South Africa: Forestry & REDD Briefing Day: 27 January 2011

Location

Forestry & REDD Briefing Day: 27 January 2011

Registration & welcome coffee

Chair’s opening remarks

Africa’s Forestry REDD Potential

• Overcoming the inherent complexities of establishing REDD projects
• Engaging indigenous peoples, civil society and other stakeholders
• The role of REDD in a post 2012 agreement
• The progress of REDD+

Kenya’s REDD Programme

• Preventing further conversion of forest lands to other uses and reclaiming degraded forest areas
• Strengthening and empowering institutions through capacity enhancement for sustainable forest management
• Partnering with local, national and international organizations to promote sustainable management and conservation
• Provision of financial incentives for environmental services

Interactive discussion session with speakers

Networking refreshment break

Bringing Forest Carbon Projects to Market

• What is the place of forestry in the carbon markets?
• Understanding and overcoming barriers to investment
• What are the trends to anticipate?
• Validation: choosing a standard
• Creating and selling valuable credits

Financing Options

• Structuring upfront payments and early stage investment deals
• Examining alternative sources of finance
• The near term prospects for private finance for REDD – what needs to happen?
• Do forestry credits need to be compatible with the rest of the market?

The Business of a REDD Project

• Structuring the business and balancing the social benefits of the project
• Preparing the business plan and developing the team to execute on-time and on-budget
• Selling credits via various sales channels (wholesale, retail, etc...)
• Working through the transition from project development to business management
• Establishing the next phase of REDD projects 

Lunch break

Overcoming Land Tenure Issues

• Examining land and forest tenure systems in Africa
• Potential sources of conflict between local and national interests
• Ensuring the welfare of local communities whilst creating the conditions for a successful project
• Overcoming difficulties through targeted reform

Case Study: The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project

• Saving 3.5 Million metric tonnes of CO2e over 20 years through the prevention of slash and burn deforestation
• Protecting biodiversity
• Providing education, job creation, environmental protection and direct financial rewards for local communities

Networking refreshment break

Panel: The Future Outlook & Post 2012 Discussion

• The shape of a global program – reflecting on the outcome of the Cancun discussions
• Africa’s role in future carbon sequestration  
• How will mechanisms interact with policy development?
• Analyzing REDD investment potential by typography
• Using regulations to promote investment in land-use carbon

Chair’s closing remarks

Close of briefing day

Documents: 

CM1101ZA.pdf [11]