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READINESS PROPOSAL FOR REDD+ OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

16th FCPF Participants Committee Meeting (PC16) Geneva, Switzerland - December 13th, 2013

Ramón Díaz Pedro García Nathalie Flores

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Introduction

LOCATION

Area: 48,190 sq. km Population: 9.5 MILLION

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

THE HISPANIOLA ISLAND 75,940 km2

Haití

Sign of the UNFCCC Jun´1992 Ratification of the UNFCCC October 7, 1998 Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol Feb´2002

Presentation UNFCCC of the 1st National Communication Jun´2003 GEF US$415,000 for the 2nd National Communication (2005)

Presentation UNFCC 2nd National Communication Dec´2009 3rd National Communication Proposal (2010 - 2011)

FULFILMENT OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL MANDATES

Elaboration of the 3rd National Communication (2012-Present)

GEF US $350,000 for the 1st National Communication (1999)

 Creation of the Climate Committee (Resolution 2002)  Creation of the National Council for the Climate Change and the CDM (Decree 601-08).  Creation of the Climate Change and CDM Directorate of the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources (Resolution 011-2010).  Inclusion in the Constitution of the Dominican Republic – Article 194: “Es prioridad del Estado la formulación y ejecución, mediante ley, de un plan de

• rdenamiento territorial que asegure el

uso eficiente y sostenible de los recursos naturales de la Nación, acorde con la necesidad de adaptación al cambio climático”.  Climate Change Compatible Economic- Development Plan (2011). Among others…

NATIONAL-POLITICAL ACTIONS FOR THE FULFILMENT OF THE

• INTL. MANDATES

DR es muy vulnerable a los efectos del cambio climático, como las inundaciones costeras ay a los huracanes

Component 1: Organize and Consult

DR Political

Constitution

International agreements General Law of Environment and Natural Resources (64- 00)

Sectoral Law of Protected Areas (202- 04)

Municipalities Law (176-07) Law on National Development Strategy 2011-2030 (01-12)

LEGAL FRAME FOR REDD+

Government Institutions

Institutions responsible for law enforcementy

Academia

Civil society Private Sector

Vulnerable groups

Local communities

GNT-REDD+

OCB CBR Institutional arrangements for REDD +

National Forest

Monitoring

Workshop Jun ´11 Áug ´11 Defore station Causes Study REDD

Workshop

S Dgo Nov ´11 Nov ´11 Vision On REDD REDD Workshop Azua y Stgo Feb ´12 Mar´12 Journalists Workshop Forests and CC Workshop Land Use and Governance

Apr´12

Process development and dissemination plan R-PP

(broad participatory framework)

National Forest

Monitoring

Workshop Jun ´11 Áug ´11 Defore station Causes Study REDD

Workshop

S Dgo Nov ´11 Nov ´11 Vision On REDD REDD Workshop Azua y Stgo Feb ´12 Mar´12 Journalists Workshop Forests and CC Workshop Land Use and Governance

Apr´12

Options Strategy Worksh

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May´12 May´12 Worksho p NRE and MRV Socializatio n of the R- PP Jun-Jul´12 Ago´12 National Forest Inventory Preparation Resolution creating the UMF in EM Sep´12 Ene´13 Interesting letter expression FCPF R-PP Shipping to FCPF Jul - Nov´13

www.cedaf.org.do

Process development and dissemination plan R-PP

(broad participatory framework)

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On the participation of indigenous peoples

In the R-PP platform that includes participation

• f local communities living around forests
• arises. If there is any initiative organized ethnic

groups (including indigenous peoples and local communities), the Dominican Republic is the legal basis for such groups to participate actively in the formulation and implementation

• f the REDD +

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National Development Strategy (Law 01-12)

Article 15. The Dominican State shall promote social participation in the formulation, implementation, auditing and evaluation of public policies, by creating spaces and institutional mechanisms that facilitate civic responsibility, gender equality, access to information, transparency, accountability, social

• versight and fluency in state-society

relations.

Component 2: Prepare the REDD+ Strategy

Evolution of forest cover in the Dominican Republic

0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 1 2 3 4 5 6

1844-1939 1972 1980 1996 2003 2011

Forest cover

Dominican Republic Forest cover 2011

39.7% 19,127.8 km2

30.8% Broadleaf + coniferous 8.4% Dry forest 0.5% Mangroves

SINAPs currently includes 123 sites, with an area

• f ​12,033 km2 (25% of the country).

