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Innovative conservation since 1903

Update on REDD+ and REDD+Pilot Projects in Liberia

Dr Nouhou NdamREDD/Carbon Project Manager - [email protected] 0886765087 Strengthening African Forest Governance

1st May 2012


Outline

• Linking Climate Change, Forests and REDD+

• Update on how Liberia is involved in REDD+

• Introduction to REDD+ Pilots in Liberia


Objectives

• Linking Climate Change, Forests and REDD

• How is Liberia involved in REDD / update can Forest Contribute to Climate Change?

• Introduction to REDD+ Pilots in Liberia


Climate change = ?

REDD+ ISONE OF THE TOOLS

TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE

CC = change in: • Temperature

•Rainfall over a long period

REDD= ?


What is REDD? or REDD +?Reduction of Emission of gases to the atmosphere due to the human activities through Deforestation and forest Degradation.

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Why keeping the forest ?

CO2

Forests are a carbon sink

CO2


CO2 CO2

Why keeping the forest?

Deforestation causes CO2 emission


CO2 CO2

Why keeping the forest?

REDD carbon credit

REDD provide benefits to governments and communities for keeping carbon in the forest


Why keeping the forest ?

CO2

Forests are a carbon sink

CO2

?


Forests and carbon at the global scale

Atmospheric increase 4.1Billions of tonnes

per year

Fossil carbonemissions

Oceanuptake Deforestation

Residual land sink

7.2 2.62.62.6

2.2 1.6


Payments for ecosystem services

Forests

What are the carbon markets?

Biodiversity

CarbonScenic beauty

Water regulation

Livelihood support


Forest activities that mitigate climate change

Producing biomaterials and bioenergy

Reducing emissions caused by forest activities Less energy, oil, fertilisers...

Forest

Energy

Developingagroforestry

Creatingplantations

Increasing carbon stocks

Years

Carbon

Project

Baseline

Benefit

Reducingdeforestation

Avoiding losses of carbon stocks

Years

Carbon

With conservation

Baseline (Deforestation)

Benefit


Next step


• How is Liberia involved in REDD?• Introduction to REDD+ Pilots in Liberia


Upper Guinean Forests

Liberia 42% Ivory Coast 28% Ghana 16%Guinea 8% Leone 5% Togo 1%


Forest is source of many benefits


What happen if our actions are not sustained?


How is Liberia involved globally?

1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Rio Treaty

UNFCCC enters into force

Kyoto Protocol negotiated

Marrakesh Accords

1st Commitment Period

CoP-13 Bali

CoP-14 Poznan

CoP-15 Copenhagen

Kyoto Protocol enters into force

CoP-16 Cancun

CoP-17 Durban

Rio +20

2011


How is Liberia involved nationally?

R-PIN200 000 USD WB/FCPF

R-PP implementation

20102012-2014

20092011

R-PP Submission

FFI and other partners support

FFI compilation of R-PP


Structure of REDD+ in Liberia

Ministries/ Agencies

Other platforms e.g. VPA

National Forest Forum

UN/ Donors Reps.

INGOs/ partners

Private Sectors

15 County Forest Forums and proposed District and sector forums( each Region)

Forest Regional Office #2


CBOs, Community, Traditional Authority, Chain Saw operators, Farmers, Logger/ Timber Industry, Local NGOs, Rural Women Networks, Youth Groups, County/ District Authorities, Marketing Associations



CSO

REDD+ Technical Working group (RTWG)


READINESSProposal

NCCS, RTWGInitial

consultation, policy review, Capacity need assessment

PROJECT DESIGN

PDD &

Audit

Live REDD project

Carbon creditRevenue

INTE

NTI

ON Benefit sharing

Carbon inventories

Legal provisions

Market planning

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 5 Phase 6

THE LIBERIA REDD + RISKY PATH Readiness implementationExpress of

interest

Collaborative design & implementation

Control by outsiders

Conservation & payment

20082011 2012 –2015?

