Introduction
Yasuko Inoue(Senior researcher, Center for International Partnerships andResearch on Climate Change, FFPRI)

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Introduction
Yasuko Inoue (Senior Researcher, Center for International Partnerships and Research on ClimateChange, FFPRI)
I would like to speak to you about the purpose and objective of this seminar.
[#: indicates slide number]Niall Marriott of Carbon Plus Capital1 mentioned at yesterday’s expert meeting that the many recent forest
fires throughout the world is indeed a wake-up call.

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations2 (IUFRO) in a press release last year titled“Putting a Halt to Tropical Forest Loss is a Matter of Human Survival” state that “a growing body of evidence
accumulated over the last few years strongly indicates that tropical deforestation disrupts the movement ofwater in the atmosphere, causing major alterations in rainfall over vast distances potentially leading to droughtin key agricultural areas worldwide.”12

http://www.carbonpluscapital.com/
https://www.iufro.org/

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The Paris Agreement was aiming for a full implementation by 2020 this year with ongoing negotiations,but unfortunately at the end of last year, in COP25, there was no agreement made on Article 6.

However, inorder to achieve the 2°C goal, there is a need for support, as well as a market approach and other mechanisms,
to reduce the burden of developing countries.

The significance of that has been recognized by most of theparties of the Paris Agreement.

Unless we come to an agreement, is there nothing we can do?

That is not necessarily the case.

In thediscussion of the funding for REDD+, an article had been adopted in 2011 at the COP173 held in Durban,
where there was a resolution that financial sources can come from alternative sources like public-private,bilateral, or multilateral.

The understanding of the negotiations was that these alternative financial sources

includes the market transactions.

This was also reconfirmed in 2013, in the COP194 in Warsaw.

https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/past-conferences/durban-climate-changeconference-november-2011/cop-17
4 https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/past-conferences/warsaw-climate-changeconference-november-2013/cop-19
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Opening SessionIt was also agreed upon at COP215 held in Paris, with Decision 1/CP.216, the “Adoption of the ParisAgreement.”

REDD+ has been making preparations, also taking into account various forms of funding,including the market mechanism approach.

Based on the Warsaw Framework for REDD+7, 41 countries have submitted reference levels, and theexecutive board agreed to provide funding to four of those countries with the Green Climate Fund8.
FCPF, out of 47 candidate countries, 20 have been approved to receive funding.

As forTherefore, a lot of progresshas been made until now.

https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/conferences/past-conferences/paris-climate-change-conferencenovember-2015/cop-21
6 https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/10a01.pdf
7 https://unfccc.int/topics/land-use/resources/warsaw-framework-for-redd-plus
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FCPF also made a proposal for a registry system for carbon credit trading, which is also necessary for aninternational market mechanism.

The Coalition for Rainforest Nations 9 (CfRN) has also indicated theusefulness of a registry system.

Under this background, the objective of this seminar is to explore current and future opportunities ofREDD+, through the support and implementation of developing countries, including the private sector, andby overviewing the latest trends and newest developments of technical tools and guidance, as well as the useof market-based approaches and bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

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Since we have experts from around the world, as well as technical leaders attending this seminar, thepurpose is to discuss the progress made in policies and funding.

Together with the achievements of theREDD Research and Development Center, we would also like to talk about future opportunities and challenges
for the further promotion of private sector participation, as well as have an active discussion.

The key question is “What to do to enhance private sector participation to REDD+ support forimplementation?”

The discussion will be based on this key question in mind.

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The first keynote speaker is Dr. Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs, with a presentation titled, “Overview andprospect of REDD+ and 10 years of experience of the UN-REDD Programme10.”

She is a Programme

Officer from FAO/UN-REDD.

The second keynote speaker is Dr. Nyi Nyi Kyaw, the Director General of the Forest Department of theMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment Conservation of Myanmar.

He will talk about the situation

in Myanmar, and the potential for REDD+.

Session 1 will be moderated by Dr. Kazuki Miyamoto of FFPRI.
and technologies.”

10The theme is “REDD+ tools, guidelines,

We will have two experts in this area making presentations.

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Session 2 will be moderated by Dr. Kanako Morita of FFPRI.
cooperative approaches and result-based finances.”

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The theme is “REDD+ voluntary

We will have four people share information with us.

Finally, the Panel Discussion will be moderated by Mr. Osamu Hashiramoto of ITTO.

The theme is“What to do to enhance private sector participation to REDD+ support for implementation?”

We will havea discussion with all of the speakers and also open the floor for questions if time allows.

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At the beginning of the Panel Discussion, we have a comment from Ms. Aya Uraguchi from Conservation
International Japan11, who has been active in REDD+ activities in Cambodia.

She is going to talk about theimplementation of JCM in Cambodia.

At the end of the seminar, I think you will have up-to-date information on the opportunities and challenges
of REDD+, so I hope this will be a useful seminar for all of you.

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Thank you.