefit: ~30 Mt CO2

3. Fandriana-Vondrozo (2008)Forest Conservation: app. 240,000 ha Reforestation: approx. 2,000 ha Carbon benefit: ~10 Mt CO2

Next step:National level

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• 2.5 M hectares• 1.3M farming people + 250K

ind• $75M / year• 1% of oil royalties• $50M from Carbon mkt• REDD national initiative• Complement BDH program

$180M/year 1.3M people (60% peri-urban population)

• promote integrated solutions to land management around the world

• Secure fair distribution of benefits to local people

• Build opportunities for income generation

• Ensure that biodiversity is conserved

all photos © minden pictures, naturePL, CI

Conservation Stewards Program February 29, 2008

thank youthank youpeopleand nature living

in harmony