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IMPLEMENTING CMRV
FOR REDD+ IN GUYANA
GUYANA FORESTRY COMMISSION
August 2015
Structure of Presentation
• Background
• Objectives of CMRV
• Development of the CMRV
• Training and Capacity Building
• Focus on Annai
• Focus on Kanashen COCA
• Key Benefits/Outputs
• Lessons Learned
• Next Steps
Background
• LCDS launched in 2009 with the objective of fostering growth and promoting
sustainable use of natural resources.
• National MRV System established to monitor drivers of deforestation and degradation.
• MRVS Roadmap intended to guide the implementation of CMRV
• Community Monitoring Reporting and Verification (CMRV) initiative launched to :
- Develop a community based system to manage and monitor natural resources and well being
- Strengthen and facilitate capacity building in communities
- Create a replicable community model which can support and be integrated into the NMRV
- Create a framework to monitor impacts of future benefits to community
- Promote the development of modalities for the implementation of MRV activities at the community
level.
- Pilot communities : Annai and Kanashen
Objectives of the CMRV
• To measure and report on key indicators such as forest carbon stocks &
biodiversity in relation to drivers of forest change (such as forestry, fire, mining
and infrastructure).
• To provide the communities with information that can help underpin their
natural resource management processes & climate change adaptation
strategies.
• To enable monitoring of the impacts of potential REDD+ activities that might
occur on community lands (if communities choose to opt-in to the LCDS), with
particular regard to social and environmental safeguards.
• To verify that such monitoring produces reliable information that can feed into
the national MRVS within the framework of Guyana’s LCDS and in accordance
with IPCC guidelines
Development of the CMRV
Overview of Training and Capacity Building
• Training began in Jan. 2014 : GFC engaged in training exercise with Konashen community members
that involved the establishment of biomass plots and map reading.
• Demonstration activities & follow up training sessions in April 2014 : forest carbon monitoring,
validation of data collected, developing a natural resource monitoring system, community
development in relation to the Kanashen Community Management Plan, and monitoring the
community’s well-being through social surveys.
• Third capacity building session(May 2014) in collaboration with NRDDB in Annai : Establishment of
biomass plots, GPS and compass co-ordination, classification of forest types, establishment of maps,
clarification of measurement units and methodological approach to the creation of plot locations.
• Additional training with Konashen team leaders in August : handheld management and data
processing, further training on biomass measurement and sample plot establishment by the GFC , Data
collection of critical resource use and climate change and REDD+ training .
Focus on ANNAI
Description
• North Rupununi District
• Comprised of 16 communities
• Population : 523 persons
• Makushi , Wapishiana
• North Rupununi District Development
Board(NRDDB) – Toshaos
• CMRV launched in 2012 : Annai as the
first pilot community for CMRV
Capacity Building Exercises-ANNAI
GFC provided funding and technical support during
the Phase II of the CMRV to NRDDB to:
• Foster synergy in methodologies between CMRV
and NMRV
• Design of data collection tools - biomass data
sheets
• Assessing drivers of deforestation and
degradation.
• Outline of the socio-economic factors contributing
to these drivers.
• Developing data sharing protocol
• Data recording and demonstration to the use of
equipment
• Establishment of biomass plots using handheld
smartphone device.
• Mapping of community resources .
Focus on Kanashen (COCA)
Description
• Wai Wai Community
• Location : Region 9
• Guyana’s south-western border with Brazil
• 1.5 million acres of forest( 6,250 km2): 2.9% of
Guyana’s total land area
• Population : 250 persons
• Titled Indigenous Land under Guyanese law
• Managed by Toshao/ Village Council
• Recognised and reflected in Guyana’s R-PP
Capacity Building Exercises -Kanashen (COCA)
• Training in establishing biomass and sample
plots, measuring biomass ,data collection ,map
reading along with capacity building in the
areas of climate change and REDD+.
• Forest carbon monitoring and validation of data
collected.
• Developing a natural resource monitoring
system and a community management plan.
• Training for community members on how to
manage handheld devices and use them to
process data.
Key Benefits/Outputs
For the Communities
• Empowered to seek incorporation into Guyana’s REDD+
program and NPAS
• An inventory of their forest carbon resources, and an
effective and functioning CMRV system
• Other important natural resources inventoried and their
ecosystem service value determined
• Baseline information available and system for the long-
term monitoring of the Kanashen COCA in place
• Capacity building (technology and knowledge transfer)
through the training of staff and long-term financing
assured.
• Main drivers of deforestation and degradation identified
For GFC & Guyana
• A model replicable system for establishing CMRV in the
titled indigenous communities nationwide
• A model system to provide the basis for FPIC in the
communities as they decide to “opt in” or “opt out” as
stipulated by the Norway/Guyana agreement and,
• The further expansion of the national MRV through the
Community -MRV.
Lessons Learned
• Building trust is key to the process.
• Financial Resources for Institutional strengthening.
• Data Sharing Protocols & Methodologies must be clearly defined
• Each community is unique hence they have different needs .
• Land Tenure is critical to the management and monitoring of
forest resources .
• Consistency in Methodology for Data Collection(NMRV & CMRV)
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