Download - REDD+ Feasibility Study in Meghalaya, India
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Building Community’s Capacity for a REDD+ Project in IndiaFeasibility Assessment for a Community REDD+ Project
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Feasibility Study for a Community REDD+ Project in India
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1. REDD+: Definition to Developments2. Global Overview3. WWF, the BBL, CCRs & REDD+4. Carbon Stock:The Methodology5. The Baseline Scenario6. The Project Scenario7. Financial Feasibility and
the Opportunity Cost Analysis
8. REDD+ Co-benefits9. The MoEF & the Way Forward
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Prologue
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The South Garo Hills has lost 5000 ha* of forest between 2007 and 2009.
-State of Forest Survey Report 2011
* 2.7% of geographical area and 3.05% of the forest cover
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1REDD+: Definition to Developments
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• Sustainable Management of Forest• Regeneration as ANR
‘+’ in REDD+• Reducing emissions from deforestation• Reducing emissions from forest degradation • Conservation of forest• Sustainable management of forests• Enhancement of forest carbon stock
• There is no clarification on
A/R in REDD+ definition
• A few pilots include A/R
• We have not considered A/R
in financial feasibility
analysis
• For livelihoods generation,
fuel wood and other benefits
A/R should be included
Confusion on Afforestation/Reforestation ..?
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2Global Overview
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UN-REDD • 2008; FAO-UNDP-
UNEP• US$ 60 Million
funding• 14 Pilot countries
and 28 partner countries
FCPF (The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility)• 2008• The World Bank• US$ 447 Million
pledged• 37 countries
FIP(The Forest Investment Program)• Under Strategic
Climate Fund Of CIF• 2009, Multi-donor
trust fund (the WB Admin.)
• 7 countries
UN-REDD, FCPF and FIP Countries (48) as on Feb 20, 2012
150+ pilots
REDD+ Platforms and Key Institutions
Source: UN-REDD, FCPF, FIP
Three Phases of REDD+ Financing
Performance Payment Phase (2013-20)
Result based actions leading to emission reductions
UN-REDD-FCPF, Bilateral Agencies , Govt.
Implementation Phase (2012 onwards)
Capacity Building, Institutional strengthening, Investments
UN-REDD-FCPF, Bilateral Agencies , Govt.
Readiness Phase (2010-12)
National Strategies & Action plans
UN-REDD-FCPF, Bilateral Agencies
REDD+ and COP 17 (Durban)
• Consensus on market-based approach for REDD+ funding; private sector has a major role
• Effective social, environmental and governance safeguards for local communities and biodiversity conservation
• How much of Green Climate Fund for REDD+ ?
Source: Carbon Market Trends 2011
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3WWF, the BBL, CCRs and REDD+
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WWF’s Guiding Principles on REDD+
Climate
Biodiversity
Livelihoods
Rights
Fair & Effective Funding
Pilots/support in• Peru• Indonesia• PNG• Laos• Vietnam• DRC• Cameroon• Brazil• Tanzania• Cambodia• Mexico• Madagascar• Guyana• Nepal
Baghmara-Balpakaram Landscape (BBL)
• Good forest cover (88.6%) with D n D threats• Community forest• Biodiversity rich area; 700+ elephants, Habitat for Hoolock
Gibbon, Sloth bear, Chinese Pangolin etc. 270 bird species, 300 species of butterfly and 60 species of amphibians
• Good floral biodiversity; medicinal plants; Old Growth forest in reserve area
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Deforestation & Degradation
• Slash and burn agriculture (jhum)• Reduced jhum cycle from 10-15 yrs to
3-4 yrs• Monoculture plantation- rubber, cashew,
areca nut • Illegal logging; Bangladesh border area• Fuel-wood • Potential threat from mining• Small agri-fields within forest
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Land Tenure and Carbon Rights
• Meghalaya is a Sixth Schedule State• Most of the forests, forest land with the
communities• The right for the management of forest
with the Autonomous District Councils (ADCs)
• In practice Nokma (Aking level) is the decision making authority for the land use
• No explicit legislation on ‘carbon right’
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4Carbon Stock: The Methodology
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Reference Area22487 ha (19
Akings)
Methodology
Project Area8072 ha (15
Akings)
Leakage Belt
1991 2000 2011
Three time-point Historic
Image Analysis
Methodology
• Land use change analysis of last 20 years• Calculation of mean Deforestation Rate• Stratification of the project area
• Very Dense ≥70%• Moderately Dense ≥ 40-70%• Open ≥10-40%
Remote Sensing
• Initial plot samples for deriving the number. of plots in each strata for sampling
• Stratified random sampling for the location of sample plots• On-Ground Biomass Inventory• Marking of plots and inventory assessment
On-Ground Biomass Inventory
Biomass to Carbon
