REDD+ | Overview of International Seminar on REDD plus (February 2012) [ENGLISH]

Overview of International Seminar on REDD plus (February 2012) [ENGLISH]

● Objective

With urgency and magnitude of the potential for climate change mitigation of the forest sector, a general concept of reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries was proposed at the 11th session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP11) in 2005, and the considerations under the agenda of REDD+ have been proceeded from both technical and policy aspects for this six years.

While readiness activities by public sectors have progressed in developing countries, demonstration activities have been gradually promoted with high interests by several players. Under such circumstances, it is expected that efforts against deforestation and forest degradation are effectively facilitated and scaled up in collaboration with current and emerging players. At the same time, lessons and good practices gained from relevant activities have been accumulating.

This seminar aims to explore possible ideas for effective and efficient implementation of REDD+, and to share information, experiences and challenges for promoting global sustainable forest management with current and emerging players, taking account of full-fledged implementation of REDD+. Participants will include government officials, experts from international organizations, researchers, and staffs from private entities and NGOs.

● Date ： February 7-8, 2012

● Venue ： International Conference Hall of Waseda University, Tokyo

● Language ： Japanese, English (Simultaneous interpretation)

● Registration fee ： free

    To register the seminar, please download the registration form here and send it via
    e-mail redd-plus@jtbcom.com
    Please note that participants are responsible for their travel expenses for the seminar.
    Contact： redd-plus@jtbcom.com

● Organizer ： Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan

(Co-sponsor)

・Environmental Research Institute Waseda University ・Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
・Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) ・International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)

(Co-host)

   ・ Forestry Agency                                                          ・ Ministry of the Environment (MOE)
   ・ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)                           ・ Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
   ・ The Japanese Forest Society (JFS)                       ・The Japan Society of Tropical Ecology (JASTE)
   ・ The Remote Sensing Society of Japan (RSSJ) ・Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (JSPRS)

Program (tentative)

Opening Session
Outline of the seminar: What are the players’ roles to promote and support REDD+?
The roles of players engaging in REDD+ will be clarified, based on the analysis of their readiness and demonstration activities and their efforts towards the full implementation of REDD+, aiming to provide a platform for discussion of their roles and mutual relationships.

Session 1
What are REDD+ activities which are consistent with policies and the needs in developing countries?
The needs to implement REDD+ activities will be clarified, and what is required for those activities to be consistent with policies in developing countries will be discussed, based on the information on the national strategies and on-going readiness activities in developing countries.

Session 2
How should REDD+ demonstration activities be implemented and scaled up to national level?
Common understandings for implementing demonstration activities and applicable techniques will be identified in view of scaling up REDD+ demonstration activities to national level.

Session 3
What should goals be reached through REDD+? – Beyond REDD+ –
Importance to integrate broader forest-related issues, such as the enhancement of multiple functions of forests and the promotion of sustainable forest management, into REDD+ will be addressed, and appropriate approaches will be discussed.

Session 4
Panel Discussion
What capacities are required for playersin developing and developed countries and what measures are required to promote necessary capacity building for REDD+?
Experiences and knowledge to date will be integrated and following points will be discussed to explore future directions of efforts and to identify priority issues.

Closing session
Conclusions of the seminar and future efforts for REDD+ will be compiled based on the inputs and discussions in the two-day seminar.

