Session 10: Practical steps to establish mechanisms for effective implementation at national and global levels

The speaker of this panel sessions were asked to reflect on the last two days and offer recommendations as to what to do with regard to the UNFCCC process and the climate change funds and initiatives. Speakers were Haddy Sey, Phillip Shearman, Sandra Smithey, Lars Løvold, Joji Cariño, and Carmenza Robledo. The chair of the [...]

Session 8: Scaling up the recognition and protection of land rights

Securing rights as a mitigation measure: The costs of securing rights and carbon benefits Jeffrey Hatcher, Policy Analyst, Rights and Resources Initiative Jeff’s presentation focused on the ways and costs for delimitating and registering rights asking why community tenure is central, what recognizing rights means and how practical and costly different options are in perspective [...]

Summary of Day 2

Marcus Colchester summarized the morning session of Day 2 as a pratical reality check: the drivers of land use change are complicated, recognizing rights is necessary but not sufficient, who owns carbon is unclear and overlapping rights are very complex, disputed and need clarifying. We were reminded of gender, generational and other issues and that [...]

Session 7: Critical issues and practical steps to include mechanisms to ensure rights in forest related climate initiatives

Six panelists were asked to each present, in five minutes, their views on the following for topic areas: multi-lateral climate agreements; donor strategies and investments; REDD implementing countries; and private sector investments.  The panelists were: Edmund Barrow, Ghan Shyam Pandey, Jennifer Rubis, Lilian Portillo, Ben Vickers, and Fernando Baptista. The summary of key points raised, [...]

Session 6: National strategies for forest-related climate change mitigation

The national climate change mitigation strategies for forests of Ghana, Vietnam, Panama, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea were presented. All 5 countries reported growing levels of deforestation stemming from a number of reasons but generally linked to land use change based on economic opportunities. The countries are in different stages of development or implementation of [...]

Session 4: Experiences with PES – Questions and Answers

Several questions emerged from the discussion: Concerns about participation by or representation of forest-dependent communities and indigenous peoples in the different initiatives and funding mechanisms. How can these initiatives and mechanisms improve their information sharing and allow for more accessible option to participate? There are concerns about market-based approaches not leading to equitable or conservation [...]

Status of rights in current climate change and forest negotiations and within major multilateral organizations

Michelle Medeiros, the Africa Forest Coordinator for Greenpeace International, looked at the different initiative of multilateral organizations in dealing with forests and climate change and the role community rights play in each. She covers the UNFCCC, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), several World Bank Initiatives (Climate Investment Fund, Forest Carbon Partenrship Facility, and the [...]