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Forest and Climate Program(WWF International)

Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui PhDMRV Coordinator

(REL, Biodiversity Safeguards)

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Description of the program objectives/timeframe/geographical area

PeruMadre de Dios Region

DRCMai Ndombe Province

IndonesiaKutai Barat District

GuyanaLow Carbon Development Strategy

WWF Focal REDD+ jurisdiction

Other WWF REDD+ activities

ColombiaPutumayo Department

BrazilAcre State

NepalTerai Arc

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Capacity development and

knowledge sharing

Faster international and national enabling

conditions for REDD+

Catalyze REDD+ at Scale in WWF priority Forest

Countries

Build & Share MRV Know-How• Holistic approach to MRV– CMRV links to NMRV & SIS

– Green development M&E– Biodiversity Safeguards

• Links between WWF and national/regional processes/

communities– Political and institutional frameworks

• Help build synergies among ongoing processes

• South-South collaboration• www.reddcommunity.org

• Long term capacity• Direct support

• R&D

Connecting the dots!!!!

POLICY

CAPACITY

IMPLEMENTATION

Figuring out what works…with MRVers on the ground.• Remember the Reporting

Framework (connect the dots)• Good enough approaches that

deliver (no overkill)

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Key activities by region

PeruER-PIN, REL

DRCMai Ndombe ProvinceER-PIN, REL, NMRV, CMRV

IndonesiaKutai Barat District, ER-PIN, REL, CMRV

GuyanaLow Carbon Development Strategy, NMRV, CMRV

WWF Focal REDD+ jurisdiction

Other WWF REDD+ activities

ColombiaNMRV approaches/RELGreen velopment plans

BrazilAcre StateREL, CMRV

NepalREL/ ER-PIN

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Challenges• How to deliver long lasting capacity as opposed

to products– Project based approach vs.

Institutionalization of MRV– Academic approach towards building

capacity?• R&D ≠ capacity building….we need the

teachers• Cutting edge vs. Established methods. (next)

• Non-access to the data (intermediate prods)

– Technology packages vs real country needs

• Interpretation of UNFCCC mandate– Transparent– Robust**– Accurate**– Replicable– Verifiable

Legitim

acy

• The rise of CMRV (NMRV-CMRV-FPIC)• Information flow:

– lack of transparency – Only in one direction

• Acknowledge limitations: “Hey this is what we have, we know its limitations

and propose to use it this way”• Lack of humility: RS can only go as far….• ACTIVITY DATA (RS is not a source of

activity data)

• The a need of a broader base of expertise

• We have come full circle: The forest for the trees…again Trees have the right to die! Natural dynamics Structural heterogeneity dynamics Noise in the data The non use of a significant MMU The pixel for the MMU

Need guidance on criteria for

this!!!

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Following on Simon’s point on R&D

Needs for developing capacity• Process based support rather than

product based.• Long-term financing mechanisms

– Not project based– Linked with institutional

development

• Govts need to do the homework– Institutional arrangements– Their own strategies for capacity

• Develop clear criteria for supporting agents: CONSOLIDATING– Develop clear a clear strategy (WWF

& Redd Academy)– Academia as in Educating

• Maintaining Capacities

– Emphasize service providers with necessary structure and logistics for long term support.

• R&D need to be separated from support for establishing well known alternatives

• We need to make this thing SIMPLER not more complicated

– Any dataset can be used adequately, in a legitimate way

– Not generate non based expectations– Figure out how to live with uncertainty in a

legitimate way• Meet Countries real needs: Connect the dots!

(donors talking to each other)• The rise of CMRV (NMRV-CMRV-FPIC-SIS)

Better activity data! Better interpretation of RS data Better context for understanding what we see