Coverage of Moving ahead with REDD+: Prospects and challenges workshop
From 9-10 April, the International Institute for Environment and Development hosted a workshop that aimed to explore the latest thinking on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+).
On the first day, some of the key players in REDD+ debated the challenges and opportunities for moving REDD+ forward before, on the second day, attention turned to the strategic environmental and social assessments of REDD+ and safeguards.
The event also focused on IIED's forthcoming work on REDD+ and how the Sustainable Development Goals can complement REDD+, and saw the launch of a new Gatekeeper publication that shares three lessons to help ensure the success of a REDD+ project learned by a scheme in southeastern Tanzania.
The workshop featured input from speakers and participants from multilateral agencies, governments, research and conservation organisations, and the private sector. The agenda is available online (PDF).
We published round-ups of the first day and the second day, while all the presentations are available below and via IIED's SlideShare site.
Workshop presentations
Session one:
- An introduction to the Moving ahead with REDD+ workshop: prospects and challenges, by Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED)
- Moving ahead with REDD+: challenges and opportunities, by Josefina Brana-Varela, of WWF International
Session two:
- Supporting REDD+ readiness and negotiations, by Thais Linhares-Juvenal, of UN-REDD
- Comparing progress in national REDD+ policy processes, by Monica Di Gregorio, of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and University of Leeds
Session three:
- Community carbon trading: does the market pay and what is in it for intermediaries (sellers) and buyers?, by Kathleen Edie, of Plan Vivo
- Private sector in REDD+: carbon rights and benefit-sharing issues, by Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED)
- REDD+ financing: BioCarbon Fund Initiative and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Carbon Fund, by Mirko Serkovic, of the World Bank
Session four:
- Critical theme – Moving forward with REDD+ (part one), by Jane Boles, of Era Ecosystem Services
- Critical theme – Moving forward with REDD+ (part two), by Matt Leggett, of Global Canopy Programme
Session five:
- Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) of REDD+ strategy, Nepal, by Barry Dalal-Clayton (IIED)
- Integration of the social and environmental considerations of REDD+ in Democratic Republic of Congo, by Rubin Rashidi, of CN-REDD in Democratic Republic of Congo
- Tanzania experience on incorporating safeguards at pilot project level, by Charles Meshak, of Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
- IIED's future work in REDD+, by Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED)
Session six:
Questions concerning REDD+ the workshop addressed included:
- Is there a real and long-term commitment by governments?
- How and from where will finance beyond readiness be sourced?
- Can markets alone be liable to compensate or purchase carbon credits likely to be generated by all the countries involved?
- What is the way forward for REDD+?
- Are those driving deforestation equally committed to internalising costs associated emissions?
- What examples of good practice can REDD+ build from?