REDD+ Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development

Partners REDD + Contact Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, the UK) University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway) Fundaỗóo Amazonas Sustentỏvel (Brazil) Hamilton Resources (Ghana) Sokoine University of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation (Tanzania) Makerere University, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation (Uganda) SNV actively seeks other partners and potential donors to help collaborate on this project For more information, please contact: Adrian Enright, Project Manager, at aenright@snvworld.org Pilot site To find out more about the project visit: http://www.iied.org/natural-resources http://www.snvredd.com Pilot Project in Vietnam Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is a major focal point of international efforts to address climate change Vietnam was selected as a project site because it has already implemented policies and programmes to reduce deforestation or increase forest cover, including new policies that have introduced payments for ecosystem services This three year project, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), is looking into how the different options for REDD+ design and policy at international, national and sub-national levels will help achieve more effective greenhouse gas emission reductions in conjunction with sustainable development and poverty reduction Exploring options SNV is the leading partner for Vietnam and is working alongside project partners at the REDD+ project site in Cat Tien to investigate different options for REDD+ and to evaluate their effects on poverty goals and emission reductions The project is working with selected REDD+ pilot projects across five countries: Vietnam, Brazil, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana Each country will generate evidence and improve understanding of: the impact on poverty of REDD+ pilot activities; the relative merits of different types of payment mechanisms; and the transaction costs of REDD+ This will include looking at the internal distribution and allocation of REDD+ payments under different scenarios, with an emphasis on understanding the extent to which pro-poor approaches to REDD+ payment systems can be cost-effective Opportunity costs & BDS SNV is also leading the development of a framework to assess the opportunity cost of REDD+ projects, with the aim of scaling up this work to develop national cost curves for REDD+ This work will build on existing decision making tools to facilitate future investment into pro-poor REDD+ projects within Vietnam and internationally SNV is also exploring options for appropriate Benefit Distribution Systems (BDS) for REDD+ by working alongside communities and local authorities to determine the most effective and efficient ways of distributing REDD+ payments Poor forest > Rubber 1,000 100 Medium forest > Shifting cultvation 10 Changes in NPV/C - stock ($/Mg CO2) Project Overview 11 0.1 0.01 0.001 -0.001 -0.01 -0.1 -1 -10 Poor forest > Bare land -100 Poor forest > Shifting cultvation Medium forest > Bare land 700,000 1,400,000 2,100,000 2,800,000 3,500,000 4,200,000 4,900,000 5,600,000 6,300,000 7,000,000 Carbon Stock Changes (Mg CO2 - eq/ha.year) Opportunity cost estimate for REDD+ pilot area, Vietnam ... emission reductions in conjunction with sustainable development and poverty reduction Exploring options SNV is the leading partner for Vietnam and is working alongside project partners at the REDD+. .. for REDD+ and to evaluate their effects on poverty goals and emission reductions The project is working with selected REDD+ pilot projects across five countries: Vietnam, Brazil, Tanzania, Uganda... Uganda and Ghana Each country will generate evidence and improve understanding of: the impact on poverty of REDD+ pilot activities; the relative merits of different types of payment mechanisms; and