Outcomes from the Regional Workshop on Forest and Climate Change: Phnom Penh, Cambodia May 2009 REDD Consultation Support to ASEAN Senior Officers on Forestry and UNFCCC Focal Points

Objectives To examine policy implementation options for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) To enable sharing views among ASEAN countries on the development of REDD+ strategy and policies as well as implementation measures and project activities To consider areas of regional cooperation among the ASEAN Member States Share specific information and experiences on REDD pilot project

General information Held in PP on May 2009 (PP Hotel) Organized by Forestry Administration of Cambodia Assisted by ONF International Sponsored by French Development Agency (AFD) Attended by ASOF Leaders and their representatives (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and the national focal point of UNFCCC, representative from ITTO, UNDP, FAO, AFD, DANIDA, JICA, the William Clinton Foundation, IDRI, Climate Focus, and ONF-int’l

Outcomes and Recommendations from the Workshop

1-Possible areas of regional cooperation for consideration The workshop recognized the need to develop a joint fund-raising plan to ensure the availability of finance for various activities Individual countries may take the lead in taking various agenda items and turn them into funding proposals AMS may also consider developing a joint strategy to reach out to bilateral and multilateral funding agencies strategy should further address the shortage of experts ensuring building, mobilizing and effective use of human resources and staff.

2-Specific Recommendations There are 3 specific recommendations for joint research and collaboration activities : 1.Policy analysis for climate change and forests ▫Assess policy implementation with regard to climate change issue (mitigation and adaptation) ▫Conduct Costs and impact analysis 2.Coordination of implementation  Trans-boundary forest management policies  Review ASEAN communities blueprints in the context of REDD plus  Share of information on UNFCCC negotiation and international development 3.Pilot projects and implementation activities  Sharing lesson learnt from pilot activities

3-Elements for consideration towards an ASEAN position to the UNFCCC negotiations on REDD plus In addition to elements of a common ASEAN position submitted at Poznan COP14 conference, the following elements should be considered : Set up fund under ASOF with technical support from development partners Support the agreed position of G77+China that funding window for REDD plus should be established and accessible to all non-annex 1 parties. This should includes but not limited to : ▫Funding window should provide capacity building, carbon accounting and inventories, technology transfer, policy implementation, and institutional arrangements ▫It should support regional and country-level actions and conservations REDD plus should be considered separately from Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMAs)

Elements for consideration Domestic leakage should be avoided but international leakage should not be considered in this context Countries should be allowed to choose among market and fund based approaches, and a combination of two Countries should be supported to come up with RPLAN as soon as possible within ASEAN cooperation framework Incentives both from market and funds should be provided taking into account the need for adequacy, predictability, and sustainability of support International commitment from developed countries to support REDD plus action should be binding Regarding LULUCF accounting rules for annex 1 countries, the consideration of option 1 (activity-based accounting) and option 2 (land-based accounting) should be followed very carefully to the extend that it may affect opportunities for REDD plus

Elements for consideration The elaboration of a common ASEAN REDD position paper should be considered prior to COP15, including assessing the options mention in the previous point. An additional workshop would be needed to achieve this. International legal expert should be call upon to support the elaboration of the paper. Time should be allowed for due consideration before any possible Ministerial declaration on the matter The establishment of an ASEAN negotiation group on REDD plus can be considered before COP15. It should be noted that domestic inter-Ministry coordination is also required before statements can be made at high level segments. Activity at the level of contact group (and G77 meetings) might be more effective. However, excessive ASEAN coordination time should be avoided so that ASEAN negotiators can effectively participate in G77 coordination and contact groups ASEAN coordination may be made more difficult by the fact that some countries only send two delegates. Support should be requested to enable larger delegations.

Information on REDD activities in ASEAN Table 1: illustrates state of REDD preparation and demonstration activities of participated countries. This include the elements of current REDD strategies and next step for REDD readiness Table 2: illustrates some outstanding recent or current REDD activities

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