This is one of the presentations at the 1st day of "Technical Exchange on Jurisdictional REDD". See more at: http://www.idesam.org.br/technical-exchange-on-jurisdictional-redd-presentations/

1. Topic 1: Program Approaches to Effectively
Reduce/Remove Emissions
South-South Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR)
Exchange Workshop
Manaus, Brazil
13 June 2013
Naomi Swickard, VCSA13 Jun 2013

2. Outline
• Definition of drivers, causes, agents of
deforestation/degradation
• Measures/activities to reduce emissions and
increase sequestration
• Scope of activities (avoided deforestation, avoided
degradation, enhancement of carbon stocks)
• Deciding on JNR Scenario (1, 2, 3)
• Integration of policy, programmatic and nested
project approaches
• Public consultation, safeguards and benefit sharing

3. • Jurisdictions shall identify the baseline drivers of
deforestation or degradation (including their potential
for leakage)
• Any change in drivers of deforestation or degradation
shall aid land use change analysis (eg, changes in
significance of drivers, changes in location of drivers)
and stratification
• Data on the drivers of deforestation will be used in baseline
reassessment
• Non-Permanence Risk Assessment includes factors
related to ensuring that measures taken to mitigate
drivers, causes and agents will be effective in the
long-term (ie, the risk of reversals stemming from
problems with program design)
Definition of drivers of deforestation/degradation

4. Eligible Activities
• REDD: Reduced Emissions from Deforestation
and Degradation
• Avoided unplanned deforestation and degradation
• Avoid planned deforestation
• IFM: Improved Forest Management
• Reduced impact logging
• Logged to protect forest
• Extended rotation age
• Improved forest management
• Low productive to high productive forest
• ARR: Afforestation, Reforestation and
Revegetation
• Afforestation, reforestation and revegetation

5. Mitigation Activities Examples
• Policy:
• Improving forest law enforcement
• Improving or undertaking land use planning and zoning
• Low-emissions development planning
• Legal requirements for private sector activities
• Programs:
• Ecosystem services programs
• Incentives for private sector to invest in sustainable
activities
• Project:
• REDD+ projects

6. JNR Scenarios

7. Scenario 2
Jurisdiction and Project Crediting
Targeted
Provincial
Mitigation
VCUs
Issued
Project
Mitigation
VCUs
Issued
Project
Crediting
VCS
Credits
2
3
MRV Results
Jurisdictional
Crediting
Credits
2
3
1
Example: Scenario 2

8. Grandparenting
• ‘Grandparenting’: Providing time for projects and lower level
jurisdictions to transition into national/sub-national programs
• Where a higher level baseline is registered after the
registration of a lower level project or jurisdictional baseline:
• Lower level jurisdictional baseline shall be grandparented and
remain valid for 18 months
• Project level baseline shall be grandparented and remain valid for
the number of years remaining before due to be updated
• After grandparenting period, project baseline should always
be updated to harmonize with the higher level, except where
the higher level baseline doesn’t include the same activities,
within 18 months
• Where a subnational jurisdiction is registered and national
government subsequently defines different boundaries for
subnational jurisdictions, subnational jurisdiction is
grandparented

9. Safeguards
• Jurisdictional programs, baselines and crediting options
shall be developed and documented in a transparent
manner, and in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
• Must be in accordance with safeguards in Decision
1/CP.16 of Cancun Agreements
• Stakeholder consultation, dispute resolution
mechanisms required
• Safeguards must be monitored and reported on
• Jurisdictions may use REDD+ SES to meet (and
exceed) these requirements

10. Thank you…Questions?
Naomi Swickard
AFOLU Manager
VCS Association
nswickard@v-c-s.org