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Rwanda NCA: Progress & Accomplishment

Presented by: Dr. Claudine Uwera Date: May 31, 2016

       

Content  •  Progress & achievement:    

q   Land  

q Water    

q Mineral  accounts    

q Outreach  &  Publica6ons  

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Progress & achievement Introduction. •  Implementation since 2015 learning by doing notable

progress •  TWG Participation è Engagement (capacity building and on job

training) è Leadership (Steering Committee)

•  Key products so far •  Land Accounts: Land use change matrix, Land Cover Data & Mapping ,

Physical land asset account; Land transaction value & fees (base or monetary) •  Water Accounts: Physical Supply and Use tables, Water Asset Accounts •  Mineral: Land use trade off model & Feasibility assessment for Mineral

Accounts •  Communication & Outreach effort: E- outreach, printed outreach, workshop

& briefings t  l  

RWANDA NCA, APM 2016 3

Admin0.4%

Agriculture70.0%

Commercial0.5%

Economic0.6%

Fishing0.01%

Forestry10.8%

Industrial0.2%

Livestock6.6%

Research0.6% Residential

9.8%

Soc  -­‐ cult0.5%

Tourism0.1%

Rwanda Land Use Classification - 2015 LAIS Total HA: 1,790,000 / RWANDA Total HA: 2,300,000 (difference is water bodies, National Parks, Roads, etc)

Land  Account  2013-­‐2015:    Data  Compila9on  ~Complete  

Aside  from  admin  reclassifica6ons,  overall  changes  across  categories  are  minor:      o  2014  =  20,600  ha  net  change    o  2015  =  44,900  ha  net  change    

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Water  Use  and  Supply  Accounts  (Flows)  

Mineral Accounts development

Mineral  Accounts  Feasibility  assessment  Yes,  it  can  be  done…  

•  Preliminary  accounts  in  one  year:  Key  data  are  scaIered    

•  Will  require  intensive  work  to  organize  and  analyze  data    

•  Longer  term,  ins6tu6onal  system  for  update  &  analysis    

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umulative  soil  carbon  loss  (ton)

Person-­‐days  (employment)

Comparative  analysis  of  the  four  scenarios:  the  relative  size  of  the  bubble  =  revenue

Mining  &  Agric.;Best  

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practices

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S1  -­‐  Baseline S2  -­‐  Alternative  1 S3  -­‐  Alternative  2 S4  -­‐  Alternative  3

Present  value  of  economic  production  (US$)

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Agric.;Current  practices

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Mining  &  Agric.Current  practices

Helps  to  understand  and  illustrate    •  Opportunity  cost  of  land  use  op6ons  •  Environmental  externali6es,  off  site    •  Effects  on  HH  and  Jobs  •  Mul6ple  indicators,  graphic  display  •  Supports  screening  for  land  use  decisions  with  no  net  loss  to  society    

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Rwanda  NCA  Communica9on  &  Outreach  Effort  

E-­‐Outreach    •  MINIRENA  Comms  officer    •  MINRENA  Website    •  News  Ar6cles    Printed  Outreach    •  Monthly  newsleIers    •  Country  brief  2  pager      Workshops  &  Briefings  •  Training  programs    •  Stakeholder  consulta6on  •  Invited  into  SMM,  SWG  

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Rwanda Natural Capital Accounting

THANK YOU!    

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