Funds and Financing: Promoting REDD approaches that protect and

strengthen local rightsKatharine ThodayUK Government

Emergence of REDD• COP 11 Montreal 2005 - Papua New Guinea and the

Coalition for Rainforest Nations proposed that developing countries participate in future climate change agreements by taking voluntary targets to reduce deforestation below national (rather than project specific) baselines or reference levels.

• COP 13 Bali 2007 - agreed that deforestation should be included in post-2012 climate agreement and sets out a process under the Bali Action Plan for establishing how to achieve this by COP 15 Copenhagen 2009.

Bali conclusion• Recognises the “needs of local and indigenous communities should be

addressed when action is taken to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries.”

• Need to take forest degradation as well as deforestation into account.• Further consideration of how to reward the sustainable management

of forests (increase and/or maintenance of forest C stocks).• Encouragement of demonstration activities and indicative guidance for

these activities, including accurate reporting and expert review, sub-national v national approach, historical basis

• Recognition that demonstration activities should be taken into account in future negotiations under BAP.

How do we get there?

1. Governance Financial incentives will not work if forest governance is

weak2. Effective TargetsBased on country circumstances

3. Robust MeasuringUnderstanding of forest resource. Payment made post

carbon saved.

4. Linking to Carbon FinanceInstitutional design crucial, not source of finance

Capacity Building

• To encourage multi-stakeholder processes• To clarify and secure land tenure and user

rights • To carry out land-use planning (based on

national consensus)• To build capacity for application and

enforcement wider development programmes

Build on existing approaches

• National stakeholder discussion processes central to EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements - impacts on policy more generally

Examples of how incentives can be used:• Introduce transparent timber allocation, certification and

chain of custody• Incentives to accelerate trend towards community forest

ownership• Company/community partnerships acclerated private sector

investment in small holder farm forests and agro-forestry farming systems

Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)

Aim: • Encourage collaboration between

Government and community sectors in preparation for REDD -monitoring/forest management

Governance:• African Development Bank. (Secretariat

operational Feb.)• Governing Council. Co-chairs:Paul Martin and

Wangari Maathai. Representatives: civil society; Donors, CEEAC, COMIFAC, CFP

Addressing drivers

Not all about payments – UNFCCC Agreement needs to take into account potential for leakage to international markets•FLEGT – improve markets for legal and sustainable timber products•Responsible Timber Purchasing Policy•Biofuels – impacts on land/sustainability criteria

What next?Poznan:•Resolve outstanding methodological issues•Establish basis for scaled up projects•Broad rinciples for international architecture :Transparency; Accountability; ParticipationCopenhagen: Agree financial mechanism and link to final deal

Ensure voices are being heardFeed lessons from demonstration projects into

negotiations Development of guidance

Thank you

Katharine.Thoday@defra.gsi.gov.uk+44(0)20 7238 5228