1. Role of NWFPs
in the Sustainability of REDD+ Projects
Livelihood Opportunities
and Community's Capacity Building
Bhomik Shah
WWF-India

2. Agenda
• REDD+: The Concept
• Global Scenario
This presentation has
•W here India Stands
experiences of 10 key REDD+
• Carbon and NW FPs
project countries and learning
• Livelihood Opportunities
from A/ CDM projects developed
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• Sustainability of REDD+
on W F’s principles
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Projects
• Community Engagement

3. 1. How REDD+ can increase livelihood
opportunities
2. Linking climate change mitigation with
livelihood generation
3. Status of REDD+ projects at the global level
Key
4. How India can benefit from the experiences
of the other countries
5. Role of ANR and IFM in poverty alleviation
under REDD+

4. The Concept
REDD+
REDD
Reducingemissions from Deforestation
Reduced emissions from
Deforestation and Forest
and Forest Degradation
Degradation
Area ≥ 0.05ha, Canopy Cover ≥ 10-15%, Tree Height 2m-5m
60% 22%
09%

5. The Concept
REDD+
‘+’ in REDD+
• Plantation as SMF
REDD and
• Conservation of Forests
• Regeneration as ANR
• Sustainable Management of
Forests
• Enhancement of Forest Carbon
Stock

6. Global
Scenario
UN-REDD: Support of US$ 125 million
COP 17 at Durban:
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility:
(FAO, UNDP, UNEP) Climate Fund
Mobilization of Green
US$ 436 million pledged
The nine initial UN-REDD Programme
Finance Adaptation and Mitigation
37 REDD countries
pilot countries: REDD+
Efforts including
DR of Congo, Tanzania andhave submitted R-PPs
13 of these countries Zambia, Indonesia,
PNG 144+ REDD+ Bolivia, Panama and agencies
and Vietnam, initiatives by various
Paraguay (November 2011)
• Funding for four additional countries:
Cambodia, Ecuador, the Philippines and
Solomon Islands
• 22 Observer countries
R-PPs: readiness preparation proposals Source: http://www.un-redd.org

7. The W F
W F’s Guiding Principles
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of REDD+

8. “In future, whenever the REDD plus
India’s
incentives begin to flow, these will be
transmitted from the Centre to State
Governments and then to District level. The State
Government and District level authorities will
plan and manage the flows further down to the
local communities.”
• India is in favour of national level accounting
• Fund based approach
• REDD+ Cell

9. Traditional Activities-base in a village
Legends
Forest
Jhum or
Grassland
Water Body
River
Agri-land
Logging
NWFPs
Road
Communities
Fuel Wood

10. Carbon
Credits
tCO
2
CO2 storage
Leakage
Baseline
Years

11. How REDD+ can be of help in better resource
management
Legends
Forest
A/R
Regeneration
Agri-land
Pastures
NWFP
Fuel Wood

12. Bringing Science & Commerce to Communities

13. The
Debate
Carbon and NWFPs
Carbon V/ NW
s FPs
A Forest-based mechanism succeeds
only when it builds on the interests
of the communities

14. An Example
Livelihood In
REDD+
The Kasigau Corridor (Kenya) REDD Project:
• Jojoba (S m
im ondsia chinesis) Plantation in
addition to key REDD+ activities
• One plant provides 10kg of seeds/
year
• Market Price for communities US$ 1.11/
kg
• One plant - INR 550/
year

15. For a 5000 ha REDD+ Project* *
Sustainabilit
Carbon Revenue US$ 20/ha/Yr INR 1000/ha/Yr
Cost US$ 6.5/ha/yr INR 325 ha/yr
NWFPs Potential US$ 52/ha/Yr* INR 2600/ha/Yr
(Conservative)
*Can be as high as US$
550 under improved
Assumptions: management regime
•Cost of capital@10% ** Study undergoing
•NW FPs species @2% of the area review, hence not to be
•1 US$ =INR 50
quoted
•Crediting Period 30 Years

16. • Primary goal of REDD+ project may be
ay
‘climate change mitigation’ but it has to fit
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in with the broader objective of ‘co-benefits
to communities’
• There is need to give enough space to
regeneration and NW FPs collection under
REDD+ regime
• Holistic approach under REDD+ where
 Conservation
 Regeneration
 Grazing Land
 Agri-land
 NW FPs
 Fuel W ood and Timber

17. Thank you!
Bhomik Shah
bshah@wwfindia.net
8860179180