A Random Man on Planet Earth: Forest Conservation, REDD and SFM

Friday, April 03, 2009

Forest Conservation, REDD and SFM

Here is some information on forest conservation from the The Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP). The aim of the workshop is to "develop the Panel’s scientific and technical guidance for the fifth GEF Replenishment (GEF-5) strategic programming on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), forest conservation and sustainable forest management (SFM)".
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The main reason for this post is that a good friend of mine helped organise the event.

Anyway, here is the blurb for the workshop:

GEF STAP workshop on REDD, Forest Conservation and Sustainable Forest Management: Options for GEF-5 (LULUCF, SFM to REDD)
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Tuesday 31 March 2009, 9:00am to 5:15pm. Room U3-435, World Bank U building, 1800 G Street, Washington, DC
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Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) dominated by tropical deforestation contribute to nearly 25% of CO2 equivalent global emissions (IPCC, 2007). The IPCC concluded that reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) are critical to addressing climate change through stabilization of GHG concentrations in the atmosphere.
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The Stern Review also reinforced this finding and concluded that curbing deforestation is a highly cost-effective way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and has the potential to offer significant reductions fairly quickly.
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In 2007, the World Bank started the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) to support the development of REDD. The United Nations Collaborative Programme on REDD in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) was launched in 2008 as a collaboration between FAO, UNDP and UNEP. The UNFCCC is in the middle of negotiations on the methods and guidelines for implementing positive incentives to address REDD. The GEF, being the operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC, is likely to be involved in operationalising the emerging REDD framework.