7-8, February, 2013
Two-Day Seminar for Climate Change and Forests- Conservation of Tropical Forests towards the Green Economy -REDD+ Situationin Lao PDR-Toward Consistent ApproachesMr. Thong Eth PHAYVANH
Deputy Director General
Department of Forestry
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDRBackground and status

INTRODUCTION TO REDD+ IN LAO
P.D.R.
Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR

2REDD+ in the context of Laos: Needs• Realizing REDD+: Particular importance for Laos asits high forest-dependency in social, economic andenvironmental terms• Rapid loss of forest coverage– Mid 1960’s– 1992
– 2002– 2010

70%
47%
42%
40%

• Target under Forest Strategy 2020
– 2015– 202065%70%Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR

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Efforts for REDD+ in the Past
Considerable efforts made including:• REDD Taskforce was established for coordination ofREDD initiatives• Participation to Forest Carbon Partnership Facility(FPCF) as one of the 14 participating countries (July2008), and development of a Readiness Preparation
Proposal(R-PP)• Feasibility studies and REDD+ demonstration
activities has started since 2010, assisted bymultilateral, bilateral and international NGOs.
Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR

4Challenges from Legislation to Practices• Forestry law: Under the process of revision as a basis forlegal framework on REDD+.
• Demonstration Projects in the fields with different
concepts are under implementation,– REDD+ Safeguards incl. FPIC (CliPAD, DOF/GIZ)– SFM in Production Forest (SUFORD, DOF/Finland)– Development of approaches for reducing deforestation(PAREDD, DOF/JICA)• On-going issues under discussion, testing, etc.:– Reference Emission Level/Reference Level– MRV System– Benefit Sharing and Distribution
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REDD+ Demonstration in Laos
Jurisdictional REDD+ Approach in Houaphan
Province
Implemented by: Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS), SNV, GIZ, KfWLuang Phabang Province
Implemented by: JICA (PAREDD)(Under Formulation)
Jurisdictional REDD+ Approach in
Sayabouri Province
Implemented by: GIZ, KfW

Savannakhet Province
Implemented by: Finland, World Bank(SUFORD)

Feasibility Study: Xe Sap NBCA
in Saravanh Province
Implemented by: WWFFeasibility Study: Xe Pien NBCA in Champasack Province
Implemented by: WWF●Activities of the host country●Activities of NGOs, etc.

●Activities of international organizations

Source: Interviews

Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR

6Institutional Arrangement - Central Level• Ministerial Arrangement for REDD+– Department of Forestry (DOF-MAF) and Department of Forest
Resource Management (DFRM-MONRE) share the tasks andresponsibilities on REDD+.

• The National REDD+ Task Force– Leading REDD+ discussions and implementation.
– DOF chairs the TF, while REDD+ Office under DOF acts as theSecretariat.

• Technical Working Groups (to be established)– Multi-stakeholder Technical Committee, consist of thegovernment, experts and INGOs, supports the REDD+ Task
Force
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7Institutional Arrangement
National Environmental Council（NEC)Minister/Vice Minister Level

REDD+ Task Force

Director General Level
Multi-Stakeholder Representation
Technical support

National REDD+ Office
Division Level

Provincial Environmental Council (PEC)

Provincial REDD+ Task Force
Provincial REDD+ Office

Coordination/Consultation

Technical Working GroupREL
Technical Working Group
MRVTechnical Working Group
Stakeholder Participation andConsultation Plan
Technical Working Group
Land-use
Technical Working Group
Benefit Sharing

ExecutiveImplementation

Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP), Lao PDR 2010

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8From Project to National level

CONSISTENCY AMONG LEVELS:STATUS AND STRATEGY
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9Approaches in Different Levels
Each level of three strata is actively attempted in Laos• National level
National– Development of Forest Base map 2010
Sub-Nationaland 2005, becoming a basis of National
REL and MRV.
• Sub-NationalProvince– Jurisdictional and nested REDD approach
Laosemployed by CliPAD– Scaling-up from project level to provincelevel by PAREDD – DOF/JICADistrict• Project level– Several attempts are undertaken including
Project
both government-based and privatebased

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10Status of REL/RL at National level
Forest base maps in 2005 and 2010 are developed by FIM
Preparation ofSatellite Imagery
at National Level

Forest Basemap

Identification ofForest types
ImageAnalysis

Satellite Image2005REL/RL?

Forest Basemap2005

Class Items
Mixed Forest (Secondary Forest)

Historical Data in2005 and 2010

Dry Dipterocarp Forest
Plantation Forest

Satellite Image 2010

Fallow Land

Forest Basemap2010

Slash and Burn Land

Carbon StockBamboo

Time (year)
ForestInventory

National
Communication

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Status of REL/RL at Sub-National level–In a case of Luang Prabang Province-

Remote Sensing Analysis on
land use changes (Forest Area)
Socio-economic data(Statistics in each area)

250km
October, 1996

November, 2000

November, 2002

Reference consideringsocio-economic data
Simple historical trend

100

GHG emission reduction

80

After project activities(Project scenario)

60
4020

Field Survey for Developing
Emission Factor

090～95’00～05’20XX

Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR

12Status of REL/RL at Project level- In the case of PAREDD -PAREDD

In a village cluster, REL/RL and project scenario
were developed based on mitigation activities

Slash and burn agriculture is amain causes of deforestation andforest degradation inPhonsay district, Luang Prabang
Province.

GHG emission estimated byremote sensing and field survey

GHG emission
reduction
Estimated bycomparison
betweenreference leveland mitigation
activities

GHG emission

PAREDD started to support
mitigation activities including
forest zoning, plantation andalternative income generation
activities since 2012-3.

REL/RL

Mitigation
Activities

Project scenario is considering
mitigation activities
Time (year)

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13Consistency throughout the Levels(Proposed)

GHG Emissions/Emission Reductions• GHG emission/emission reductions in “Lower Level” are adjusted
along with the total amount of “Higher level”.
Reference Revelin National Level

Province A
Province B

Reference Levelin Sub-National Level

Province C
Province D
Other Provinces.....

1990

2005

2010

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14Key Points for REDD+ in Different Levels• To avoid inconsistencies among levels andinitiatives, following points should be addressed:– Applying same satellite imagery (RapidEye based)– Employing same forest type classification– Employing same emission factors for estimating
carbon stocks.

• National Benchmark Maps and DB are thefoundation of consistent monitoring/evaluation.
• Capacity development in all levels is essential.
In conclusion, REED+
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