Outline on ITTO Work in REDD+ and Biodiversity Conservation in
Tropical Forests
Combined safeguards and sub-regional capacity building workshop on REDD-plus,
Cape Town, South Africa 20-23 September 2011
Polycarpe MASUPA-KAMBALE
Projects Manager International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
Yokohama, Japan
ITTO MEMBERS (60): Producers (33) & Consumers (27) To promote sustainable development through trade,
conservation and best-practice forest management
80% of the world’s tropical forests 90% of the world’s tropical timber trade
ITTO’s initiatives related to REDD+ through the REDDES Thematic Programme
(Key elements of REDD Process)
ITTO’s initiatives related to REDD+ through the REDDES Thematic Programme
REDDES – Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Environmental Services in Tropical Forests REDDES objective is to strengthen the capacity of ITTO developing member countries and their stakeholders to:
– reduce unplanned deforestation – reduce forest degradation – maintain and enhance climate change mitigation and
other environmental services of tropical forests; and – contribute to the social and economic sustainability of
forest-dependent communities
ITTO’s initiatives related to REDD+ through the REDDES Thematic Programme
(Putting REDDES programme into practice) 1. Monitoring Pan-Amazonian forest (8 Amazon
Countries) 2. Social processes for SFM (Guatemala) 3. Resources assessment & monitoring (Guyana) 4. Communities and PES (Peru) 5. Carbon stock inventory (Dem Rep Congo) 6. Collaborative management for REDD (Ghana) 7. PES in degraded/secondary forests (China) 8. SFM to enhance carbon stocks (Indonesia) 9. REDD in South Sumatra peatland (Indonesia) 10. Voluntary carbon marketing scheme (ITTO)
ITTO Experience with Biodiversity Conservation ITTO mandate implies protection of biodiversity in both protected areas and production forests SFM means taking care of all forest values (Guidelines) Guidelines on the Conservation of Biodiversity in Tropical Production Forests (1993) – Revision 2009: 11 Principles, 46 Guidelines and related Priority Actions (good basis for biodiversity safeguards)
ITTO Experience with Biodiversity Conservation [at the heart of ITTO’s mandate]
Promoting sustainable management of protected areas as a key element of land-use strategy
Development of transboundary conservation areas (around 10 millions ha)
Biological corridors
Sustainable management of mangrove ecosystems
Joint CBD/ITTO Collaborative Initiative to conserve biodiversity in tropical forests
[CBD/ITTO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)]
CBD/ITTO MoU signed by ES/CBD and ED/ITTO on 02 March 2010 and valid until 31 December 2014
Purpose of CBD/ITTO MoU with focus on tropical forests and biodiversity conservation:
(*) Identify, develop and implement targeted joint activities on forests between the CBD and ITTO Secretariats [programme support document]
(*) Facilitate information exchange between the Secretariats
Joint CBD/ITTO Collaborative Initiative to conserve biodiversity in tropical forests
[Implementation Programme / CBD-PWFB & ITTO-AP] Programme Document for the implementation of the CBD/ITTO MoU to enhance conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical forests through the following outputs: + Enhanced local capacity to promote biodiversity conservation in production forests as well as in degraded and secondary forests in the tropics + Improved conservation and management of protected areas + Safeguarding tropical forest biodiversity in forest interventions, including REDD+ related projects + Improved welfare of local communities through biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
Joint CBD/ITTO Collaborative Initiative to conserve biodiversity in tropical forests [Budget of Implementation Programme]
Biodiversity conservation in tropical timber production forests
3 m.US$
Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded secondary forests
2 m.US$
Biodiversity conservation in protected areas, including transboundary conservation areas
5 m.US$
Safeguarding biodiversity in forestry projects, including in climate mitigation projects
2 m.US$
Participatory forest management for biodiversity conservation
1.5 m.US$
Programme management (CBD & ITTO) 1.5 m.US$ Grand total 15 m.US$
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