Efforts for advancing REDD+ byConservation International

Conservation International JapanManager, Climate Change Program

Kana Yamashita

International Technical Seminar on REDD+-Knowledge sharing and discussion from practices and experiences –

Held by Forest and Forest Research Institute

February 17, 2011

CI Priority Area: Biodiversity Hotspots / WildernessAreas: The area where integrated support needed for

Human Welfare, Climate Change, and Biodiversity

Biodiversity HotspotsWilderness Areas

Seascapes

CI REDD+ Initiatives in the worldCI REDD+ Initiatives in the world

*Map location also includes AR Forestry projects

CI’s Climate Change Program1. Policy Input：Integrate REDD+ into Green Economic

development path for both developed and developingcountries

2. Capacity Building for REDD+ implementation indeveloping countries in various levels of stakeholders

3. Creating the model REDD+ initiatives in developingcountries

4. Providing the guidance for social and biodiversitysafeguards from REDD+ planning to implementationstage

5. Promoting Ecosystem Based Adaptation ：Based onsolid science, develop the program that ecosystem canbenefit and protect the local people from unavoidableclimate change

Credibility of GHG Reductions Additionality Measurement & Monitoring Leakage Permanence Registration

Project Design, plus Socialand Environmental Impacts Poverty alleviation &

Sustainable development Biodiversity conservation Watershed protection Climate Adaptation

Best Practice Standards

Price Premiums for CCB Credits

44% indicated willingness to pay a $1-3 premium forcarbon offsets certified with the Climate, Community &Biodiversity Standards

REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards• A set of principles, criteria & indicators (PCI) and a process for

monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)

• To be applied to policies and measures of government-led REDD+programs implemented at national or state/provincial level

• Of use to governments, NGOs, financingagencies, and local rightsholdersand stakeholders

• A tool to demonstrate and communicate:– transparent, inclusive and equitable process– social and environmental benefits– respect for rights of indigenous peoples and local communitiesParticipatingcountries– Ecuador - Liberia– Tanzania - Nepal– State of Acre (Brazil)– Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)

CI’s Corporate Climate Partners

Signed in 2008 Signed in 2009

Part of comprehensive corporate wide CSRvoluntary commitment to carbon neutrality

Part of comprehensive sustainabilitycommitment – long-term zero net emissions

$2.75 million investment over 5 years $4 million initial commitment + $3 millionsubsequent commitment over 5 years

Fandriana Vondrozo project in Madagascar(240,000 ha)

Alto Mayo project in Peru (321,000 ha) andTayna and Kisimba-Ikobo (337,000 ha)project in Dem Republic Congo

Forward finances project development Forward finances project development

Will be VCS and CCB validated and verified Will be VCS and CCB validated and verified

425,000 tonnes of CO2e (VCU’s) retired forDell by 2013

900,000 tonnes of CO2e (VCU’s) retired forDisney by 2014

Dell and Disney Carbon Investments

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CI’s effort inEastern DRC

CI is Landscape ConsortiumLeader Since 2003 undermultiple Agreements andPartnerships inThe Maiko Tayna Kahuzi-BiegaLandscape

Sub-National Level

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Intact forestEasternDRC, March 2007

The Tayna Center for Conservation Biology has already

graduated over 200 students

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1. Partnership withthe universityTayna Center for Conservation Biology

The Partner Community has created the DRC’sfirst field-based, community-manageduniversity dedicated to the study ofconservation biology.

After three years of rigorous study, studentscan earn a state-sanctioned Associate’s Degreethat prepares them to return to theircommunities trained for positions inconservation management, development,education and biodiversity studies.

The university is equipped with two computerlabs. Today, more than 400 students attendthe university full time.

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2. The radio stationas main and powerfulcommunication tool

The community runs a radio station – RadioCommunautare Tayna – to help relay the message ofconservation, gorilla protection, healthcare, sustainableresource management, economic improvement plans,best agricultural practices, the proposed REDD+ Project,gender equity, and other educational news.

With over 400 students attending TCCB, youthentertainment is an essential part of living in acommunity!

Intact forestEasternDRC, March 2007

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3. women'sempowerment

The Tayna Community also supportswar widows and women who arevictims of sexual violence by grantingthem agricultural land and trainingthem to beself-sufficient members of thecommunity.

Aerial shot of converted landsEasternDRC, March 2010

Intact forestEasternDRC, March 2007

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4. the medical clinic forlocal communitypromoting local health

The community hospital provides basic medical care, out-patient surgery, maternity care, and a pharmacy. A newsurgical unit is under construction. One goal is to eradicateintestinal parasitism by combining free treatment, hygiene,and education.

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5. primary schools

All children who attend the Muyisa Primary School havebeen orphaned by the war. Aside from their regular corecurriculum, they study conservation biology and learnthe importance of protecting the gorillas and the forests.The community recognizes that education is the key tothe gorilla’s survival as well as their own.

•Education is the community’s main drive. They ensureeverybody is included and involved in the process ofeducation – from the very young to the more seniormembers of the community.

Students from the primary schools and the universityenjoy entertaining visitors with songs, passionate poems,and plays about reforestation, REDD+, gorilla protection,and poaching.

