Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Emission Reductions Program -ERPD- CHILE Date of submission or revision October 24, 2016 Final Version Final Ministry of Agriculture Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) [National Forestry Corporation] Management Office on Forest Support and Development (GEDEFF) Climate Change and Environmental Services Unit (UCCSA) 1 WORLD BANK DISCLAIMER The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in the Emissions Reductions Program Document (ER-PD) submitted by REDD+ Country Participant and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in ER-PD does not imply on the part of the World Bank any legal judgment on the legal status of the territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. The Facility Management Team and the REDD Country Participant shall make this document publicly available, in accordance with the World Bank Access to Information Policy and the FCPF Disclosure Guidance (FMT Note CF-2013-2 Rev, dated November 2013). UCCSA Team Angelo Sartori, Forestry Engineer, Diploma and Master’s in Business and Administration (MBA) in Sustainable Management. Osvaldo Quintanilla, Forestry Engineer. MSc in Social Ethics and Human Development and Diploma in Government and Public Management. Javier Cano, Graduate in Geography and Regional Planning. Master`s Degree in Geographic Information Technologies for Regional Planning. S.I.G. (Sistemas de Información Geográfica [Geographic Information Systems]) and Remote Sensing. Doctorate in Regional Planning and the Environment. Wilfredo Alfaro, Forestry Engineer. Master of Science in Engineering Hydrology. Gabriela Soto, Veterinarian. Master of Science and Masters in Wildlife Areas and Nature Conservation. Nuvia Briceño, Forestry Engineer. Alejandra Arochas, Environmental Engineering and Ecologist-Landscaper Diploma in Water Contamination. External consultants: Pablo Honeyman, Forestry Engineer, Master`s Degree in Environment and Sustainable Development. Nelson Urra Pardo. Renewable Natural Resources Engineer. Doctor in Agroforestry and Veterinary Sciences. Expert consultant. [email protected]. Equipo de la Unidad de Asuntos Indígenas y Sociales (UIAS) [Indigenous and Social Affairs Unit Team]. Guido Aguilera, Forestry Engineer, Master’s Degree in Economics and Regional Management. María Victoria Colmenares, Graduate in International Studies, Master’s Degree in Integrated Environmental Planning. 2 Pamela Duhalde, Forestry Engineer. Valentina Letelier, Psychologist on Social Community Counselling, Diploma in General Skills Management and Diploma in Social and Environmental Studies. Pamela Hidalgo, Geographer. Kenia Neira, Forestry Engineer, Forestry Technician. Support Teams Technical consortium: OTERRA Universidad Mayor [Oterra Mayor University], Ernst Basler + Partner (EBP), Centro de Información de Recursos Naturales (CIREN) [Natural Resources Information Centre], Agrupación de Ingenieros Forestales por el Bosque Nativo (AIFBN) [Native Forest Engineers Association]. Technical consortium: Winrock International, Instituto Forestal (INFOR) [Forestry Institute], Universidad Austral [Austral University]. Technical consortium: Teco Group, Sud Austral, Climate Focus. Technical consortium: Sud Austral, CERTFOR, Winrock International INDEX 1. ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME ....................................................................................................................... 10 1.1 ER Entity expected to sign the Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA) with the FCPF Carbon Fund........................................................................................................................................ 10 1.2 Organisation (s) responsible for managing the ER Programme.................................................. 10 1.3 Associated entities and other organisations participating in the ER Programme. ...................... 10 2. STRATEGIC CONTEXT AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THE ER PROGRAMME ........................................... 13 2.1 Current status of the Readiness Package and summary of additional achievements on readiness activities in the country. ...................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Ambition and strategic justification for the ER Programme....................................................... 15 2.3 The political commitment ........................................................................................................ 18 3. LOCATION OF THE ER PROGRAMME............................................................................................... 23 3.1 Accounting for the ER Programme............................................................................................ 23 3.2 Environmental and social conditions within the accounting area of the ER Programme ............ 25 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS OF THE ER PROGRAMME ......... 40 4.1 Analysis of the direct and underlying causes of Deforestation, Forest Degradation, and no Enhancement of forest carbon Stocks (DDnAE) ................................................................................... 41 4.2 Evaluation of the main barriers to REDD + ................................................................................ 72 4.3 Description and justification of the actions and interventions scheduled within the framework of the ER Programme that leading to emission reductions and increase in stocks. ............................... 75 3 4.4 Evaluation of the tenure of the land and the resources in the accounting area ...................... 111 4.5 Analysis of the legislative and institutional framework related to the ER Programme ............. 117 4.6 Duration of the proposed ER Programme ............................................................................... 123 5. CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION OF INTEREST GROUPS ....................................................... 124 5.1 Description of the process for consulting interest groups ....................................................... 124 5.2 Summary of the comments received and the way in which these viewpoints were taken into consideration when designing and implementing the ER Programme ................................................ 127 6. OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL PLANNING .................................................................................. 131 6.1 Institutional provisions and those for implementation ........................................................... 131 6.2 Budget for RE programme ...................................................................................................... 141 7. CARBON RESERVOIRS, SOURCES AND SINKS ................................................................................ 142 7.1 Description of the sources and sinks selected ......................................................................... 142 7.2 Description of the reservoirs of carbon and greenhouse gases selected ................................. 143 8. REFERENCE LEVEL ......................................................................................................................... 144 8.1 Reference Period.................................................................................................................... 146 8.2 Definition of forest used in the Reference Level ..................................................................... 149 8.3 Mean historic annual emissions during the reference period.................................................. 151 8.4 Positive or negative adjustments of the historic mean annual emissions during the reference period (if applicable) ......................................................................................................................... 165 8.5 Estimation of the Reference Level .......................................................................................... 166 8.6 Relationship between the reference level, the development of a FREL/FRL (Forest Reference [Emission] Levels) for the CMNUCC and the inventory of greenhouse gases existing in the country ... 179 9. APPROACH FOR MONITORING, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION ................................................. 183 9.1 Approach for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification in order to estimate the emissions produced within the framework of the RE Programme in the Accounting Area .................................. 183 9.2 Institutional structure for the MRV ......................................................................................... 188 9.3 Relationship and consistency with the National Forest Monitoring System ............................. 189 10. MOVEMENT .............................................................................................................................. 190 10.1 Identification of risks of movement ........................................................................................ 190 10.2 Elements of the ER Programme to prevent and minimise the potential for displacement ....... 192 11. REVERSIONS .............................................................................................................................. 194 11.1 Identifying risks of reversion .................................................................................................. 194 11.2 Aspects of the ER Programme aimed at