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REDD+ implementation by Brazil

Monique Ferreira

Gerenral-Coordinator for Forest Finance and Transparency

COP 23

10th November 2017

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What is Brazil doing in order to recieve results-based payments [through the

recent GCF’s Cairo decision]?

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1: Reducing deforestation

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76 %

Source: INPE Action Plan for Prevent and Control Deforestation in Legal Amazon

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Activities

Outcomes

Tematic Areas

Action Plan PPCDAm PPCerrado

Land Tenure and Territorial

Planning

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Environmental Monitoring and Control

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Fostering Sustainable

Activities

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Normative and economic incentives

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1.2: How we organize our work

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2: Implementing the Warsaw Framework for REDD+

National Forest Monitoring System

Safeguards information system

Forest reference emission level

National REDD+ Strategy

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• FREL Amazon + FREL Cerrado = add up to 73% of the national territory

• Results from reducing emissions from deforestation in the Amazon: 2006-2015 recognized, 2011-2015 to complete the MRV cycle by the end of 2017

• Results in reducing emissions from deforestation in the Cerrado to be submitted by the end of 2018 (BUR3)

Brazilian FRELs and REDD+ results

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National REDD+ Strategy

• Overall objective: to contribute to climate change mitigation by eliminating illegal deforestation, promoting conservation and restoration of forest ecosystems and fostering a low-carbon and sustainable forest economy, delivering environmental, social and economic benefits.

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• National REDD+ Committee (5 meetings and 7 resolutions)

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Objetives e activities of the Thematic Advisory Boards

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Safeguards

• Defining the safeguards in the Brazilian context

• Supporting the development of the summary of information

• Supporting the development of the Information System

• Supporting the development of an ombudsman servisse for safeguards violations

Federative Relations

• Promoting convergence and complementarity of climate change and forest policies at the federal state and local levels

• Engaging all states in the implementation of REDD+

• Identifying the REDD+ initiatives in place throughout the country

• Supporting REDD+ capacity development for state and local agents

Fundraising and Distribution of Non

Reimbursable Resources • Defining guidelines, rules and

criteria for the eligibility to access payments, fundraising and the use of REDD+ resources in Brazil

• Supporting the decentralization of fundraising for REDD+ results-based payments, starting with the Amazonian states

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2.2. National REDD+ Strategy

• Resolution #5: Principles of implementation of REDD+ in Brazil • REDD+ as a finance instrument • Implementation at the national level and, in a interim bases, at the

subnational level (biome) • RBP must seek for approval of the CONAREDD+ • REDD+ RBP are made considering the FREL and under the fundraising

limits stablished by CONAREDD+ • Payments recieved are discounted of the entity’s fundraising limit • No transference of mitigation results • Mitigation results used in the Brazilian account

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Total RED results in Amazonia

40% federal government

Amazon Fund

Supporting public policies

60% jurisdictional level (states - 9)

Considering their forest area

Considering their efforts in reducting

deforestation

* Mínimo de 2% por estado

Resolution #6: Fundraising limits

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REDD+ Brasil: General information on REDD+, News, all relevant information concerning the CONAREDD+ its Advisory Boards and the technical working group

Information and Transparency

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Monthly Newsletter PT Annual Newsletter EN

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2025

Reducing emissions by 37%

Reducing 43%

2030

UNFCCC Paris Agreement

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Promoting sustainable management of native

forests

Restoring and ha of forests

Zero net deforestation in the Amazon

Promoting compliance with the Forest Code

Target (in relation to 2005)

PPCDAm e PPCerrado National REDD+ Strategy

REDD+ results

$ REDD+ results based payments

CONAREDD+

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Next Steps

1. Developing the interface of the Safeguards Information System 2. Developing an impact matrix to assess public policies and measures 3. Constructing a National FREL for deforestation 4. Overhauling the Info Hub Brasil 5. Mobilizing results-based payments via the GCF

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Thank you!

Monique Ferreira General Coordinator for Forest Transparency and Finance REDD+ focal point Ministry of the Environment Brazil

Monique.ferreira@mma.gov.br + 55 61 2028-2093

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