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INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION (ITTO)
Resources for CDM ForestryProjects Development in Africa:ITTO’s Capacity BuildingProgramme
PRESENTED BY: Dr. Ma Hwan Ok, Projects Manager
International Workshop on Climate Change –Opportunities and Challenges for ForestryMitigation Projects in Sub-Saharan TropicalAfrica (2–5 Oct 2006, Accra, Ghana)
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Presentation Outline
Brief Introduction to ITTO
ITTO Experiences in A/R CDM CapacityBuilding
ITTO Window for AR CDM ProjectActivities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Upcoming Events
Concluding Remarks
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The International Tropical TimberOrganization
• an intergovernmentalorganization createdby the ITTA, 1983
• has 59 membercountries
• has a secretariat of 35people based inYokohama, Japan
• is governed by theITTC and associatedcommittees
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The ITTO mandate
Promoting sustainable development throughtrade, conservation and best-practice forestmanagement
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Producer member countries (33)
MexicoPhilippinesLiberia
Venezuela
Trinidad & Tobago
Suriname
PeruVanuatuTogo
PanamaThailandNigeria
HondurasPapua New GuineaGhana
GuyanaMyanmarGabon
GuatemalaMalaysiaDem. Rep. of Congo
EcuadorIndonesiaCote d’Ivoire
ColombiaIndiaCongo
BrazilFijiCentral African Rep.
BoliviaCambodiaCameroon
Latin AmericaAsiaAfrica
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Consumer member countries (26)
New ZealandFrance
NetherlandsFinland
EUNepalEgypt
USAKoreaDenmark
UKJapanChina
SwitzerlandItalyCanada
SwedenIrelandBelgium/Lux.
PortugalGreeceAustria
NorwayGermanyAustralia
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Donors
Financial contributions by any country ororganization.
Main donors for project work and otheractivities:
JapanSwitzerlandUnited States
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ITTO project portfolio
• provided grants worth more than US$250million
• more than 400 projects funded
• about 150 projects under implementation
• more than 500 local, full-timeprofessionals employed in the tropics
• Nearly all ongoing projects includecapacity building activities, many have atraining component
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ITTO Guidelines for the Restoration, Managementand Rehabilitation of Degraded and SecondaryForests (2002)
• collaboration with IUCN,CIFOR, FAO and WWFInternational
• Six workshops attendedby 103 participants from32 countries
• filling a knowledge gapin degraded forestrestoration and landrehabilitation
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ITTO Project Work related to CDM forestry
Indonesia - Promotionof the CDM in theFramework of SFM withLocal CommunitiesInvolvement
Columbia - AlternativeFinancing Model forSustainable ForestManagement in SanNicolas
Korea - International Workshop on ClimateChange and Forest Sector: Clean DevelopmentMechanism in Tropical Countries
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ITTO Project Cycle Calendar
6-11 November 2006 The 41st Session of theInternational Tropical Timber Council in Yokohama, Japan
27 November 2006 Deadline for new project proposals
5-9 February 2007 Meeting of the Thirty-third ExpertPanel for Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals inYokohama
8-12 May 2007 The 42nd Session of the InternationalTropical Timber Council in PNG
28 May 2007 Deadline for new project proposals
ITTO members may submit a project proposalrelated to national capacity building with the ITTOproject cycle (i.e. twice a year)
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ITTO Fellowship Programme
supports young and mid-career people for short-termactivities, such as participation in internationalconferences, training courses and study tours, but alsohelps people to prepare manuals
The maximum amount for a fellowship grant isUS$10,000.
Upcoming deadline8 March 2007 for the 42nd Session of the ITTC (8-12 May2007)
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Lessons learned
� Lack of capacity to design and implement sinkCDM projects
- Difficulty in the use of methodologies to definebaseline and additionality to calculate carbon potential
- Limited capacity to interact in validation,verification and certification processes
� Lack of financing for sink CDM projectsimplementation
- No seed capital to kick-start CDM project cycle
- Limited access to finance
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ITTO’s AR-CDM Project
Building capacity to develop and implementSink-CDM of the Kyoto Protocol in TropicalForestry Sector
� Implementing Agency: ITTO Secretariat
�Duration: 3 years (Nov 2005-Oct 2008)
�Budget: US$940,000
Objective:
To promote sink-CDM of the Kyoto Protocolthrough Public-Private-Partnerships, linkinghost developing countries with industrializedinvestor countries.
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ITTO’s on-going work
Guidebook for A/R CDM projectdevelopers on how to identify andformulate A/R CDM project activities.
Six regional workshops to provide trainingfor potential project developers in A/RCDM host countries
Six Project Design Documents submittedto CDM EB
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Guidebook for the formulation of A/R projectsunder the CDM
Part I is an introductionto the Kyoto Protocoland the CDM
Part II describes theconceptual andprocedural details forformulating an A/RCDM project
Part III explores thefinancing of CDMprojects
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ASEAN-ITTO Regional Workshop on Perspectives ofCDM Forestry Projects in Asia and The Pacific(Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 22-24 March 2006)
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Int’l Symposium on Trends and Prospects of ARCDM (28 Sep 2006,Seoul, Korea)
Time to initiate projects is now, but many
buyers uncertain how to deal with replacement
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Upcoming Events:ITTO Carbon Investment Forum on AR-CDM
First Carbon InvestmentForum on AR-CDM
17 October 2006
Century Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan
Target audiences:
potential investors and projectdevelopers in JapanUtilities (electricity, gas, power development),Heavy industries (Oil, petrochemical,chemical, pulp & paper, etc.), Electricappliances, Insurance, Auto makers, etc..
Brokers (Natsource Japan, CO2e.com)
Project developers (Forestry, Pulp & paper,NGOs)
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Upcoming Events (Cont’d)
6-11 November 2006
Forty-first Session of the InternationalTropical Timber Council and AssociatedSessions of the Committees in Yokohama,Japan
� Feb/March 2007
African tropical forest investment forum:issues and opportunities for investment innatural tropical forests in Accra, Ghana
� 18 May 2007
International Conference on Wood-basedBioenergy in Hannover, Germany inconjunction with 2007 LIGNA-HANNOVER
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Second ITTO Workshop on AR CDM for Sub-Saharan Africa
Details will be discussed at the PSC meetingon 5 Oct 2006
???, 2007
Accra, Ghana
Main objective:
to facilitate the formulation ofSmall Scale AR CDM PDDs
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ITTO looks for a Consultant for Africa
A short-term consultant from ITTO membercountries
Main task:
- to formulation of two PDDs for ITTO membercountries in Africa
- to support methodology development
CARBON TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICA!!
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Concluding Remarks
ITTO looks forward toconcrete recommendations of the GhanaWorkshop andpartnerships with in promoting CDM forestryprojects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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