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6. clean powerhydro-electric power plant

Near the village of Kasugho and adjacent to the TCCB, thecommunity has constructed a dam and hydroelectricstation. Gravity drives the water to run down a narrowsouse which turns a simple turbine enabling a generatorto produce 37 kw of electricity. This provides publiclighting for the radio, hospital, university, and otherimportant projects (and the disco!).

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7. gorilla rehabilitationDian Fossey Gorilla International Fund

Tayna Community workers are building a GorillaRehabilitation Center to house baby gorillas confiscatedfrom meat markets and the illegal pet trade. Once thegorillas have settled in this new facility, their humancaregivers will accompany them into the protected forestsbehind the Center. It is the hope that these baby gorillaswill learn how to live outside of captivity and may one daybe returned to the reserve.

The gorillas are staying temporarily at the Dian FosseyGorilla International Fund compound in Goma and plansare underway to make the transfer to the Tayna site in thesummer 2010. The new Gorilla Rehabilitation Center willhave a staging area, veterinary clinic, a holding area, andan education center.

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Linking community forForest Conservationan integrated approach to conservation

How has the community managed to dissuade its membersfrom destroying the primary forests for personal gain? Taynahas focused on projects that respond to the most criticalconcerns of their community such as education andcommunication, poverty, widows and orphans, and access togood health care.

They have identified and managed a primary forest “hotspot”consisting of two Nature Reserves - both sanctioned by thegovernment’s National Wildlife Authority. In this area thereare 45 IUCN Red List-threatened species as well as highnumbers of endemic and restricted-range species. The TaynaCommunity Project is a model for forest communities desiringto develop their environmental services to generatesustainable, long-term revenues while providing benefits forthe global environment.

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CI’s effort inChiapas,Mexico

Creating innovative federal and state legislation:US, Brazil, Indonesia

Chiapas-California also initiated partnership

Linking State-level policy

• Surface area of: 73,289 km2

• One of the most biologically and culturallydiverse regions of the world;• Forms part of the Grijalva-Usumacintawatershed (30% of Mexico´s freshwater);• The MDGs have been added to the stateconstitution;• One of the most vulnerable states in Mexico;• 26% of the population above 15 years old isilliterate;• Average population growth: 4.5% (2% abovethe national average).• 46 natural protected areas (21 federal y 25state).• Enormous potential for mitigation projects

• Chiapas in Context

• Facilitate the development of aclimate change strategy tailored to theunique conditions of the state ofChiapas

• Analysis of the political andinstitutional framework to proposemodifications that include climatechange as a priority for Chiapas andthe support the participation of civilsociety, academia and the privatesector (concluded)

• Inter-secretarial commission onClimate change and advisorycommittee, both created andconsolidated through a program tobuild capacity on climate change.

Objective

Development of thestate’s scientific andtechnical data:

1. GHG Inventory; emissionsscenarios and mitigation strategy;

2. Future climate scenariosincluding extreme events and anadaptation strategy;

3. State REDD+ baseline, processto prepare the state. (aligned withnational processes)

Chiapas4.82% =32,727.34

Gg

México711,650.2

Gg

GHG Emissions of Chiapascompared to Mexico

(preliminary information)

Land use, landuse change

(deforestationand degradation)

and forestecosystems

16,477,000 tons= 61.74%

Energy6,512,000 tons =

19.9%Industrial Processes35,040 tons = 0.11%

Waste 1,282,800ton = 3.9 %

Livestock andAgriculture

4,700, 000 tons =14.36%

GHG Emissions (tons) by Sector forChiapas (preliminary information)

• Probable future deforestation by region (modeled to 2016)

Potenctal deforestation rate

Castillo 2010 et al

CI’s on-the-ground effort to reduce deforestation in Chiapas

•Promote shade grown coffeeproduction as livelihood activities

•Developed the purchasing guidelinefor Starbucks Coffee for sourcingsustainably and socially responsiblecoffee. Chiapas is the first project site

•Now incorporating the ‘contributionfor climate change’ into the guideline

•Working with indigenous coffeefarmers to protect the forest whileproducing coffee

•Community based carbon MRV pilotproject is now being developed withpartners

Lessons Learnt and Take Away Message

•Effective and innovative partnership needed: Central and local Government, PrivateSectors, NGOs and community/Indigenous people

•Lacking the support to middle: National-level planning, sub-national level modelinitiatives and capacity building needs to be linked.

•Need for Inter-Governmental and multi-national collaboration: Gap analysis iscritical to provide the missing support for developing country’s effort for REDD+. Thecollaboration is needed based on the specific developing country’s REDD+ goal.

•For social and environmental safeguards, it is important to involve community andIndigenous people in the process of determining the criteria

•Financial support needs to be scaled up: The current global pledge for REDD+ isnot enough for covering all the countries (reference: IWG-IFR)

•The support to MRV development needs to be included from the Readiness stage

•Need to involve all the countries, including the country with high forest cover withlow deforestation rate (HFLD) to prevent global leakage

Thank you verymuch!

www.conservation.or.jp (Japanese)www. conservation.org (English)