{"id":485,"date":"2021-03-24T14:40:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T14:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/call-for-national-experts-strengthening-capacity-among-african-forestry-stakeholders-for-implementing-redd-in-anglophone-and-lusophone-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-03-24T14:40:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T14:40:24","slug":"call-for-national-experts-strengthening-capacity-among-african-forestry-stakeholders-for-implementing-redd-in-anglophone-and-lusophone-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/call-for-national-experts-strengthening-capacity-among-african-forestry-stakeholders-for-implementing-redd-in-anglophone-and-lusophone-africa","title":{"rendered":"Call for national experts: strengthening capacity among African forestry stakeholders for implementing REDD+ in Anglophone and Lusophone Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/strong><\/span>
Since COP16, some African countries and other developing countries have received support from UN-REDD and other sources to undertake the readiness phase, and with a specific focus on developing strategies for an effective implementation of REDD+ projects in different forest types. The readiness phase is guided by the Warsaw Framework elements such as management of readiness, stakeholder participation, REDD+ strategy and Reference Emission Levels\/Forest Reference Emission Levels (REL\/FREL) setting, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV).<\/span><\/p>\n

The REDD+ implementation phases consists of (i) building sufficient institutional capacity to undertake various REDD+ projects; (ii) developing appropriate data acquisition systems to capture real-time and up-to-date monitoring of forest cover and emission levels; (iii) formulating national strategies for REDD+; (iv) developing action plans and improving results-based payments. Generally, REDD+ is implemented in 3 phases namely:<\/span><\/p>\n

(1)   REDD+ Readiness Preparation Phase (activities include identification of drivers of deforestation and degradation, development of a national plan and development of a REDD+ infrastructure and develop Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP), development of National REDD+ Strategy)<\/span><\/p>\n

(2)   Implementation Phase \/Scaling up Phase (activities include implementation of support activities carry out pilot projects, development of National Forest Monitoring Systems \u2013 a credible system for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), establishment of Reference Emission Levels (REL), building technical, institutional and human capacity, establishing safeguards and grievance mechanisms and clarifying rights to forests, land and carbon. This results into the preparation of the R-Package)<\/span><\/p>\n

(3)   Result based Payment Phase (activities include control emissions, monitor, measure report and verify)<\/span><\/p>\n

However, efforts made by African countries towards REDD+ implementation are still very poorly documented and analyzed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Objectives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The general objective of this work is to assess the level of implementation of REDD+ in various forest types (rain forest, mountains, mangroves, woodland and savanna, and parklands of the Sahel) to generate knowledge on best practices, opportunities and challenges as well as capacity gaps in the implementation of REDD+ across different forest types and in the different phases of REDD+.<\/span><\/p>\n

To achieve these objectives, the African Forest Forum has recruited a regional expert to undertake studies on REDD+ implementation in some Anglophone and Lusophone countries with specific focus on the following main tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n