Regional highlights of R-PINs
Asia Region
FCPF Steering Committee MeetingParis, July 9 and 10, 2008
By FCPF Technical Advisory Panel
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Asian Countries
4 countries from Asia submitted their R-PINs before May 30 (complete, in English, using latest template)
All of them are considered in the SC meeting: Lao Nepal Vietnam Vanuatu
Key Observations
Key Observations Forest deforestation and degradation is an important issue in every
country
DD is low in Vanuatu but maintaining the low level is a key issue
Ownership of proposals and government interest is high in every country
Monitoring Systems:
Inventory quality is adequate for land area estimation, but lacks biomass
and carbon estimates
REDD Strategy:
Indigenous and community based approaches are a key element in
proposed strategies
REDD Infrastructure:
National implementation capacity needs to be strengthened for REDD
implementation
Effectiveness of REDD Strategy:
Strategies are unique to circumstances in each country
Most countries recognize need for better governance and forest
management, and have proposed building blocks for a sound strategy
International and national displacement (leakage) of emissions remains
an important issue.
Monitoring Systems and
Reference Scenarios
Monitoring Systems and Reference Scenario
Lao and Vietnam have had periodic forest cover
inventories
Demonstrate the importance of including forest
degradation in the monitoring system
Gross deforestation was highest during the recent years
Need a combination of historic and modeled future
scenarios to develop reference scenario
Vanuatu proposes to consider modeling as a basis
for building reference scenario
Nepal has an uneven history on monitoring but
includes biodiversity measurements in its
monitoring system
REDD Strategy
REDD Strategy Each of the four countries is committed to develop and
implement a biomass and carbon measurement system
as part of the REDD strategy
Vietnam and Lao
Have very detailed analysis of the drivers of deforestation
and strategies in place.
High political commitment to tackle DD, but effective forest
law remains main challenge
Lao recently committed to a more effective law enforcement
system
In Nepal, local community management has successfully
retarded DD. Institutional setup and experience from this
strategy will be a valuable input to the REDD strategy
In Vanuatu, all forests are owned by indigenous
communities. REDD strategy will thus include this aspect.
REDD infrastructure
for implementing
REDD activities
REDD infrastructure for implementing REDD activities
Vietnam and Nepal proposes to install and/or
strengthen village, district, and national level groups on
REDD. Each has some experience with Payment for
Environmental Services (PES) and direct payment
schemes
Vanuatu proposes to launch the Vanuatu Carbon Credit
Project providing the framework for assessing carbon
markets that goes beyond REDD
Lao proposes a sector-based approach, working with
industry associations, and provision of financial
incentives to local deforesters to arrest DD.
Potential effectiveness of
proposed REDD
strategies
Potential effectiveness of
proposed REDD strategies
Each country has its own unique strategy for achieving
success, but all require capacity to be developed
In Lao and Vietnam, success will depend on alternative
economic opportunities for communities, and reducing forest
products demand and illegal logging; and how to deal with
degradation
Nepal’s strategy of working explicitly with indigenous
communities has a proven basis for success in the hilly
areas, but will require its effective transfer to other zones