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Conserving Now, Preserving Future

South Asia’s First VCS Approved Methodology from India

For the Implementation of REDD+ Activities in Landscapes

Affected by Mosaic Deforestation and Degradation

Sabine Preuss

Director Environment, Climate and Natural Resources Management,

GIZ India

Side Event

India Pavilion

COP23

Sabine Preuss

Director Environment, Climate and Natural Resources Management,

GIZ India

Side Event

India Pavilion

COP23

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South Asia’s First VCS Approved Methodology from

India

For the Implementation of REDD+ Activities in Landscapes Affected by Mosaic Deforestation and

Degradation

Ms. Sabine Preuss

Programme Director

Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management

9 November 2017

Side Event

India Pavilion

COP23

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Implemented by

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Overview of the Methodology

Sectoral Scope

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land-Uses (AFOLU)

Project Category: REDD and ARR

Project types: AUDD, ARR

Prepared by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

IORA Ecological Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Authors Kundan Burnwal (GIZ);

Ashwin A.S., Swapan Mehra, Zainab Hassan, Ankit Rawat (IORA

Ecological Solutions)

Contact Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

A-2/18, Third Floor, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110029, India

Telephone: +91 11 49495353

Contact Email: [email protected]

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Overview: Forestry in India

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77,51%

2,54%

9,70%

8,99% 1,26%

Non-Forest

Very Dense Forest

Moderately DenseForestOpen Forest

� Ranks at 10th position in terms of

forest area in the world (GFRA

2010)

� Forests neutralize about 11% of

India’s GHG emissions (Reference

document for REDD+ in India,

2014)

� Incremental annual mitigation potential of Green India Mission interventions has

been estimated to be 148.8 million tonnes of CO2by 2020 which alone can

offset 6.4% of National GHG emissions by 2020

� Forestry is a concurrent subject

Forest cover is 697,898 sq km, i.e. 21.23% of the country’s geographical area. (FSI SFR 2013)

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No internationally approved carbon market forestry methodology developed for India

Hence no existing methodology considers the specific nature of drivers and agents of forest change of Indian forests

Neither do the existing methodologies attend to India specific management needs or India specific data and parameters

India specific methodology will aid in the development of REDD projects in line with Draft National REDD+ Strategy and Policy

India Specific VCS REDD Methodology

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Methodology Webhosted on the VCS website

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Methodology Applicability• Criteria set out in the methodology which must be met by the project developer (PD)• Serve to identify the scope of the methodology

Project Boundary• Spatial boundaries, Temporal boundaries, Carbon pools and GHG emission sources

Baseline• Baseline scenario (ex-ante) expected to occur in the absence of the project activity and GHG

emission in the baseline

Additionality• Increase in GHG removals by sinks within the project boundary that would have occurred in the

absence of the project scenario

Quantification• Estimation of sequestration as well as emissions due to the project activity in PA and LA in a

given baseline crediting period which includes Baseline emission, Project Emission and Leakage

Monitoring• Process of monitoring of parameters related to emission in PA and LA

Uncertainty • Uncertainty relevant to forest inventory taken to calculate the project emission and sequestration

Key Components of VCS REDD Methodology

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Applicability (Eligibility Criteria, Drivers)

Applicable

Activities

Drivers, activities considered under

this methodology

Deforestation

or degradation

1. REDD [Avoided Unplanned Deforestation and Degradation (AUDD)]; and

2. ARR

Unsustainable extraction of fuel wood Degradation

Unsustainable extraction of Non Timber

Forest Produce

Degradation

Unplanned timber harvesting Degradation

Uncontrolled grazing and fodder collection Degradation

Anthropogenic forest fire Deforestation

Unplanned mining and quarrying Deforestation

Expansion of subsistence agriculture by

conversion of forest lands

Deforestation

Encroachment Deforestation

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Methodology Applicability Conditions

The methodology is globally applicable under the following conditions:

� The project activities include AUDD or a combination of AUDD and ARR.

� The project area must meet the definition of forest land for at least 10

years prior to start date of any REDD activities.

� The project area must not be a forest land for at least 10 years prior to

the start date of any ARR activities and does not convert native

ecosystems.

� Biofuel crop production is allowed in ARR activities.

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Non Applicability Conditions

The methodology is not applicable under the following conditions:

× The project activities include APDD.

× The project area is wetlands or peat lands.

× The project activities only include ARR.

× The project activities include ACoGS.

× ARR activities displace more than 50 percent of agricultural lands from the area..

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Project Boundary

Spatial boundaries

Project areaReference

Region

Leakage zones and Leakage management

zone

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Boundaries: Scenarios

Project Area and Reference Region

Fig: Discrete parcels of PA

and RR

Fig: PA and RR that do not

share boundaryFig: PA inside the RR

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Reference Region (RR) Vs Project Area (PA)Factors Points of comparison

Area • RR shall not be less than that of the PA. • RR need not share boundary with the PA.• Both RR and PA need not be contiguous, and can be formed of distinct

parcels.• REDD components and ARR components of the project must be distinctly

mapped

Forest types and landscape factors

• The forests within the RR shall be similar to the forests within the PA. • Landscape factors like elevation, slope, climatic conditions must be

considered similar in proportion.

Land tenure and management practices

• Land tenure system and management practices prevalent in the RR must be demonstrated to be similar to that in the PA

• RR and PA may not be subject to two completely different land tenure and management practices

Policies and regulations

• Policies and regulations having an impact on land-use change patterns within the RR and the PA must be of the same type, or have an equivalent effect, taking into account the current level of enforcement.

Drivers • The types of prevalent drivers shall be the same. • RR shall not have any driver which is not present at the PA.

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Thank you for your Attention!

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

For further details on the methodology please contact:Kundan BurnwalA2/18, Third Floor,Safdarjung Enclave,New Delhi- 110029E: [email protected]

T: +91-11 4949 5353F: +91-11 49495391I: www.giz.de

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