National Workshop on NLBI

National Workshop on NLBI

New Delhi 12 December 2012

Jagdish KishwanChief Advisor, PolicyWildlife Trust of India

Member, Government of India, Planning Commission Expert Group on Low Carbon Strategy for Inclusive Growth

Government Nominee as Expert Reviewer for WG3 of AR5 of IPCCFormer Additional Director General (Wildlife), Government of IndiaFormer Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and

EducationFormer Member, Government of India Core Negotiating Group for

UNFCCC

Forests and Climate Change

•Mitigation•Adaptation

Role of Forests in Climate Change

Adaptation• Food supplement• Wind break against storms• Reducing severity of floods• Regulating water supply

UNFCCC not considering adaptation aspect of forests

Forests to be impacted by climate change


Mitigation• How to reduce emissions– directly – indirectly


IPCC 4th Assessment Report

Share of different sectors in total anthropogenic GHG

emissions in 2004 in terms of CO2 equivalent• Energy Supply 25.9%

• Industry 19.4%

• Forestry 17.4%

• Agriculture 13.5%• Residential and 7.9%

Commercial building

• Waste and Wastewater 2.8%

How to reduce emissions?

How to reduce emissions in Forestry Sector?

•Reduce emissions (save carbon)– Reducing deforestation and degradation rates (Exmp: REDD)• Identify drivers- agriculture, fuelwood/timber extraction, grazing

•Increase removals (add carbon)– Conservation, sustainable management of forests, increase in

forest cover/A&R (Exmp: CDM A/R, REDD+)

– Wood products management• Replacement of cement concrete with lumber in house construction

• Replacement of metal furniture with wooden furniture

• Cancun (COP 16)– 5 REDD+ activities defined– RELs/RLs agreed as benchmarks– 3 progressives phases of

implementation- preparatory, demonstration, results-based actions

– Safeguards for rights of IPs/LCs and against conversion of natural forests

– No agreement on financing options

COP Decisions REDD+

• Durban (COP 17)– Safeguards for rights of IPs/LCs and

natural forests agreed– Agreement on construction of RELs/RLs– National Forest Monitoring Systems and

MRV to be discussed and agreed by COP 18

– Agreement to work on financial options including public, private, market, non-market, fund-based mechanisms

COP Decisions REDD+

• Doha (COP 18) SBSTA– Seeks submissions by 25 March 2013 on

following for decision in COP 19» Technical assessment of forest REL/RL

original or updated» Issues related to co-benefits resulting

from REDD+ implementation » National forest monitoring systems and

MRV for multiple functions of forests supported by non-market mechanism

COP Decisions REDD+

• Doha (COP 18) SBSTA ……contd– To resume in next SBSTA discussions on

following for decision in COP 19» Timing and frequency of submission of

information under SIS» Further guidance to ensure transparency,

consistency, comprehensiveness and effectiveness of summary of information on how safeguards addressed and respected

» Issues relating to drivers of deforestation and forest degradation

COP Decisions REDD+

• Doha (COP 18) LCA– COP President to appoint 2 cochairs to initiate work

programme on results-based finance in 2013 through 2 workshops

– Cochairs to report on workshops to COP 19 – Seeks submissions by 25 March 2013 on following

for consideration in COP 19» Technical and financial support for REDD+

implementation» Joint session of SBSTA and SBI to recommend

body/board/committee for administering REDD+

COP Decisions REDD+

Participation and rights of local communities most important

All ecosystem services equally important

Carbon service one such ecosystem service

REDD+ Implementation- Overriding Principles, India

Policy Institutional Technical

REDD+ Implementation- Challenges, India

Policy Safeguarding rights of local communities Clarify role of private sector Responsibility sharing

Centre + States + Community Benefit sharing

Government and Community


Institutional Whose responsibility at national and

state level? How to ensure coordination between

national and state level? Accounting agency?


Technical Fixing of reference level for REDD+ accounting Modalities of REDD+ accounting

Guidelines Modalities Rules Procedures

Capacity building


Policy Safeguard legal and traditional rights of local communities (examples-

JFM, CFM, FRA) Role of private sector limited to private lands No specific changes in FM for REDD+ REDD+ incentives- bonus in addition to traditional goods and services

to local community from forests Centre to provide guidance for REDD+ implementation, disbursement

of incentives States to organize estimation of forest carbon stocks Participation of local community in assessment and monitoring of

forest C stocks Policy statement endorsing 100% share of REDD+ from government

forests to local community and no involvement of private companies

Strategy for REDD+ Implementation- India

Institutional REDD+ Cell in MoEF REDD+ NCA- National Coordination

Authority REDD+ SNA- State Nodal Authority FSI to handle responsibility of preparation

of national forest carbon stocks accounts


Technical Consortium of technical organizations (FSI, ICFRE, IISc,

IIRS, TERI, IIFM) to propose RL Modalities of REDD+ accounting keeping due note of

UNFCCC decisions and guidance Vetting of RL and modalities by SFDs, civil society and

Central Government A nationwide campaign through assistance of civil

society needed for capacity building of forest field staff, local communities


Steps initiated to prepare a national document in the Ministry of Environment and Forests

outlining strategy for implementation of REDD+ in India

Will clarify roles and responsibilities of organizations of government and others as also a step by step approach for achieving different milestones necessary for REDD+

implementation


• No specific reporting requirement for contribution of forests in – Mitigation» Size and yearly enhancement of

present sink» Capability to supply biomass to

replace fossil fuels, metal use in housing/furniture

NLBI: Forests & Climate Change

• No specific reporting requirement for contribution of forests in – Adaptation» Supplementing food security» Capability to mitigate wind storms,

floods» Supply of house construction

material


• No specific reporting requirement for impact of climate change on forests– Vegetation change– Vegetation shift– Migration of animal species including

insects– Vulnerability to increased fire

incidences, insect attacks, pathogen infestation


Thanks for your attention

National Workshop on NLBI

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