Time Table

Feb. 7 Tue
TIME	Presenter	Organization	Presentation Title
9:45	Kazuo Suzuki	President, FFPRI	Opening Remarks
9:55	Masatoshi Numata	Deputy Director General, Forestry Agency	Guest Greetings
Opening session：What are the players’roles to promote and support REDD+?
10:05	Mitsuo Matsumoto	Director, REDD R&D	Introduction
10:25	Coffee Break
Session 1：What are REDD+ activities which are consistent with the policies and the needs in developing countries?
10:40	Moderator：Henry Scheyvens	IGES
≪Reports from≫
	Constin Bigol, Bruno Kuroh	Independent State of Papua New Guinea	REDD+ Readiness Activities by Papua New Guinea Forest Authority
	Sairusi Sevu Bulai	Secretariat of the Pacific Community	REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR REDD+ READINESS IN THE PACIFIC
	Samsudin Musa	Forest Research Institute Malaysia	REDUCING FOREST DEGRADATION AND EMISSIONS THROUGH SUSTAINABLE FOREST NAMAGEMENT (SFM) IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
11:40	Q&A/Discussion Session
12:00	Lunch/Poster Session
14:00	Moderator: Hiroki Miyazono	JICA
≪Reports from≫
	Yuyu Rahayu	Republic of Indonesia	Progress of MRV System in Indonesia
	Omaliss Keo	Kingdom of Cambodia	The link of REDD+ activities to existing policies and strategies in Cambodia
	Khamsene Ounekham	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Status of REDD+ in Lao PDR Institutions, Frameworks and Pilot Activities
	Noriyoshi Kitamura	Socialist Republic of Vietnam/JICA	Current Status of REDD+ in Vietnam International Technical Seminar Toward Developing a framework of global REDD+ -Scaling up of demonstration activities and integrating players’ roles-
15:20	Q&A/Discussion Session
15:40	Coffee Break
16:00	Moderator: Eduardo Mansur	ITTO
≪Reports from≫
	Joaquim Armando Macuácua	Republic of Mozambique	Plan of Technical Cooperation with JICA under the REDD+ toward Formulation of REDD+ implementation Framework in Mozambique
	Patrick Onotamba Kondjo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	The DRC National Forest Monitoring System for REDD+
	Daniel Gonzalez Sosa Lidia Florencia Perez de Molas Larissa Karina Rejalaga Noguera	Republic of Paraguay	Policy and institutional Framework to develop a REDD+ strategy in Paraguay AND RESEARCH To estimate Carbon Stocks in native woods in Paraguay
17:00	Q&A/Discussion Session
Wrap-up
17:20	Mitsuo Matsumoto	Director, REDD R&D

Feb. 8 Wed
TIME	Presenter	Organization	Presentation Title
Introduction
9:30	Mitsuo Matsumoto	Director, REDD R&D
Session 2：How should REDD+ demonstration activities be implemented and scaled up to sub-national and national level?
9:40	Moderator: Masahiro Amano	Waseda University
(1) Approach for scaling-up
	Naomi Swickard	Verified Carbon Standard	The Verified Carbon Standard Scaling up REDD+: Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+
	Mitsuo Matsumoto	REDD R&D, FFPRI	Development of REDD+ Guidelines for Bilateral Carbon Offset Mechanism
	Jonah Busch	Conservation International	Structuring reference levels across scales: Case studies from Indonesia and Peru
	Sarah Walker	Winrock International	POTENTIAL ROLE OF SUBNATIONAL AND LOCAL ACTORS IN REL AND MRV DATA CREATION
11:00	Q&A/Discussion Session
11:20	Coffee Break
11:40	Moderator: Masahiro Amano	Waseda University
(2) On-the-ground activities and required skills/techniques
	Evarist Nderinyanga Nashanda	United Republic of Tanzania	DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REDD+ ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA `TOWARDS DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK OF GLOBAL REDD+' SCALING UP DEMOSTRATION ACTIVITIES AND INTEGRATING PLAYERS' ROLES
	Kei Suzuki	Japan Forest Technology Association	Development of REL in VN -Interim results and lessons learned through JICA project-
	Yoshiyuki Kiyono	REDD R&D, FFPRI	Contributing REDD-plus through research and development of forest carbon monitoring methodologies -Endeavors of REDD R&D Center-
12:40	Q&A/Discussion Session
13:00	Lunch/Poster Session
Session 3：What goals should be achieved through REDD+? – Beyond REDD+ –
14:00	Moderator: Koji Ueda	Forestry Agency
	Hwan Ok Ma	ITTO	What goals should be reached through REDD+? And beyond REDD+?
	Zulfira Warta	WWF Indonesia	REDD+: Is it sufficient for Forest Solution?
	Henry Scheyvens	IGES	What should REDD+ achieve? Sustainable communities and good forest governance
15:00	Q&A/Discussion Session
15:20	Coffee Break
Panel discussion：What capacities are required for players in developing and developed countries and what measures are required to promote necessary capacity building for REDD+?
15:40	Moderator：Mitsuo Matsumoto	Director, REDD R&D
	Naomi Swickard	Verified Carbon Standard
	Jonah Busch	Conservation International
	SarahWalker	Winrock International
	Omaliss Keo	Kingdom of Cambodia
	Satoshi Akahori	Forestry Agency Japan
16:50	Coffee Break
Closing Session
17:10	Mitsuo Matsumoto	Director, REDD R&D