Above Ground Tree Biomass : Stem Volume* Wood Density* BEFBelow Ground Biomass : Above Ground tree Biomass*0.24Deadwood and fallen tree : Stem Volume*Wood DensityRegeneration : IPCC Default Values *0.33Total Biomass in a plot : AGB+BGB+DWBiomass to carbon : Biomass*0.50
Total t Carbon/haCarbon in biomass (AGB+BGB+DW)+ tC in Regeneration
Source; IPCC-GPG , FAO, CIFOR
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5The Baseline Scenario
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Baseline (BAU) Scenario (Land use change)
Source: IGCMC, WWF-India
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Year Cumulative Deforestation (ha)
Business as usual Forest Cover (ha)
2012 0 80722017 905 71672022 1708 63642027 2422 56502032 3055 50172037 3618 44542042 4117 3955
Description tC/haMean C stock in forest 313Regeneration/year 15Cropland/year 0.24Shrubland/year 0.94Monoculture/Plantation (Life cycle average) 40
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6The Project Scenario
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Project Scenario
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Project Performance and Leakage
Project Performance• 80% (1-5 years) Risk 20%• 90% ( 6th Year onwards) Risk 10%
• Leakage -10%
Net emissions reduction:
Project Scenario-Project Performance Risk- Leakage-Fuel wood
Forest Carbon Standards
Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standard
CarbonFix Standard
Plan Vivo
Social Carbon
Verified Carbon Standard
Methodology Status Methodology
VM0006 Version1.0
Approved Methodology for Carbon Accounting in Project Activities that Reduce Emissions from Mosaic Deforestation and Degradation
VM0007Version 1.1
Approved REDD Methodology Module REDD Methodology Framework (REDD-MF)
VM0015Version 1
Approved Methodology for Avoided Unplanned Deforestation
Draft Draft Methodology for Carbon Accounting of Grouped Mosaic and Landscape-scale REDD Projects
7Financial Feasibility and the Opportunity Cost Analysis
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Activity Cost/Price (US$) Year/applicationPDD Cost 50,000 2012
Validation 20,000 2012Project Activities at the beginning 60,000 2012
Project Activities each year 10,000 2013-2042Verification 14,000 2017, 2022, 2027, 2032,
2037, 2042Carbon Stock Adjustment 20,000 2017, 2022, 2027, 2032,
2037, 2042Socio-environment monitoring 10,000 2017, 2022, 2027, 2032,
2037, 2042Registration fee 0.05 Each Credit Issuance fee 0.1 Each CreditBrokerage fee 3% (of credit revenue)
Carbon Credit Price 5.63
Non-Permanence buffer 10%
Buffer Recovery (Every 5 years) 15% 2017, 2022, 2027, 2032, 2037, 2042
Discount Rate 10%
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REDD+ Project Carbon-Revenue Mean Annual Income
Mean Annual Profit NPV US$
Carbon Revenue
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Financial Feasibility
Average Profit/Year
US$ 6,52,640
IRR 95%NPV US$ 4882048
Average Profit /Ha/Year US$ 81
Household/Yr US$1045
At present household Income: US$ 880/Annual
The Opportunity Cost Analysis
Opportunity costs are based on land use change, not on land use
Opportunity costs are based on land use change, not on land use
“…by conserving their present forests, countries and landowners forgo the benefits of potentially more lucrative alternative land uses, such as crops or livestock-this forgone revenue is known as the opportunity cost of REDD+ “
-The World Bank
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Crops in Agriculture Income/ha
Rice Pineapple Ginger
Turmeric Others
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Crops in Monoculture/Planta-tion/ha
Rubber Cashew
Areca Nut Others
Assumptions in the Opportunity Cost Analysis
• All NPV calculations are based on the project life and land
use change for 30 years.
• Discount rate of 10%
• Only carbon revenue has been taken into account
•The land remaining fallow under 5 Yrs and 8 Yrs
agriculture cycle would provide fuel wood and grazing related
benefits and that have been taken into account
• Employment benefit of US$17/ha/Yr in agriculture and
monoculture has been incorporated in NPV projections.
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8REDD+ Co-Benefits and Benefit Sharing Mechanism
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Economics of REDD+ and Co-Benefits
• Conservation of forest biodiversity & wildlife habitats
• Water regulation• Soil conservation • Timber and NTFPs• Livelihood• Governance• Micro-climatic Benefits etc.
• The economic value of these benefits is much higher than the carbon benefits
• Economic valuation is a difficult exercise
• Opportunity Cost Analysis doesn’t take these ecosystem services into account
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Benefit Sharing Mechanism (BSM)
• Both financial and non-financial benefits• Stakeholders are both landholders and landless• Equity, the opportunity cost and social & environmental
safeguards need to be addressed• Local institutions should have capacity to handle financial
and social issues• Need to understand socio-cultural changes post-REDD+ • Synergy with national policy and legal regime• In BBL a BSM should be devised after consultations with
community, CBOs and other stakeholders
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9The MOEF and the Way Forward
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