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Conservation & Development of Guiana Shield: REDD+ Initiatives

Explore regional platforms, projects, & goals of the Guiana Shield Initiative & Facility for sustainable development & conservation. Collaboration with OTCA, AMAZALERT, & forest cover monitoring.

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Conservation & Development of Guiana Shield: REDD+ Initiatives

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  1. REDD+ FOR THE GUIANA SHIELDTechnical Cooperation Project REGIONAL INITIATIVES Anne Martinet, ONF International 6th August 2013 1st Steering Committee, Paramaribo

  2. Overview:GuianaShieldRegional Initiatives • Regionalplatforms: • GuianaShieldFacility (GSF) (replacedGuianaShield Initiative (GSI)) • Amazon CooperationTreatyOrganization (OTCA) • Projects: • AMAZALERT researchproject on impact of climate change &land use in Amazonia • Monitoring of forestcover in the Amazon area • RegionalModellingProject • SarVisionProjects for the GuianaShield

  3. GuianaShield Initiative (GSI) Aim: Build an eco-regionalapproach to conservation and sustainabledevelopment of the GuianaShield. • Time frame: 2000-2004 (exploratory phase); 2006-2010 (testing phase). Replaced by GuianaShieldFacility • Coordinator: UNDP Guyana / IUCN NL • Partners:Iwokrama (GY), SEMA (BR), ACATISEMA (CO), European Commission • Government of Suriname, NetherlandsMinistry of ForeignAffairs (NL). Selected Objectives: • Testing phase - set up pilot projects in representative ecosystems of the Guiana Shield eco-region to test mechanisms of compensation for the provision of ecosystem services (climate regulation, biodiversity, freshwater services). • Pilot projects in North Saramacca (SR), Iwokrama (GY), Iratapuru (BR), Matavén (CO) Activitiesdirectlyrelated to the project objectives • Land cover and vegetation type (change) mappingusing MODIS opticalimageryat 250m • Integratedframeworkfor monitoring atdifferentscales • Tools to verifyecosystemintegritybased on a system of monitoring indicators

  4. GuianaShieldFacility (GSF) Aim: Support conservation and sustainabledevelopment of the GuianaShield and enable the six GuianaShield countries (and their local communities) to finance, develop, manage and benefitfromtheirnaturalresources. Budget: € 4,698,477 Time frame: August 2010 to December 2014 Coordinator: UNDP Guyana Participating countries: Brazil (Amapá and Amazonas State), Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana • Relevant objectives: • Long-termmechanism to address national and regionalenvironmental issues related to management of ecosystems • Enhanceknowledge / improvedcapacity of stakeholder institutions to conserve and sustainablydevelopeco-region • Developintegratedeco-regionalpolicy and sustainablefinancialmechanismthatcompensates local ecosystem managers and environmentallyresponsible businesses for the environmentalgoods and services theydeliver

  5. GuianaShieldFacility (GSF) • Activitiesdirectlyrelated to the project objectives • Strengthening of Guyana’stechnicalcapacity to implementMRVs and other REDD+ relatedactivities • National support for REDD+ RPP in Suriname • Regionalevents (Congress for biodiversity…) • Studies (Assessment of smallscale gold mining impacts in the transboundary areas of northeastBrazil, French Guiana and Suriname…) Map credit: Guiana Shield Facility

  6. Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA) Aim: Treatypromotes joint actions for equitableresultstowardssustainabledevelopment and the rational use of the Amazoniannaturalresourceswhilecommitting to environmentalpreservation. • Time frame: 3 July 1978 to date • Participating countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela • Strategiclines : • Conservation and sustainable use of renewable natural resources • Knowledge management and technological exchange • Regional integration and competitiveness • Institutional strenghtening • Example of activitiesdirectlyrelated to the project objectives : Training courses in partnershipwith INPE on remotesensing, digital image processing and interpretation, geoprocessing and radar mapping techniques, and INPE’sTerramazon system

  7. AMAZALERT: Research project on impact of climate change & land-use change in Amazonia Aim: Examine how global and regionalclimate and land-use changes will impact Amazonianforests, agriculture, waters, and people Time Frame: September 2011 to August 2014 Budget: € 4.7 million Coordinator: Alterra (NL) Partners: INPE (BR), MetOffice (UK), CNRS/IPSL (FR), VU (NL), EMBRAPA (BR), UGENT (BE), JR (AT), UEDIN (UK), FAN (BO), PIK (DE), UNIVLEEDS (UK), USP (BR), UNAL (CO) • Relevant objectives: • Modellingof interactions betweensocietal and naturalcontributors to land use /cover • Improvemodelling and understanding of complex interactions betweennaturalsystems, includingimpacts on thesesystemscaused by socio-economic forces, policies and programs

  8. Monitoring of forest cover in the Amazon area Aim: Develop the ability to monitor deforestation, changes in land use and forest use in member countries of the Amazon CooperationTreatyOrganization (OTCA) Budget: R$ 27.670.630,00 Time frame: 5 years (from 2013) Coordinator: OTCA (Amazon CooperationTreatyOrganization) Partners: OTCA member states, Amazon Fund (BR), GiZ (DE), ITTO Relevant objectives: • Installation and strengthening of national observation systems, through the acquisition of physicalinfrastructureand the hiring of humanresources • Elaboration of national plans for monitoring • Capacity building in technologies for forestcover monitoring

  9. Regional Modelling Project Aim: Predict future deforestation and suggeststrategies for avoidingdeforestation and forestdegradationin the GuianaShield bymodellingregionalscenarios Time frame:Started 2012 Coordinator: Conservation International - Suriname (SR) Partners: Clark Labs (US), Imazon (BR), GermanDevelopment Bank KfW (DE), Governmentof Suriname (SR) Relevant Objectives: • Provide advanced training on spatial modelling for estimation of emissionsbaselines • Model a business-as-usualdeforestationscenario in the GuianaShield • Model a future scenario of the GuianaShield in 2030 with REDD+ implementation

  10. Relevant projects: • Community empowerment for forest MRV in Guyana (2010-2012) • Forest cover map and biomass stratification in support of the government of Guyana (2009) and government of Suriname (2010-11) • New biomass mapping methods using advanced radar in Guyana (2009-2010) • Guyana case study: Biodiversity Mainstreaming through Avoided Deforestation (2008-2009) • Remote sensing research of tropical rainforests for development of satellite monitoring systems and advanced airborne radar survey, Guyana, Suriname and Colombia (1988-1995) • Aim: Pioneer the operational application of systematic satellite and airborne monitoring and mappingsystems for forest management in the GuianaShield, and providepartnerswith the latestmaps and updated information on changes in land and forestcover. • Time frame: Active in regionsince 1980s • Coordinator: SarVision (NL) • Partners: Variousgovernmental and NGO partners in the GuianaShield for differentprojects SarVision Projects for the Guiana Shield

  11. Some synergies to investigate Important to explore synergies with existing regional initiatives, facilitate knowledge sharing, prevent overlap, identify emerging gaps in implementation and opportunities for technical support…

  12. MERCI /THANK YOU /DANK U / OBRIGADO anne.martinet@onfandina.com www.onfinternational.org Photo credit: ONF Guyane

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