US Climate Change Bill on the way to support REDD
Sun, 28/06/2009 - 10:46 — Markus Sommerauer
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Friday, 26th of June 2009: The bill (HR 2454) passed 219-212, with eight Republican "yes" votes tipping the balance. Forty-four Democrats voted against the bill.
The 1,201-page bill is considered the broadest piece of legislation ever considered by Congress aimed at capping greenhouse gas emissions and placing a price on carbon. Under the bill, emissions would be cut 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050. The massive bill tries to do it all and through a lengthy negotiating process to ensure its passage, it’s also loaded with compromises. But even with those concessions, the bill barely stayed alive, with more than 40 Democrats breaking ranks to vote against it.
After months of negotiations, 211 Democrats and eight Republicans voted for the bill
As difficult as House passage proved, it is just the beginning of the energy and climate debate in Congress. The issue now moves to the Senate, where political divisions and regional differences are even more stark.
Despite the tough path to passage, the legislation is a significant win for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) and the bill’s two main sponsors – House Energy and Commerce committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Ca.) and Massachusetts Rep. Edward Markey (D) – who modified the bill again and again to get skeptical members from the Rust Belt, the oil-producing southeast and rural Midwest to back the legislation.
Some first details of the Waxman-Markey bill in respect to the REDD program:
Here is some of the latest information on REDD in the US House legislation. Click title to connect and here is the relevant text:
Supplemental Reductions from Preventing Tropical Deforestation: 5% of allowances will be allocated from 2012 through 2025 to prevent tropical deforestation and build capacity to generate international deforestation offsets. By 2020, this program will achieve additional emission reductions equivalent to 10% of U.S. emissions in 2005. From 2026 through 2030, 3% of allowances will be allocated to this program. In 2031 and thereafter, 2% will be allocated to this program.
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REDD Projects in Indonesia
REDD Projects in Indonesia
My update:
1. MERANG REDD PILOT PROJECT (MRPP) in Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatera; 150,000 ha; GTZ, MoF, Provincial Govt, MUBA District, http://www.merang-redd.net/
2. Ulu Masen project in Aceh; 750,000 ha, facilitated by Flora Fauna International (FFI)
3. Kampar project in Riau; 400,000 ha, Leaf Carbon Ltd. and APRIL/RAPP
4. Kuala Kampar project in Riau; 700,000 ha, WWF
5. Tesso Nilo in Riau, 50,000 ha, WWF
6. Harapan Rainforest in Muara Jambi-Jambi Province; 101,000 ha; Burung Indonesia, RSPB, Birdlife
7. Berbak in Jambi; 250,000 ha; ERM, ZSL, Berbak National Park
8. Kapuas Hulu and Ketapang in West Kalimantan; 157,000 ha; FFI, PT. Mcquirie Capital
9. Central Kalimantan; 50,000 ha, Infinite Earth
10. KFCP in Cetral Kalimantan; 340,000 ha; Govt of Australia
11. Katingan in Central Kalimantan; ………..ha; Starling Resources
12. Mawas PCAP in Central Kalimantan; 364,000 ha; BOS, Govt of Netherland, Shell Canada
13. Sebangau National Park in Cetral Kalimantan; 50,000 ha; WWF, BOS, Wetlands Intl, Care Intl
14. Malinau in East Kalimantan; Global Eco Rescue, INHUTANI II, District Govt of Malinau
15. Berau in East Kalimantan; 971,245 ha; TNC, ICRAF, Sekala, Mulawarman Universitiy, WInrock Intl, Univ of Queensland
16. Heart of Borneo Kalimantan; 22 million ha; WWF
17. Poigar in North Sulawesi; 34,989 ha; Green Synergies
18. Mamuju in West Sulawesi; 30,000 ha; Keep the Habitat, Inhutani I
19. Mimika and Memberamo in Papua; 265,000 ha; New Forest Asset Mgt, PT. Emerald Planet
20. Jayapura in Papua; 217,634 ha; WWF
21. Merauke-Mappi-Asmat in Papua; ……ha; WWF
Source: http://environmentalism.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/redd-project-in-indonesia/.
My update:
1. MERANG REDD PILOT PROJECT (MRPP) in Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatera; 150,000 ha; GTZ, MoF, Provincial Govt, MUBA District, http://www.merang-redd.net/
2. Ulu Masen project in Aceh; 750,000 ha, facilitated by Flora Fauna International (FFI)
3. Kampar project in Riau; 400,000 ha, Leaf Carbon Ltd. and APRIL/RAPP
4. Kuala Kampar project in Riau; 700,000 ha, WWF
5. Tesso Nilo in Riau, 50,000 ha, WWF
6. Harapan Rainforest in Muara Jambi-Jambi Province; 101,000 ha; Burung Indonesia, RSPB, Birdlife
7. Berbak in Jambi; 250,000 ha; ERM, ZSL, Berbak National Park
8. Kapuas Hulu and Ketapang in West Kalimantan; 157,000 ha; FFI, PT. Mcquirie Capital
9. Central Kalimantan; 50,000 ha, Infinite Earth
10. KFCP in Cetral Kalimantan; 340,000 ha; Govt of Australia
11. Katingan in Central Kalimantan; ………..ha; Starling Resources
12. Mawas PCAP in Central Kalimantan; 364,000 ha; BOS, Govt of Netherland, Shell Canada
13. Sebangau National Park in Cetral Kalimantan; 50,000 ha; WWF, BOS, Wetlands Intl, Care Intl
14. Malinau in East Kalimantan; Global Eco Rescue, INHUTANI II, District Govt of Malinau
15. Berau in East Kalimantan; 971,245 ha; TNC, ICRAF, Sekala, Mulawarman Universitiy, WInrock Intl, Univ of Queensland
16. Heart of Borneo Kalimantan; 22 million ha; WWF
17. Poigar in North Sulawesi; 34,989 ha; Green Synergies
18. Mamuju in West Sulawesi; 30,000 ha; Keep the Habitat, Inhutani I
19. Mimika and Memberamo in Papua; 265,000 ha; New Forest Asset Mgt, PT. Emerald Planet
20. Jayapura in Papua; 217,634 ha; WWF
21. Merauke-Mappi-Asmat in Papua; ……ha; WWF
Source: http://environmentalism.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/redd-project-in-indonesia/.
