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SADC official side-event on REDD+
Posted by swallenoeffer on November 18, 2011
SADC side-event during the UNFCCC COP17
REDD+ without borders: The case for a regional REDD+ approach in SADC
Date: Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 11.30am - 13.00pm
Venue: APIES RIVER ROOM, Durban Exhibition Centre, UNFCCC COP17, Durban
Download the study here: www.sadc.int/REDD/index.php/download_file/74/
Download the presentations here: /REDD/index.php/document-bank/documents/sadc-documents/presentations-during-sadc-events-at-cop17/
PROGRAMME
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11.30 – 11.35 |
Welcome |
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11.35 - 11.40 |
Introduction of the panellists |
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11.40 - 12.05 |
Presentation of the study “A regional approach to REDD+: exploring issues and options for southern Africa”: |
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12.05 - 12.40 |
Discussion of the main findings with REDD+ experts |
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12.40 – 13.00 |
Q&A with audience |
Concept: A regional REDD+ approach: Methodologies and Institutional Framework
Current discussions on REDD+ largely focus on issues related to methodology, safeguards and base-lines for forest emission levels. Many of these issues are addressed on a national or sub-national level, putting aside the potential benefits of a regional approach. SADC has worked on promoting a regional approach for REDD+, and recently adopted a regional SADC Support Programme on REDD+. This programme was developed jointly with the Member States and aims to improve the capacity of Member States to manage and benefit from REDD+ programmes through regional cooperation. A regional REDD+ mechanism has the potential to more effectively address some of the cross-border drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, to possibly enable countries with low forest cover to participate in REDD+, and to develop joint standards for MRV and forest reference levels. Challenges for a regional approach that need to be addressed include the development of regional capacity to comply with requirements set by the UNFCCC and the GCF as well as questions regarding the potential institutional architecture/framework for a regional REDD+ mechanism. This side-event will present the results of a study SADC commissioned to examine the regional challenges and potentials for a regional REDD+ approach in a region where Member States not only differ in size but also in forest type and cover as well as economic development. It will also point out some potential solutions to the challenges faced by SADC Member States in their preparations for REDD+.
Contact:
Mr Alex Banda, Senior Programme Officer Environment, Sustainable Development
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) Directorate, SADC Secretariat
Email: abanda@sadc.int or climatechange@sadc.int