REDD+ FOR THE GUIANA SHIELD Technical Cooperation Project Initiatives around REDD+ in French Guiana Fanny MISS, ONF 6 th August st Steering Committee, Paramaribo
The forest in French Guiana 8 Mha of forest 2,4 Mha of permanent forest estate (developed or in progress) 1,8Mha of intermediary forest 1,4 Mha PAG (French Guiana Amazonian Park)-ONF 2Mha PAG Reserves Forests managed by indigenous communities
Context Research in French Guiana Good implantation Know forest resources to manage them Continuous improvement of forest management Why carbon? Climate policy obligations: Kyoto commitment- inventories … Humid tropical forests = green lung of the planet Only European tropical forest
Carbon context of French Guiana Kyoto Deforestation in French Guiana France = Annex 1 country 3.3 land use change 3.4 forest management REDD+ in French Guiana REDD+ mechanism : unclear “REDD+ Inspired” or voluntary carbon market: to develop Pass from a “flux” logic to a “stock” logic: to investigate Regulatory framework to value sustainable forest management For ONF: integrate the carbon issue in forest management Sharing progress on REDD+ strategies
Activity 1: Assessment of forest cover and stocks GUYAFOR GUYAFOR (2000) CIRAD + ONF : Estimation of above ground forest biomass, network of plots CARPAG CARPAG (2009) CIRAD : Carbon from the pastures of French Guyana and greenhouse gas emissions Evaluation of CO2 fluxes in grasslands
GUYAFLUX Context: Project started in 2003, INRA FTH: carbon sequestration dynamics Objective Measurement of forest-atmosphere gas exchanges Tower of 55m height Results: Zero carbon storage or low stock Continue the analysis: relations between compartments, stock/flux and factors of influence Activity 1: Assessment of forest cover and stocks
SEAS: Satellite based monitoring of the Amazonian biome Context: Platform for the direct acquisition and processing of SPOT and ENVISAT data IRD (and other partners, including French Guiana Region, CNES), Objectives: satellite data Results: Kyoto project Identification and quantification of drivers of deforestation Statistics to comply with the Kyoto Protocol Data use Activity 2: Improve the deforestation/degradation dynamic understanding
SEAS To come: Cessation of satellites SPOT 1 to 4 and ANVISAT Reception of SPOT 5 (end of life at the end of 2014) SPOT 6 and Pléiades images being tested Covering for Antilles- French Guiana Acquiring of additional images on demand and depending on additional funding Activity 2: Improve the deforestation/degradation dynamic understanding
Guyasim Guyasim: Simulator to explore the environmental impact of different development scenarios in French Guiana Context Strong socio-economic development = plan adequate and sustainable infrastructure Find a compromise between territorial development and forest preservation Objective: «French Guiana simulator» allowing the quantification and mapping of the likely evolution of indicators of environmental services Results Decision making tool to support land use planning Quantify the services provided by the ecosystems REDD component : reference scenarios/ alternative scenarios Activity 3: Improve modeling capacities to help decision-making process
Guyasim: example of a development scenario
Before AfterBalance Aboveground biomass Below ground Biomass Deadwood and litter carbon Soil Carbon70 0 Total Carbon Stock Quantify and identify reduction or compensation modalities
MERCI / THANK YOU / DANK U / OBRIGADO Photo credit: ONF Guyane