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Helping Create & Capture Ecosystem Values

Activities in Reduced Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation USAID Roundtable November 2008. Helping Create & Capture Ecosystem Values. Global & Regional Katoomba Group. Creating and collecting Tools / Guides by “Steps” in project design

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Helping Create & Capture Ecosystem Values

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  1. Activities inReduced Emissions for Deforestation and DegradationUSAID RoundtableNovember 2008

  2. Helping Create & Capture Ecosystem Values

  3. Global & Regional Katoomba Group • Creating and collecting Tools / Guides by “Steps” in project design • Connections & exchange of information by multi-sectoral network • Facilitate support to network partners’ priority initiatives

  4. Priority REDD Activities of the Katoomba network Technical and Policy “Rapid Response” • Ecosystem Services Incubator (next slides) • Building legal frameworks and institutions Legal Framework Initiative analyzing priority topics • For participants in transactions, and for governments • Country by country analysis: Colombia, Brazil, Peru & Bolivia (water and carbon) Expansion to new countries • “Issue Briefs” on critical topics related to market (carbon ownership, etc) REDD Workshop Series: public sector REDD initiatives & projects Brazilian Amazon -Mato Grosso (April ‘09), Area MAP (Feb ‘09), Tropical Andes (April ’10), Ghana (July ’09), Southeast Asia –Mekong Delta (Nov ‘09) Materials and Publications • content and connections for the State of the Forest Carbon Market • ONLINE PES Learning Tools by steps of Getting Started, case studies • Legal and Financial Tools for project designers

  5. Obstacles to reaching the market Scarce technical capacity Limited commercial and financial expertise High transactions and development costs Difficulty reaching and navigating the market Little finance for early stage activities Why an Incubator?Forestry projects not reaching the market

  6. Greater participation in the benefitsfor local actors Based on T. Black, CAEMA, 2005. Starting higher up the chain

  7. Activities of the Incubator • Catalyze emerging markets for ecosystem services and generate benefits for conservation, communities and small producers • Providing technical & business support for project developers • Providing start up finance • Facilitating access to the markets • Support to the Initial portfolio of projects • Mexico, Honduras, Ecuador, Brazil • Priority Investment Lines • REDD • PES with Certification • Integration (“bundling”) of multiple ecosystem services • Aggregation mechanisms • Expansión de portafolio • Replicación en África

  8. The Ecosystem Marketplace www.mercadosambientales.com • State of the Markets reports • Market tendencies • Transactions information “Marketwatch” • Press and News coverage • Analysis and Features • Profiles • Events

  9. THE NEW REDD Information Portal REDD Basics: • Case Studies, Information Briefs, Reports • Methodology Watch • Links to partner data bases, websites The State of REDD: • Inventory of projects transacting forest carbon credits • Dynamic map of forest carbon projects News and Original Analysis: • Daily news tracker, from media and from network • Articles on developments in REDD market and policy making Connections: • Monthly Forest Carbon Bulletin • REDD events and forest carbon activities Calendar • Discussion Fora • Request for Proposals for buyers and sellers

  10. Communities & Markets Program Community Portal & Community Forum • Community capacity building & workshops • Information sharing FPIC • Support to community project design • Platform for community leaders in global decision making

  11. THANK YOU!Michael Jenkins, Forest Trendsmjenkins@forest-trends.orgCarina Bracer, Hannah Murray: Grupo Katoomba Am Latcbracer o hmurray@forest-trends.orgJacob Olander: Ecodecision jolander@interactive.net.ec Beto Borges, Rebecca Vonada: Prog Comunidades Bborges o rvonada@forest-trends.orgMichael Richards, richardsem@gmail.com

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