REDDES MONITORING PROTOCOLREDDES General objective
Reduce deforestation and forest degradation, enhance environmental services and help improve forest dependant livelihoods through sustainable management of tropicalforests, forest restoration and other related activities.
Specific Objective
The specific objective of
the Programme is tostrengthen the capacity of
ITTO developing member
countries
andtheirstakeholders to:

Outputs
Avoided deforestation, restorationor conservation initiatives
established to combat
deforestation and degradation;b) Reduce forestdegradationd) Contribute to the socialand economicsustainability and wellbeing of forest-dependentcommunities by increasing
forest values throughforest restoration andrehabilitation, as well as
payments for forest-based
environmental servicese) Enhance adaptation
and resilience of tropicalforests to negative effects

Target Value
6 countries (2 perregion)

Means of Verification
Projects funded
Reports on initiatives

Number of initiatives on avoided deforestation:
Delineated land and forest tenure and user rights
Monitor forest cover and landuse change
Establishment of permanent forest estate
Number of initiatives addressing restoration:
Forest landscape restoration
Demonstration projects on restorationa) Reduce unplanned
deforestationc) Maintain and enhance
climate change mitigationand other environmental
services of tropical forests

Output Indicator
Increased area under SFM, restoration orconservation

Integration of climate change
mitigation/adaptation and otherenvironmental services in the
ITTO guidelines on C&I, SFM,
certification, valuation, as
appropriate to manage forest area
sustainably
Income generation based onforest related environmental
services and other forest outputs
by local communities

Number of initiatives on conservation
Trans-boundary Conservation Area (TBCA)
Buffer zone management
Revised/updated versions of ITTO guidelines andother relevant policy documents incorporating new
approaches on climate change and environmental
services2 guidelines/policy
documents
reviewed/updated

New/updated versions of ITTO
guidelines

Increased income resulting from forest-related
environmental services and other forest products by
local communities of participating countries

10% increase fromthebaseline
informationin
income in at least
30 communities

Reports on the demographic andsocio-economic situation in thearea of influence of the projects
supported by the ThematicProgramme

Increase of women participation in the community
forest-related environmental services of participating
countries

Increase of womenparticipation in atleast30
communitiesofparticipating
countries

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Specific Objectiveof climate change andhuman-induced impacts

Outputs
Increased recognition of thevalues of tropical forests and theirenvironmental services

Output Indicator
Increased public awarenessTarget Value
2 countries

Means of Verification
Number of awareness campaigns
at community/country level

Existence of appropriate methodology to value
Environmental Services and ability to apply

1 country

Report on appropriate valuationand methodology available

Increased forest value and market opportunities forforest products and services

2 countries

National accounting reports

Incorporation of the value of forest environmental
services in national accounting

2 countries

Quantification of carbon stocks
performed using reliable
monitoring and assessment
technologies and/or valuation
techniques

National forest carbon assessment and monitoring
systems

2 national forest
carbon inventories
supported by theprogramme

Report on study on actual
payments
forenvironmental
services
National forest carbon inventory
reports

Value of biodiversity assessedand surveys conducted on landwith potential for biodiversity PES
schemes
Assessments are made in an
attempt to ‘bundle’ environmental
services, to maximize forest
related revenues
Community initiatives taken toidentify opportunities to increase
productive capacity of forests,
including by implementing SFM
schemesCapacity building initiatives
undertaken to implement policy
reforms and/or clarify land/forest
tenure arrangement

National/regional studies conducted on assessmentof value of biodiversity on land with potential forbiodiversity PES schemes.

3 studies

Report of the national/regional
studies

Assessment of National forest finance strategies

1 country

Assessment reports

Increased area of community forest protectedagainst fire, pest and disease

30 communities

Fire, pests and disease incident
reports

Improved silvicultural systems in community forests

3 countries

Project reports

National policy reforms and clear forest and land
tenure arrangements in place, integrating climatechange mitigation/adaptation and otherenvironmental services

3 countries

Learning network on forest landscape restoration
focusing on benefits of environmental services

Establishmentofone global network
supported

Evidence on policy and legislativereforms processes on forest andland tenure in at least three
countries
coveredbytheprogramme
Website and links to the network;
information made available

Information on REDDES results available on ITTO
websiteRegularly updated
websiteInformation sharing andknowledge management systems
operationalNational
systems

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Specific Objective

Outputs
PES incentive mechanisms
assessed and establishedCountries with improved capacity
to implement SFM, forest
restoration and rehabilitation.

Demonstration areas established

Operational
community
development
services

practices
forinvolvement
inof environmental

Stakeholder
consultations/dialogues
undertaken for awareness raisingand to encourage cooperation
among interested parties
Information sharing mechanisms
in place

Output Indicator
PES
incentivemechanisms
undergoing implementation

Target Value
3 countries

Means of Verification
Evidence on PES mechanisms
developedorundergoing
implementation

3 studies

Reports

300
forestry
stakeholders in 3countries(100each)

Training Reports

3 countries (oneper region)3
demonstration
projects

National C& I reports

Communities in 3
countries trained

Report of the training workshops

Communities directly involved in PES mechanisms
developed and /or undergoing implementation withthe support of the programmeParticipatory systematization of lessons learned

Communities in 3countries involvedin PES mechanism
30 communities

Activity Report(Sub-) National working groups

3 countries

Forest dependent communities sensitized on
adaptation options to climate change.
Issues of the TFU and number of hits on the ITTO
website for the information sharing and knowledge
management systems

3 countries

Workshop and training Reports

3 issues of TFU(one per year) andmore than 5,000
hits on the ITTO
webpageforREDDES
information sharing

Report of the establishment ofnetwork and the operation of thewebsite including usage matrix

International seminar on REDDES
experiences and lessons learned

1internationalseminarProceedings of the internationalseminar on REDDES and PES.

developedorStudies on the assessment of willingness to pay forenvironmental services
Forestry stakeholders trained in the implementationof restoration and rehabilitation activities, PES
schemes and the implementation of policy reforms
and/or land/forest tenure arrangements
National criteria and indicators for SFM, forest
restoration and rehabilitation developed
Demonstration projects on community involvementin avoided deforestation and degradation,
development of environmental services, SFM,restoration and rehabilitation of secondary anddegraded forest areas.
Communities trained and assisted in development
and implementation of PES mechanisms

to shareProject reports. Visit reports ofdemonstration projects.

Report of the multi-stakeholder
partnerships

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