REDD and Good Governance
Good governance ‘key to effective REDD’
Mohamad Rayan, clipper
Adianto P. Simamora , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta Mon, 06/08/2009 9:49 AM National
Paying people to protect forests will effectively help reduce deforestation and ease climate change only if recipient countries practice good governance in natural resources management, according to a recent study.
The study’s researchers stressed that where governance was weak, there were risks that elites would divert the flow of funds to themselves while poor local communities with weak land tenure would lose out.
“Effective and equitable governance will be the key to successful payment schemes,” Ivan Bond, lead author and also a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), said in the report made available to The Jakarta Post on Friday.
“Unfortunately, governance tends to be weakest in the very places where deforestation is greatest. Communities need clear land rights if they are to gain from payments that flow to their countries in return for forest protection.”
The study, jointly conducted by researchers at IIED, Bogor-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the World Resource Institute (WRI), took place in forest nations including Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil and Mexico. Funded by the Norwegian government, the study was published as delegates from about 190 countries meet in Bonn for an international conference that will last until June 12, 2009, to hammer out a new regime of emission reduction to address the climate change.
The conference will also discuss the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) mechanism.
The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) admitted the implementation of good governance in the forest resources management remained weak due to Indonesia’s disputes over forest ownership.
“It is urgent to settle which sides should take account for forests and their management so that we can practice good governance,” Bappenas director of forestry and water resources conservation Basah Hernowo told the Post.
The Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) said earlier the lack of clear status for indigenous peoples and local communities managing the country’s forests would become the main obstacle in implementing the REDD mechanism in Indonesia.
The 1999 forestry law stipulates all forested lands are state-owned and allows local communities and indigenous people to take wood from the forests for their daily needs.
Basah said the government would discuss a policy of financial sharing under the REDD after the Bonn conference, which was expected to outline the funding mechanism and the monitoring system, the main issues that would be decided during the Copenhagen conference in December.
Meanwhile, another study said selling carbon in Kalimantan tropical rainforests could also protect orangutans, pygmy elephants and other wildlife facing extinction.
“Our study clearly demonstrates that payments made to reduce carbon emissions from forests, could also be an efficient and effective way to protect biodiversity,” said Oscar Venter, the study’s lead author and also a biologist at the University of Queensland in Australia.
CIFOR director general, Frances Seymour, who also took part in the study, said the new data should help make the case that forests have to be part of the solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Mohamad Rayan, clipper
Adianto P. Simamora , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta Mon, 06/08/2009 9:49 AM National
Paying people to protect forests will effectively help reduce deforestation and ease climate change only if recipient countries practice good governance in natural resources management, according to a recent study.
The study’s researchers stressed that where governance was weak, there were risks that elites would divert the flow of funds to themselves while poor local communities with weak land tenure would lose out.
“Effective and equitable governance will be the key to successful payment schemes,” Ivan Bond, lead author and also a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), said in the report made available to The Jakarta Post on Friday.
“Unfortunately, governance tends to be weakest in the very places where deforestation is greatest. Communities need clear land rights if they are to gain from payments that flow to their countries in return for forest protection.”
The study, jointly conducted by researchers at IIED, Bogor-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the World Resource Institute (WRI), took place in forest nations including Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil and Mexico. Funded by the Norwegian government, the study was published as delegates from about 190 countries meet in Bonn for an international conference that will last until June 12, 2009, to hammer out a new regime of emission reduction to address the climate change.
The conference will also discuss the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) mechanism.
The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) admitted the implementation of good governance in the forest resources management remained weak due to Indonesia’s disputes over forest ownership.
“It is urgent to settle which sides should take account for forests and their management so that we can practice good governance,” Bappenas director of forestry and water resources conservation Basah Hernowo told the Post.
The Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) said earlier the lack of clear status for indigenous peoples and local communities managing the country’s forests would become the main obstacle in implementing the REDD mechanism in Indonesia.
The 1999 forestry law stipulates all forested lands are state-owned and allows local communities and indigenous people to take wood from the forests for their daily needs.
Basah said the government would discuss a policy of financial sharing under the REDD after the Bonn conference, which was expected to outline the funding mechanism and the monitoring system, the main issues that would be decided during the Copenhagen conference in December.
Meanwhile, another study said selling carbon in Kalimantan tropical rainforests could also protect orangutans, pygmy elephants and other wildlife facing extinction.
“Our study clearly demonstrates that payments made to reduce carbon emissions from forests, could also be an efficient and effective way to protect biodiversity,” said Oscar Venter, the study’s lead author and also a biologist at the University of Queensland in Australia.
CIFOR director general, Frances Seymour, who also took part in the study, said the new data should help make the case that forests have to be part of the solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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