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Future challenges in REDD+ for Fiji
- Future challenges in REDD+ for Fiji Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 24 February 2016 Mr Eliki Senivasa Acting Conservator of Forests Fiji Ministry of Fisheries and Forests
- 1. Major achievements 2. Major challenges 3. Research and cooperation needs
- Fiji’s Achievements Governance: • Effective multi-sectoral national REDD+ Steering Committee • National REDD+ Policy (2011) and incorporation in various sector plans & policies • Carbon rights and legal framework analysis • National guidelines for FPIC and Land Use Planning being developed with all stakeholders
- Fiji’s Achievements Monitoring: • 2 national forest inventories completed • national system of permanent sample plots (PSP) and wall-to-wall measurement established • Forest carbon stock calculation and forest cover change assessment (2012) • Biodiversity monitoring framework in progress • MRV system to be developed by 2017
- Fiji’s Achievements Pilot implementation: • National REDD+ pilot project (Emalu) established • Lessons for FPIC approach, biodiversity monitoring, legal framework, incentives, and other technical and social issues developed • Further initiatives on elements around sustainable land & resource management contribute to national REDD+ framework
- Major challenges ahead Substantial improvements of remote sensing support for degradation assessment Rolling out REDD+ activities nationwide within given time frame Secure funding in the long term Continuously improve efficiency and linkage between national support framework and ground implementation Addressing competing land use incentives
- Research and cooperation needs Degradation assessment and forest monitoring via remote sensing Assessments and guidance on systems of national REDD+ implementation Strong support framework for efficient use of international funds. Complexity should be avoided! Exchange on methodologies and experiences regarding national support framework for subnational scale activities Exchange of ideas on joint incentives with competing sectors
- Vinaka vakalevu
Editor's Notes
- Degradation assessment is currently prone to error and needs high number of sample plots in the field. Remote sensing can decrease ground work, thereby time and costs. Fiji is looking into research on proxies, such as national defaults for biomass in relation to distance from infrastructure, detection of logging roads (radar support), and others to map high degradation risk areas. Targeted use of UAV-mounted cameras an option Human resources are limited. Even with funding, limited numbers of projects / activities can be supported at a time. Project community members and other decentralized structures (local level government, landowner associations, CSO, churches) must be trained and enabled to act as multipliers and support further implementation. Requires extensive capacity building and networking. Funding under UNFCCC is still at risk, modalities are unclear. Fiji is part of Carbon Fund, private sector engagement is on small scale. The Green Climate Fund will have to prove its functionality. The planned national carbon registry will be tasked with matching sellers and buyers. Fiji’s approach to REDD+ puts high emphasis on livelihoods, high safeguard standards and biodiversity conservation - assets that have to be promoted well. National structures support project and activity implementation, for example with MRV methodology development, awareness, guidelines for implementation, funding, etc. The more efficient the support works, the lower are the costs for project developers and national steering structures. This needs to be optimized constantly. REDD+ SC seeks dialogue with agriculture. Possibly to be enforced by ministers. Objective is to create common sustainable land use programmes and incentives, i.e. agroforestry, land zoning, soil mapping, etc.
- This is a consequence of slide 6. I’m trying to direct clear requests to the audience and CIFOR as research organization
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