R& D Research & Development Bottom Up for REDD + CO2 Capture and Storage @ community landscape level Where you work means Who you work with Where: Forests Agro-forests landscapes Agricultural Who: in each of these organizations land use systems

Oaxaca, Mexico SAO - O axacan E nvironmental S ervices Where- type of landscape & vegetation 16 community forests + 22 shade coffee producing units Who – organizations SAO 2 Unions Forest Ejidos Indigenous Muncipality 3 ejidos Federation Coffee producing cooperatives

Where- type of landscape & vegetation

16 community forests +

22 shade coffee producing units

Who – organizations

“ Translation” to local understanding 1- What is CO 2 ? - Translate abstract to the concrete. (5 pools) - Providing a service not a good - Why should they be interested, who is buying? 2 - What does capture & storage mean? 3- Translate into: (most important) - Changes in cultural/management practices (collective/indiv) - Changes in forest use (consumptive) What you have to stop doing/taking? (firewood) What new things you have to do? (fire prevention)

1- What is CO 2 ?

- Translate abstract to the concrete. (5 pools)

- Providing a service not a good

- Why should they be interested, who is buying?

2 - What does capture & storage mean?

3- Translate into: (most important)

- Changes in cultural/management practices (collective/indiv)

- Changes in forest use (consumptive)

What you have to stop doing/taking? (firewood)

What new things you have to do? (fire prevention)

Trade off analysis - Self evaluation They calculate the costs of these changes: - subsistence sphere - existing market relations (goods) - social infrastructure sphere $$$$ They weigh costs vs. payments (trade offs) They decide if its worth it????

They calculate the costs of these changes:

- subsistence sphere

- existing market relations (goods)

- social infrastructure sphere

$$$$ They weigh costs vs. payments

(trade offs)

They decide if its worth it????

Management = rights & responsibilities Translate Upload Participatory Community/local management across landscapes or territory (learn and enforce) LUCUC - technical measurement instrument for CO 2 storage * Recalculate the costs to the community

Translate Upload

Benefits Distribution = legitimacy They (who) decide what they want to do with the funds, how and where: (legitimacy is the guarantee for longevity) - Collective funds: social spending - In-kind development assistance (CBF) Social infrastructure - Household level dividends - Transparency - (communication)

They (who) decide what they want to do with the funds, how and where: (legitimacy is the guarantee for longevity)

- Collective funds: social spending

- In-kind development assistance (CBF)

Social infrastructure

- Household level dividends

- Transparency - (communication)

Negotiation Whoever negotiates must represent the interests and proposals of the membership And have the technical capacity to engage with ‘buyers.’ Communication on changes w/ membership

Whoever negotiates must represent the interests and proposals of the membership

And have the technical capacity to engage with ‘buyers.’

Communication on changes w/ membership

Monitoring and Verification $$$$ Up to now, communities still have a marginal gain from price paid. Clincher – Who monitors ??? and where does the funding come from??? * Renegotiations- communities can

$$$$ Up to now, communities still have a marginal gain from price paid.

Clincher – Who monitors ???

and where does the funding come from???

* Renegotiations- communities can

Costs of R & D Bottom Up Bottom up for buy-in …… Long term guarantee for CO 2 storage Costs: to organizations Field work and consensus building mtgs Producing people’s time (compensation) Travel, shelter and food for meetings Training on technical issues Transformation & translation of key documents Communications (radio, brochures, manuals)

Bottom up for buy-in ……

Long term guarantee for CO 2 storage

Costs: to organizations

Field work and consensus building mtgs

Producing people’s time (compensation)

Travel, shelter and food for meetings

Training on technical issues

Transformation & translation of key documents

Communications (radio, brochures, manuals)