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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
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Outline
• Linking Climate Change, Forests and REDD+
• Update on how Liberia is involved in REDD+
• Introduction to REDD+ Pilots in Liberia
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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
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Climate change = ?
REDD+ ISONE OF THE TOOLS
TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
CC = change in: • Temperature
•Rainfall over a long period
REDD= ?
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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
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CO2 CO2
Why keeping the forest?
Deforestation causes CO2 emission
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CO2 CO2
Why keeping the forest?
REDD carbon credit
REDD provide benefits to governments and communities for keeping carbon in the forest
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Why keeping the forest ?
CO2
Forests are a carbon sink
CO2
?
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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
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Payments for ecosystem services
Forests
What are the carbon markets?
Biodiversity
CarbonScenic beauty
Water regulation
Livelihood support
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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
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Next step
• Linking Climate Change, Forests and REDD
• How is Liberia involved in REDD?• Introduction to REDD+ Pilots in Liberia
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Upper Guinean Forests
Liberia 42% Ivory Coast 28% Ghana 16%Guinea 8% Leone 5% Togo 1%
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Forest is source of many benefits
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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
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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
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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
Forest Regional Office #3
CBOs, Community, Traditional Authority, Chain Saw operators, Farmers, Logger/ Timber Industry, Local NGOs, Rural Women Networks, Youth Groups, County/ District Authorities, Marketing Associations
Forest Regional Office #1
Forest Regional Office #4
CSO
REDD+ Technical Working group (RTWG)
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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
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Next step
• Linking Climate Change, Forests and REDD
• How is Liberia involved in REDD?• Introduction to REDD+ Pilots in Liberia
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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
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DECENTRALIZING REDD+ DISCUSSION IN LIBERIA
REDD Pilot Site
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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
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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.
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Linking national and subnational to international
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Promoting sustainable use of the forest –User friendly approach
Elephant as a friend & not as a bush meat
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•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
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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
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What can REDD program and your group do to reduce forest degradation/deforestation
in Liberia?
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REDD+ IN LIBERIA
Some key REDD partners