Policy and institutional
Framework to develop aREDD+ strategy inParaguay
AND RESEARCH To
estimate Carbon Stocks innative woods in Paraguay
Waseda University – TokyoFebrero 2012

Abog. Daniel Gonzalez - INFONA
Prof. Lidia Perez de Molas, - FCAUNA
Prof. Larissa Rejalaga Noguera - FCA UNA

Paraguay
Paraguay
Land locked country,
located in south-central
South America.
Total surface 406.752
km2
Population of about 6.5
million inhabitants, ofwhich about 1 million live
in Asunción, which is thecapital and largest city.

fuenteDeforesttion Advance

Eastern Region
YearSup. %Western Region orChaco

Year Sup.

1940 8.855%

1990 16.4 millones

1990 3.540%

2000 15 millones

2000 2.1

24%

Defor rate 1990 2000 was 38,9%

Defor rates for humid Chaco
are 9.8% (289.357 ha) and6.4% (862.272 ha) for the
dry Chaco

ImagenAño 2005

Imagen Año
2010

Causas subyacentes de la deforestación ydegradación de bosques
Underlying causes of Deforestation& Forest DegradationHigher commodities prices
for soy and beef increase
the demand for newareas. More than 50% of
the GDP comes fromagriculture and cattleranching Lack of technicalcapacities


Legal and politicalbarriers
Lack of legal security
related to land
propertyTraditional Forest extraction
is based on unsustainable
extraction for timber, andwood charcoalForest fires and lack of an
appropiate fire
management contributes
to forest degradation

Lack of financial incentives
to preserve the forest
areasLegal and Institutional Barriers
Weak Legal framework: unsuficient and uneffective
coordination among environmental and forest laws
(contradictions, overlapping, etc)
The forest sector can not compite with othercommodities so there is no incentive for sustainable
forest management
Currently the Govt of Parguay is implementing a
number of initiatives aimed to integrate enviromental
policies with broader development policies in order toreduce defor and forest degradation

Paraguay&UN-REDDPROGRAMME
Paraguay getting ready for REDD+

Causas subyacentes de la deforestación ydegradación de bosques

Objectives of the National
Joint Program (NJP)
Objective:
Support the Paraguayan
Goverment to establish its
REDD+ program at thenational level taking in toconsideration the UN REDDand FAPI directives

Strategies
THE NJP will support the integration ofthe REDD+ elements in to theinstitutional plans, programs andbudgets and at the same time tostrenght their capacities in order toassure that Paraguay will be ready for

REDD+ in a timely mannerCausas subyacentes de la deforestación ydegradación de bosques

Proposed outcomes
1.Institutional and Technical capacities of thegovernmental and Civil Society organizations
improved
to manage the REDD+ activities
o2. Local capacity established toimplement REDD+ at the local level
3. Improve the knowledge and technical capacities for
REDD+ to forest dependent communities with special
emphazis in Indigenous Peoples and other key
stakeholders

Towards the development of an MRVsystem
Key elements
S.N.I.F.
•National Forest Information System and National
Forest Inventory
S.I.A.M.
•National Environmental Information System

S. N. C. Co.
•National Carbon accounting system

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Next Steps
1.National Forest Inventory
Technical Team Establishment
2.Assesment of available
Information
3.Design of the National Forest
Inventory Methodology
4. Methodology validation in atechnical workshop

Current actions
INFONA:
coordinates theSIF with FAO
support

It created a unit
FAO assistancePermanent Work withother groups

Careers- Agronomical Engineer- Forestry Engineer- Human Ecology Engineer- Environmental Engineer- Agropecuary Administration

RESEARCH REDD+CIF – FCA/UNAFOREST FIRE

(1) Calculate burned area in different
ecoregion.
(2) Algorithm of burned area.

(3) Monitoring and prevision.
(4) Vulnerability of species.

FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY(1) Assessment and Monitoring of biodiversity in permanentplots(2) Natural regeneration studies(3) Non Timber Forest Products(NFTP)
Mapa 1. Distribución de Parcelas Permanentes porEcoregion

20m

20mMapa 2. Distribución de Parcelas Permanentes a nivelNacional hasta 2012

LAND USE

(1) Land use change multi-temporal analysis

CARBON DENSITY ESTIMATION(1) Calculating above ground biomass(2) Calculation of below ground biomass.
(3) Fixed carbon in native forests andplantations.

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DATA BASE AND PUBLICATIONWORKED CIF - INFONA AND FFPRI

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