Readiness For REDD

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Readiness For REDD

• REGION
• East and Southern Africa

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READINESS FOR REDDREGIONAL REPORT

• Region East and Southern Africa
• Overview
• 5 priority needs were identified
• Immediate action
• Action plan process to be inclusive of all
  sectors/stakeholders

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What are the 3-5 most important REDD readiness
needs in the region in the next 2-3 year period?

• Establish networking, information, communication
  and awareness mechanisms
• Capacity building
• Development of national strategy on REDD
• Simple accounting framework, measurement tools,
  techniques and systems
• Designing and implementing demonstration projects
  

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What are the critical elements necessary to
address these priority needs?
5
Establish networking, information, communication
and awareness mechanisms

• Communication tools
• Marketing tools
• Between policy makers, communities, scientists,
  donors etc
• Focal points
• Stakeholder meetings
• Support for a programme of work for awareness
• Means for gathering information required and to
  share it

6
Capacity building

• National level and international level
  partnerships
• First capacity needs assessment
• Can identify areas for further focus
• Implementation plan
• Training manuals for REDD
• Training (including negotiators)
• Mentoring

7
Development of national strategy on REDD

• Consultative process support (technical and
  financial)
• Preparation of background documents (e.g. NAPA,
  policy review)
• Neutral facilitation

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Simple accounting framework, measurement tools,
techniques and systems

• Guidelines
• In house capacity building
• Data analysis, carbon stocks modelling
• Strengthening existing institutional capacity
• Equipment, software, logistical support
• E.g. Baseline
• GIS/remote sensing
• Socioeconomic analysis- local expertise

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Designing and implementing demonstration projects

• Meetings for design of national/regional criteria
  for project selection
• System for assessing eligibility and appraisal
• Technical support for design and implementation
  (e.g. PIN)
• Support for undertaking projects
• Linkage to markets

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What are a few practical steps to begin to pursue
an action plan?

• Mainstreaming focal point/group- Now
• Information sharing- Now
• Influencing UNFCCC discussions- Now
• Individual country REDD roadmap- Dec 08
• Government, indigenous community, NGO,
  International, donors, regional body
  representation and initial discussions- End 08,
  early 09