2015 - 2020? From 2025 ----?

READINESS Implementation

Full consultation,

Reforms, Capacity

Phase 4

2022--?

Readiness preparation Proposal

THE LIBERIA REDD + PROCESSES

2009

200,

000

USD

FR

OM

FC

PF

YEARS ARE NEEDED TO DEVELOP A BEST PRACTICE REDD PROJECT


Next step


• How is Liberia involved in REDD?• Introduction to REDD+ Pilots in Liberia


How is Liberia involved sub-nationally?

Regional consultations

FFI- REDD piloting in Sinoe County / engagement & empowerment of stakeholders

2012-20132010

2011

Community engagement Site selection / FPIC


DECENTRALIZING REDD+ DISCUSSION IN LIBERIA

REDD Pilot Site


Site for REDD Pilot / FPIC


REDD+ Piloting in Liberia – National initiatives

R-PIN200 000 USD WB/FCPF

R-PP implementation

20102012-2014

20092011

R-PP SubmissionFFI / Norad Phase 1

Laying the Foundation

-Support RTWG meetings; --Support NCCS launching; -Policy review; -Stakeholders mapping & empowerment; -Capacity gaps Assessment; -Risk analysis; -Stakeholders consultations; -CSOs_REDD 1st Dialogue -National lessons learnt workshop; -Oil palm study tour in Ghana & Indonesia, & RT8; COP15, etc.)

Continue support to REDD national initiative

-RTWG operations ;

-R-PP compilation,

-On-going arrangement for the 1st NCCSM

-On-going arrangement for the 1st inter-ministerial meeting

-Support to PRS II Mining sector

-Supporting establishment of the oil-palm TWG - Promoting respect of best practices / RSPO;

-On-going REDD outreach program

- CSO/CBOs – REDD 2nd Dialogue, CoP16, Oslo, ..

FFI / Norad Phase 2


REDD+ Piloting in Liberia – Sub-National initiatives

Regional consultationsSinoe County piloting

2012-20132010

2011

FFI / Norad Phase 1Laying the Foundation

-Selection of Sinoe County as pilot site; -GCF Conference; -Stakeholders mapping; -Local /palava hut dialogues -Sinoe County REDD workshop, -Community consultation)

Democratization of REDDFFI / Norad Phase 2

-Contiuation of Palava hut discussion (testing FPIC approach); - Refining stakeholders mapping, - Gradual establishment of the Governance platform; - Developing and testing REDD Site selection criteria; -Visit communities and forests of candidate sites; -Awareness of key stakeholders (FDA Reg4 staff, CFF, CFMB, SSI+GoL, Women groups); etc.


Linking national and subnational to international


Promoting sustainable use of the forest –User friendly approach

Elephant as a friend & not as a bush meat


•Hesitation of community to fully engage in REDD•Suspicions that REDD is the new way of creating national park•Doubt why developed countries want to pay forest dependent communities for keeping their forests•Logging companies proposing immediate benefits (employment/roads /clinics…) making REDD less attractive option•No patience to wait for …”the sweet dried dog”….people need benefit now

Challenges of REDD + implementation


Effective collaboration and regular consultationVerification and Implementation- need to develop verification systems Legality Assurance: Establishment of clear standards for the legal production of timber. Similarly, for REDD, need to establish similar clear standards for land allocation and management.Licensing Scheme-Possible comparisons between issuing chainsawing licenses and issuing carbon creditsMonitoring-systems for independent monitoring and reporting are integral to the credibility of system;Land Tenure- Need permission/agreement with owners of the forest / require a clarification of tenure rights for forest production which may be directly useful for the success of REDD. Need to establish who owns the right to trade carbon credits and how the benefits will be shared.

Synergies between REDD and FLEGT/VPA


What can REDD program and your group do to reduce forest degradation/deforestation

in Liberia?


REDD+ IN LIBERIA

Some key REDD partners


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