Guyana's Readiness Preparation
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GGuuyyaannaa’’ss RReeaaddiinneessss PPrreeppaarraattiioonn PPrrooppoossaall ((RR--PPPP)) FFoorreesstt CCaarrbboonn PPaarrttnneerrsshhiipp FFaacciilliittyy ((FFCCPPFF)) DDeecceemmbbeerr 22001122 1 Table of Contents Tables in R-PP .................................................................................................................................. 3 Acronyms ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Component 1: Organize and Consult ............................................................................................ 12 1a. National Readiness Management Arrangements ................................................................ 12 1b. Stakeholder Consultation and Participation ........................................................................ 20 Component 2: Prepare the REDD+ Strategy ................................................................................ 29 2a. Assessment of Land Use, Forest Policy and Governance ..................................................... 29 2b. REDD+ Strategy Options ....................................................................................................... 57 2c. REDD+ Implementation Framework ..................................................................................... 71 2d. Strategic Social and Environmental Assessment (SESA) ....................................................... 82 Component 3: Develop a Reference Scenario ............................................................................. 86 Component 4: Design a Monitoring System ................................................................................ 95 Component 4a. Emissions and Removals ................................................................................... 97 4b. Other Benefits and Impacts ................................................................................................ 111 Component 5: Schedule and Budget .......................................................................................... 115 Component 6: Design a Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Framework ......................... 120 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................ 123 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................. 124 2 Tables in R-PP Component 1a Diagram 1: Institutional Arrangements for REDD+ Implementation in Guyana Budget Table 1: Summary of National Readiness Table 1 - The Roles & Responsibilities of Key Parties Involved in National REDD+ Activities Management Arrangements Activities and Budget Component 1b Table 2: Summary of Previous Awareness Sessions Held Budget Table 2: Summary of Stakeholder Table 3- Summary of Main Comments Received During Initial Awareness Sessions on REDD+ in 2009 Consultation and Participation Activities and Table 4. Tentative Consultations Timeline Budget Component 2 a Table 5. Land Allocation by Forest and Non Forest Area 2009 Table 6: Summary of Legislation under Which Government Agencies Responsible For Aspects of REDD+ Implementation Are Bound Table 7. Summary of Key National Stakeholders & Their Role in REDD+ Budget Table 3: Summary of Assessment of Land Use, Forest Policy and Governance Activities and Table 8- Summary of State Forest Allocations (Source: Forest Sector Information Report (Jan- Dec 2011)) Budget (Follow-up Activities Needed) Table 9. Past Efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation Table 10: Guyana’s Key Criteria Used for its National Definition of Forest for REDD+ Table 11: Draft Outline of Planned Initiatives Detailed in Guyana’s REDD+ Governance Development Plan (RGDP) Table 12: Forest Area Change by Period & Driver from 1990- 2011 Component 2 b Table 13: Potential REDD+ Activities Table 4 : Summary of Strategy Activities and Budget Table 14: Potential Aspects for Consideration in of REDD+ Strategy Development Table 15-Analysis of the Impacts of the Potential REDD+ Activities Table 16-REDD+ Readiness Activities that will impact on REDD Strategy Component 2c Table 17. Summary of Agencies Responsible for REDD+ Implementation Framework Budget Table 5: Summary of Implementation Table 18 Capacity Building needs, Strategies, and Indicators of Success Framework Activities and Budget Component 2d Budget Table 6: Summary of Social and Environmental Impact Activities and Budget Component 3 Diagram 2. Reference Scenario Framework Table 7 : Summary of Reference Scenario Activities Diagram 3: Key decisions to be made by countries when developing their reference levels for REDD+(based on a and Budget methodological framework for developing RLs produced by Winrock International for the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. Table 19-Summary of Guyana’s key decisions for establishing its REDD+ reference level. Table 20. Options for Satellite Data for Guyana Table 21-Carbon pools selected to include in the RL/REL according to activity Table 22: Error matrix for Year 1 Forest map Table 23: Error Matrix used for Deforestation Rates Table 24. Main drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, methods to measure impact, and pools impacted Table 25- Illustrative example of potential emission National Look Up Factor Tables for Guyana Component 4 Table 26 - Forest Change Area by Period & Driver from 1990-2010 Budget Table 8: Summary of Monitoring Activities Table 27-Interim Degradation Indicators for REDD+ performance in Guyana as outlined in the JCN and Budget Table 28- Main features of the two methods for estimating emission factors. Table 29-Outline of the Forest Carbon Sampling Strata and the Total Land Area of Each Map 1- Final stratification map showing location of the PSU for Phase 1 Table 30- GFC GIS Datasets 3 Acronyms EPA Environmental Protection Agency FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FCMS Forest Carbon Monitoring System FPIC Free, Prior and Informed Consent GFC Guyana Forestry Commission GGDMA Guyana Gold & Diamond Miners Association GGMC Guyana Geology & Mines Commission GIS Geographic Information Systems GL&SC Guyana Lands & Surveys Commission GoG Government of Guyana GRIF Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund Gt Gigatons IDB Inter-American Development Bank IPCC GPG Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Good Practice Guidance for Land-Use, Land-Use Change And Forestry JCN Joint Concept Note (signed between the Government of Guyana & the Kingdom of Norway) LCDS Low Carbon Development Strategy LULUCF Land Use Land Use Change & Forestry MoAA Ministry of Amerindian Affairs MNRE Ministry of Natural Resources & the Environment MoU Memorandum of Understanding MRV Monitoring, Reporting and Verification MRVS SC Monitoring Reporting & Verification System Steering Committee MSSC Multi Stakeholder Steering Committee of the LCDS NRWG National REDD Working Group NTC National Toshaos Council OCC Office of Climate Change OP Office of the President REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & forest Degradation; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries RGDP REDD+ Governance Development Plan RL Reference Level RS REDD Secretariat SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice SESA Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment SFM Sustainable Forest Management SFP State Forest Permissions UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WB World Bank WWF World Wildlife Fund 4 Executive Summary In global assessment reports, the Guiana Shield has been identified as one of the largest remaining blocks of primary tropical forest on earth, and has the potential to play an important role in mitigating climate change. The region has been reported to contain both the highest percentage of primary forest cover (over 90% is intact tropical forest) and the lowest human population density of any major tropical forested area. Guyana’s forests cover approximately 85% of the country, contain an estimated 5 gigatons (Gt) of CO2 in above ground biomass, and cover an estimated 18.39 million hectares (Guyana Forestry Commission, 2011.) In addition to being one of Guyana’s most valuable natural assets, these forests are suitable for logging and agriculture, and have significant mineral deposits. Should Guyana choose to pursue a development pathway that would lead to increased deforestation from mining, logging and agriculture, there would be significant negative consequences for the world, as the critical ecosystem services that Guyana’s forests currently provide both locally and globally – such as biodiversity, water regulation and carbon sequestration – would be lost. There is increasing global recognition of the fact that protecting forests against deforestation and forest degradation can be important in mitigating climate change– deforestation and forest degradation contribute an estimated 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, mechanisms are emerging where policy decisions to provide long term protection of Guyana’s forests can be recognized as