REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR REDD+READINESS IN THE PACIFIC

REDD+ SEMINAR IN JAPANTokyo, Japan

07- 08 February, 2012

ABOUT THE PACIFIC••••••••

THOUSANDS OF ISLANDS SCATTERED OVER 33MILLION SQ. KM. (about 1/3 of the earth’ssurface)
ONLY 2% IS LANDPOPULATION IS AROUND 8.5 million
60% OF THE WORLD’S LANGUAGES (PNG has800+)
MELANESIAN, POLYNESIAN & MICRONESIANENORMOUS DIVERSITY IN SIZE, POPULATION,ETC.
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES EXIST
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A MAJOR ISSUESECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC
COMMUNITY (SPC)••••••REGIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONESTABLISHED IN 1947
MEMBERSHIP – 22 PICTs + AUSTRALIA, FRANCE,NZ & USA
HEADED BY DG WITH HQ IN NOUMEA, NEW
CALEDONIA
6 DIVISIONSCORE FUNCTIONS – CAPACITY BLDG, CAPACITY
SUPPLEMENTATION, TRANSBOUNDARYFUNCTIONS
MAIN CAMPUSES IN NC AND IN FIJI

FORESTS ANDTREES HAVECONTRIBUTED TO
THE RESILIENCEOF PACIFICCOMMUNITIES INTHE FACE OF PASTNATURALDISASTERSBUT NEED TODEAL WITH THEISSUE OFCONTINUINGDEFORESTATION& DEGRADATION

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SFM HAS
BEEN VERYELUSIVE ASPICs FACE
MANY
CHALLENGES

Actual harvest

LACK OF RESOURCES IN TERMS OF
FUNDING AND EXPERTISE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED ASONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANTOBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTING SFM
PROGRAMMES IN PICs

REDD+ WITH ITS CURRENT FUNDBASED GRANT FINANCINGMECHANISM FOR REDD+READINESS ACTIVITIES OFFERS
AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY
FOR FORESTRY SUPPORT IN PICsTOWARDS SFM

UN-REDD 2011

FOREST COVER CHANGE IN PICs 1990-2010 (GFRA 2010)

UN-REDD 2011

UN-REDD 2011

REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR REDD+READINESS IN THE PACIFIC• DRAFT REGIONAL REDD+ POLICY
FRAMEWORK• REGIONAL INFORMATION PORTAL• NATIONAL READINESSTHIS WORK IS THE FOCUS OF THE SPC/GIZ
PROJECT ON CLIMATE PROTECTION THROUGHFOREST CONSERVATION IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDCOUNTRIESFIJI REDD+READINESSPROGRAMME:• BEGAN IN 2009
• PHASED APPROACH
1. REDD+ POLICY &MRV SYSTEM
2. REDD+ STRATEGY
3. PARTICIPATING IN
REDD CARBONREGIONALCOORDINATION• 18 PICTs ATTENDEDREGIONAL FORESTRYTECHNICAL MEETING IN
FIJI IN 2011
• ORGANISED BY SPC IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH GIZ,JICA, UN-REDD, FAO,UNDP, NZMAFF & CSIRO• TO DISCUSS THE
REGIONAL POLICY
FRAMEWORK FOR REDD+PACIFIC REGIONAL FRAMEWORKON REDD+ ROADMAPDRAFT REGIONAL REDD+ POLICY
FRAMEWORK TO BE PRESENTED AT THE
2012 PACIFIC HEADS OF AGRICULTURE &FORESTRY SERVICES (HOAFS) AND
MINISTERS’MEETINGS IN PNG INSEPTEMBER

MAIN COMPONENTS OF THEREGIONAL FRAMEWORK ON REDD+• REGIONAL DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION &STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS REGIONALLEAKAGE ISSUES• REGIONAL GUIDELINES ON MRV, REL/RLMETHODOLOGY, SAFEGUARD MONITORINGTOOLS/METHODOLOGY• REGIONAL COMMUNICATION,COLLABORATION & INFORMATION SHARING• CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS AND/OROPPORTUNITIESBASIC PRINCIPLES FOR REGIONALSUPPORT SERVICES TO BE CONSIDERED
IN THE DRAFT FRAMEWORK ON REDD+• SHARING & COORDINATION OF CAPACITIES,SERVICES AND EXPERTISE• ENHANCING EXISTING REGIONAL FACILITYTO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICALSERVICES ON MRV• REGIONAL ROSTER OF EXPERTS• STRENGTHENING REGIONAL CAPACITY ININTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTMRV TECHNICAL ISSUES - MAR FORSFM• FAOMETHODOLOGYADAPTED TOPACIFIC
CONDITIONS• DRAFT MANUALCOMPLETED• CURRENTLYBEING REFINEDMRV TECHNICALISSUES• REMOTE SENSING• FORESTINVENTORY• REGIONALBIOMASSALLOMETRICMODELSAS A REGION OUR FOCUS CONTINUES TO BEON:• NEED FOR REDD+ TO SUPPORT SFM• CONTINUED NEED FOR MORE RELEVANTAWARENESS & TRAINING ON REDD+ AT ALLLEVELS•NEED FOR APPROPRIATE POLICIES &INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS DEVELOPEDFOR REDD+•HOW CAN SMALLER LANDOWNERS/PICSBENEFIT?
• REGIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR REDD+ACKNOWLEDGE THE KINDASSISTANCE BY FFPRI AND JICA IN
SUPPORTING MY PARTICIPATION IN
THIS SEMINAR&ALSO THE SUPPORT OF GIZ AND JICA,IN PARTICULAR, IN OUR REGIONALFORESTRY WORK THROUGH REDD+THANK YOU