Efforts of REDD+ in Mexico
Ben H.J. de Jong (ECOSUR)

International Technical Seminar on REDD+Tokyo International Forum, Hall D7 Date: February 16th to 17th, 2011

Content• Position of Mexico• Institutional arrangements• Strategy• Reference Emission Scenario• Monitoring, Reporting and Verification

Position of Mexico (Vision of Mexico, 2010)• REDD plus represents an important opportunity• Flexibility regarding the financial scheme• Focus on the implementation of REDD plus activities• Flexible approach to allow national, sub national and project scaleimplementation• Recognize the rights of indigenous people and local communities that
inhabit the forests• Associated co‐benefits such as conservation of the ecosystems andservices they provide should be recognizedInstitutional Arrangements (R‐PP)tStrategies (Vision of Mexico, 2010)• Institutional coordination between the secretaries involved in federal
land‐use programs• Generate capacities at the local level to instrument REDD+ activities• Develop early action activities to test various REDD+ based
implementation models• Focus REDD+ activities in priority regions with high risks of deforestationand forest degradation, taking into account environmental and socialcriteria• Develop actions that generate sinergies with existing instruments, policies
and programs• Develop joint initiatives between environmental and agricultural agencies.

Reference Emission Scenario (R‐PP)• Identify historical patterns of Land‐Use Change• Develop Biomass density maps to estimate emssions derived from LU‐
Change• Analyse impact of recent LU‐programs and policies• Identify key areas, based on historical patterns of LU‐Change (risk) and• Define environmental and social criteria to identify priority areas (co‐benefits)

Historical rates of forest conversion
Annual rates of change (ha/yr), based on national LU
maps

Gross Deforestation
Reforestation
Net Deforestation

1993‐2002
595,400
264,600
330,800

2002‐2007
590,400
392,700
197,700

Degradation
Recovering
Net Degradation

633,000
176,000
457,000

415,800
109,400
306,400

National Forest and Soil Inventory

2004‐2008: Data on dead and live standing biomass
2009 Æ : Data of 5 pools (IPCC)

Allometric equations to convert inventory and other data tobiomass

Addionally:
4 Generic equations for trees according to ecosystem(Tropical humid, tropical dry, cloud forest, scrub desert)
Remaining species with generic equations, developed
from the existing databases

Biomass density in each forest type
Av Biomass and 95% CI
BS/VSaBS
BQP/VSA
BQP
BQ/VSaBQ
BPQ/VSA
BPQ
BP/VSABP
BM/VSABM
BJ/VSaBJ
BG
BC
BB/VSaBB
BA/VSA
BA‐50.0

100.0

150.0

200.0

250.0

300.0

350.0

Biomass densities at the state level

Biomass density map derived from LU‐map and Forest Inventory plots

Stock change:
200180160
y = 52.432Ln(x) - 48.869

1402

R = 0.9667
120y = 50.553Ln(x) - 42.742
1002R = 0.7897

806040200020406080

Methodologies to estimate growth• Chronosequence• Growth ring analysis• Permanent monitoring plots

100Impact of forest managment and conservation on rate of deforestation

Forest areas that are under high risk due to drivers

Bottom up‐Top down Strategy

Scaling of RES, MRV and REDD+ strategies

NFIStateNGOsmmoc

itynu

Inventory plots
Rapid appraisal plots (Biomass and forest structure
Parameters)Reference scenarios at the scale of communities
Detailed mappingfrom satellite
images to develop
community‐basedreferencescenarios andmonitoringsystems

Satelllite derived LU maps
combined with land tenuremaps

Reference Emission Scenarios at the community level

Proposed accounting system
Reference Emission Scenario
Mg CO2/ha/yr

CO2 fluxes 1991‐ 2009
Community 5‐year LU Plan
Uso actual

Forest fires

Uso futuro
AcahualAcahualmejorado
Agrícola
Agrícola(caféabono)CafetalEnriq. conárboles
Enriq. conchapaya
PotreroSelva

Acahual30.75

Agrícola

Cafetal

0.25
10.5

Total genera

85.45

59.5

Enriquecido conárboles

PotreroSelva
2143.2554

3.5
5

3.51.50.25

0.5
30.31

0.7

1313
63.5

8

1
4.25

70.5

206.3

197.8
30.31

REDD+ compared to Emission scenario
Community

Tierra Nueva
San Juan
ChamulaArmandoZebadua
Veinte Casas

Comm.
Referencescenario
(ERC)
1.850
-1.146

Regional
Plan
Reference
Vivo
Scenario(PV)(ERR)-0.273-0.391-0.273-0.715

ERCPV

ERRPV

+++
--+++

-0.306-0.273-0.200--0.430-0.273-0.997+++++

Fluxes CO2/yr/haRed Æ ecosystem
Black ÆatmosphereTHANK YOU
bjong@ecosur.mx