Call to include land sector, forests in climate action plans

 

As part of the climate negotiation process led by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the member Parties of the UNFCCC must submit plans for how they will contribute to achieving the objective of the convention for reducing emissions before the UN climate change meeting in Paris later this year. As  countries prepare these climate action plans, WWF is specifically calling for inclusion of the land sector, particularly by countries whose forests play, or have the potential to play, a major role in their emissions portfolios. 
 

 
 
Greetings from WWF's global Forest and Climate Programme, and thank you for subscribing to Canopy. In this issue, we highlight people working across the globe in REDD+, and  bring you the latest REDD+ events, learning tools and information from WWF's global Forest and Climate Programme team.

Progress on Mai-Ndombe Emissions Reduction Programme

 

In February, stakeholders, including members of government, civil society and indigenous groups, signed a memorandum of understanding showing support for a transparent and participatory collaboration on the emissions reduction programme design process for the Mai-Ndombe province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

 

 

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REDD+ strategic action plan completed for two districts in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

 

With assistance from WWF-Indonesia, the district governments of Kutai Barat and Mahakam Ulu approved a REDD+ strategic action plan in late 2014. 

 

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REDD+ reference levels and why they matter

 

Dr. Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui, a Senior Forest Carbon Scientist and member of the Forest and Climate Programme gives us a brief overview of how reference levels work, why they matter, and how countries are moving ahead on establishing these important benchmarks for REDD+.

 

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WWF Forest and Climate Programme learning sessions are free and are designed to leverage and share REDD+ knowledge and expertise. Every month, we invite a REDD+ expert to present on a key issue so that REDD+ practitioners can have access to the latest information relevant to REDD+.

 

To watch an archived Learning Session or to register for an upcoming webinar, please visit: bit.ly/REDDlearn 

 

Learning Session: Community-Based Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification 


 

Speakers from WWF and the Global Canopy Programme highlight the relevance of community-based monitoring, reporting and verification and share tools and technologies that can make it more effective.

Learning Session: Tracking REDD+ Finance

 

The session focuses on how the Forest Trends REDD+ EXpenditures initiative is providing detailed information on REDD+ commitments and disbursements from donors to recipients, and the types of activities being funded and supported.

Learning Session: Clean Cookstoves and REDD+


This webinar covers the benefits and
challenges of developing closer align-
ment between the REDD+ and clean
cookstoves and fuels.

Susana Velez-Haller  

 

Susana is a forest and climate change policy specialist for WWF-Colombia. She focuses on coordinating projects and giving policy advice to the national and regional governments on forest and climate change issues. 

 

Mona Wang 

 

Mona is part of the WWF-US forest team where she is helping link WWF's deep private sector experience and recent "deforestation free" commitments with climate finance and public policy work in places like Indonesia and Colombia. 

 

The community of REDD+ practitioners and experts from around the world grows every day, and WWF's global Forest and Climate Programme is working to ensure that the capacity building and informational materials it produces are available to the most diverse audience possible. 

Community-based Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Know-how: Sharing knowledge from practice

 

This report highlights the impacts, challenges, lessons learned and trends that emerged from a workshop on the topic in Guyana, and serves as a resource for others focused on similar efforts. 
 


 

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REDD+ Inspiring Practice: Creating the Environmental Services and REDD+ Roundtable of Madre de Dios

This short case study focuses on the formation and action of the Environmental Services and REDD+ Roundtable of Madre de Dios, in the Peruvian Amazon.  

  

 

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Social and Environmental Safegauards for REDD+ in Colombia

 

This report presents results of an initiative led by WWF-Colombia to collectively develop guidelines for the construction of a National Social and Environmental Safeguard Scheme for REDD+ in Colombia.
 

 

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Salvadori's Pheasant

 

Lophura inornata earns its specific name for its rather unspectacular plumage. The small population of Salvadori's pheasants in Indonesia is declining and becoming increasingly fragmented in the face of ongoing habitat loss due to deforestation and hunting pressure.


 
WWF's international 
Forest and Climate Programme is working to ensure that:
Conservation of tropical forests as carbon stores is secured by green economic development that benefits people, the climate and biodiversity in transformational ways.

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27-28 April 2015
Jakarta, Indonesia
Tropical Landscapes Summit 

4-15 May 2015
New York, USA
Eleventh Session of the UN Forum on Forests 

22 May 2015
Worldwide
International Day for Biological Diversity
 

1-11 June, 2015
Bonn, Germany
Bonn Climate Change Conference

 

5 June 2015
Worldwide
World Environment Day

6-9 June 2015
Kelowna, Canada
The 4th International Conference on Forests and Water in a Changing Environment

VIEWPOINTS


 

 

On the link between forests and climate
 

"To build a sustainable, climate-resilient future for all, we must invest in our world's forests. That will take political commitment at the highest levels. Smart policies, effective law enforcement,  innovative partnerships and funding."


 

- Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General


 


On REDD+ and climate change
 

"Over time, I think all the major actors have come to the conclusion that reducing emissions from deforestation is a key piece of solving the climate change puzzle." 


 

- Steve Schwartzman, director of tropical forest policy at the Environmental Defense Fund


 


 

On including forests in climate action plans

 

"If we don't link the land sectors, including forests, to the new climate agreement, we miss a huge opportunity to take real steps in the fight against climate change in a way that benefits both people and nature now, before its too late." 


 

- Josefina Brana-Varela, policy director, WWF Forest and Climate Programme



Peter Graham
WWF Forest and Climate Programme Lead
Breen Byrnes
WWF Forest and Climate Programme Communications

Highlight photo: © WWF / Alain Compost. Naikoa Interview photo: © Brent Stirton / Getty Images. Mai-Ndombe Programme photo: ©WWF-DRC. REDD+ Indonesia photo: © WWF-Indonesia/ Sri Jimmy Kustini. Susana Velez-Haller photo: © WWF-Colombia. Mona Wang photo: © Mona Wang. REDD+ Colombia photo: ©WWF-Colombia. Salvadori's pheasant image: Joseph Smit illustration. All other photos and graphics © WWF or used with permission. Text available under a Creative Commons license.