The document discusses the Conservation International's (CI) efforts to integrate forest carbon projects with biodiversity conservation and human well-being goals. It outlines CI's experience with forest carbon projects in over 15 countries that work to sequester carbon, protect ecosystems, and provide benefits to local communities like jobs and income. The document also highlights a successful agreement in Cambodia where forest protection by local communities led to increased food security, education, and economic opportunities while conserving biodiversity at scale.

1. Patricia Zurita Conservation Stewards Program March 13, 2009 making conservation people’s choice the carbon angle

2. Today CI’s carbon experience Working with people Bringing it together

3. CI mission Our Mission is to inspire and help societies manage nature’s assets for the equitable benefit of current and future generations

4. CI’s carbon experience

6. helps tackle climate change protecting nature Conserving and restoring forests, and sustainably managing agricultural land, can increase carbon sequestration and reduce GHG emissions, mitigating climate change

7. helps tackle climate change protecting nature conserving intact terrestrial and marine ecosystems helps communities adapt to ongoing climate change

8. biodiversity + carbon potential overlap

9. hotspots + wilderness areas populated

10. Protect intact forests reduce CO 2 emissions conserve biodiversity Reforest and restore degraded areas increase CO2 uptake restore or recreate habitat Create diverse agroforestry systems increase CO2 uptake restore or recreate habitat Building corridors landscape forest carbon projects innovative

12. What are the potential benefits of Forest Carbon Projects? Forest Conservation + Reforestation Sequester and store C Maintain healthy ecosystems that are resilient to climate change Climate change mitigation Climate change adaptation Provide habitats and resources Serve as sources of products, ecological services, employment and income

13. Forest Carbon Projects contribute directly to CI’s conservation and human well-being goals Climate change mitigation Provide habitats and resources Serve as sources of products, ecosystem services, employment and income reduced impact reduced impact Human well-being Forest conservation (REDD) Reforestation Store carbon and reduce GHG emissions Biodiversity

16. working with people

17. people are choosing destruction over conservation expansion of agriculture

19. Conservation Agreement Conservation Actions Benefits Opportunity cost Threats to Biodiversity Patrolling Reforestation Demarcation No Hunting No deforestation Teachers salaries Medicines Agriculture best practices Wages from doing conservation actions Endowments

20. the central cardamom forest cambodia Cardamoms Protected Forest 400,000 has

24. 20,000 has of forest patrolled, zoned + protected conserved biodiversity

25. 10% of the global population hatched in year 1 conserved biodiversity

26. Rare endangered species are returning to these forests conserved biodiversity

27. A community engaged + supportive of conservation and monitoring with us conserved biodiversity

28. Increased rice production 4x livelihoods improved

29. Teachers in schools year round livelihoods improved

30. livelihoods improved

31. Buffalos and tools for agriculture livelihoods improved

33. systems different private farmers indigenous groups co-management of protected areas communal lands public lands Creation of MPAs Municipal areas 2002 -- 1 2005 -- 4 2006 -- 10 2007 -- 28 2008 -- 50

34. human wellbeing 90% reduction in respiratory problems $12/family/month savings in firewood costs 2002 -- 1 2005 -- 4 2006 -- 10 2007 -- 28 2008 -- 50 Reviving old Tibetan traditions

35. bringing it together

36. carbon Liberia DRC Madagascar Cambodia Guyana Guatemala Ecuador Solomons Fiji 2002 -- 1 2005 -- 4 2006 -- 10 2007 -- 28 2008 -- 50

37. Madagascar: an example of how we are taking our work to scale 1 . Makira Forest Carbon Project (WCS 2002) Forest Conservation: 400,000 ha Carbon benefit: Up to 9 Mt CO 2 2. Mantadia-Zahamena (2004) Forest Conservation: 425,000 ha Reforestation: 3,000 ha Carbon benefit: ~30 Mt CO 2 3. Fandriana-Vondrozo (2008) Forest Conservation: app. 240,000 ha Reforestation: approx. 2,000 ha Carbon benefit: ~10 Mt CO 2 Next step: National level

40. all photos © minden pictures, naturePL, CI Conservation Stewards Program February 29, 2008 thank you people and nature living in harmony