Atlantic Ocean

Dominican Republic National System of Protected Areas

Republic

• f

Haiti

Direct causes DDB

Agricultural expansion

Expanding livestock

Extracting forest products

Forest fires

Infrastructure

construction Forest pests and diseases Tropical Storms and Hurricanes

REDD+ strategy

Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Underlying Causes DDB

Population growth Poverty and social inequity Land Tenure Fiscal and

development

policies Poor development

• f forests

REDD+ strategy

Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation

1967-1990

• Logging ban:

Forest Service led by military

1974 -2013

• Strengthening

the National System of Protected Areas (25%)

1986 - 2000

• Promotion of

LPG to replace coal and firewood

(12%)

1997-2013

• National

Reforestation

Plan Quisqueya Verde (+100 Mil Has)

1980 - 2000

• Integrated

Rural

Development

Projects (Gob & ONGs)

1983-2013

• Forest

management in dry pine forests and (+62 Mil has)

Strategies and policies implemented to counter D & D

REDD+ Pilot Project Yaque del Norte Watershed

Have begun preparatory work Selection Criteria

• Opportunity Costs
• Community Benefits
• Level of threat to the forest
• Safeguards
• Land Tenure
• Governance
• Risk of leakage
• Potential replica
• Ecosystem services
• Biodiversity

Component 3: Forest Reference Level

What activities include REDD+?

Deforestation Degradation Sustainable management

• f forests

Improved carbon stocks Conservation

• f carbon

stocks

What classification of land use?

• Scale for analysis: National

thinking in 3 regions

• Monitoring frequency:

Every 5 years

MRV SYSTEM SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS RL / REL

• Carbon pools to consider: Above

ground biomass, litter, dead wood.

• Which report key categories

Tier:?: Tier 1 Tier 3 to achieve

Map of forest types

updated with high resolution images (RapidEye) (75%)

Map dynamics of forest cover change 2000 – 2005 - 2010 National Forest Inventories

Stratified by forest type and content of C (Multipurpose) (30%)

Future projection of the dynamics of change in forest cover(modeling) Reference Level Emissions

Reference Level Emissions

Multitemporal analysis Loss / Gains

31.01.2014

The approach will be to establish national NR. The scale of work will take place in sub- scenarios.

Component 4: Systems for National Forest Monitoring

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

DIARENA

National verifier Group MRV

(universities, ICM, IGU, INDRHI, CONIAF, SGN, others)

Independent review in the country

National Forest Monitoring System In the Dominican Republic

Activity data

FOREST MONITORING UNIT

Emission factors

GHG

Inventory OFFICE OF CC OTHER UNITS (Aps,

PP, SA)

Safeguards

Independent review by external agent

Pests and diseases

NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY

Water regulation Dynamic / Growth Deforestation

NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY

Multipurpose focus

Component 5:

Budget

• 5. BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 Total

• 1a. National Readiness Management Arrangements

69 59 57 57

242

• 1b. Information Sharing and Early Dialogue with Key

Stakeholder Groups

30 30 30 30

120

• 1c. Consultation and Participation Process

90 90 80 65

325

• 2a. Assessment of Land Use, Land Use Change

Drivers, Forest Law, Policy and Governance

141 106 61 55

363

• 2b. REDD-plus Strategy Options

345 150 140 128

763

• 2c. REDD-plus Implementation Framework

150 137 117 107

511

• 2d. Social and Environmental Impacts during

Readiness Preparation and REDD-plus Implementation

140 183 154 99

576

3

(11%)

• 3. Develop a National Forest Reference Emission Level

85 280 235 200

800

• 4a. National Forest Monitoring System

500 1,090 905 570

3,065

• 4b. Designing an Information System for Multiple

Benefits, Other Impacts, Governance, and Safeguards

165 80 70 35

350

1,715 2,205 1,849 1,346 7,115 378 417 301 347 1,444 916 1,178 988 719

3,800

421 610 560 280 1,871 Program REDD-CCAD-GIZ (25%) 1 (10%)

2

(31%)

4

(48%)

Cost estimate (Thousand US$)

Subcomponent Component Total (thousands US$) Dominican Government (22%) FCPF (53%)

Acknowledgements

• CCAD GIZ REDD Programme
• To representatives of OCB´s
• Roundtable on Forests (MDB)
• Monitoring Committee On REDD
• Center for Agricultural and Forestry

Development (CEDAF)

• National Consultants & Experts
• FCPF (Guidelines and Methodologies)
• TAP Reviewers

Thank you for your attention