Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute.
REDD-plus and Forest-DRR Research and Development Center.

UNFCCC COP22 side event by FFPRI and ITTO

Enabling results-based payments for REDD+ in tropical forests: Lessons from reference setting 
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UNFCCC COP22 Side Event session at Marrakesh, Morocco, Thursday, 17 
Nov 2016, 15:00-16:30,co-organized by the Forestry and Forest Products 
Research Institute (FFPRI) and the International Tropical Timber Organization 
(ITTO) will start soon. Please watch the livestream here:
   
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UNFCCC COP22 Side Event session at Marrakesh, Morocco, Thursday, 17 Nov 2016, 
15:00-16:30, co-organized by the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 
(FFPRI) and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) will start soon. 
Please watch the livestream here:

The flyer of the FFPRI-ITTO side event can be downloaded from ITTO homepage; 

Program:
Moderator: Dr. Hwan-ok Ma, ITTO
- Opening Remarks by Mr. Shuji Oki, Deputy Director General of the 
Forestry Agency, Government of Japan
- Keynote Presentation by Dr. Maria Jose Sanchez, Scientific Director, 
Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain
- Panel members’ presentation:
1) Dr. Yasumasa Hirata, Director, REDD+ Research and Development Center, 
 Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Japan
2) Ms. Novia Widyaningtyas, Head of REDD+ Division, 
 Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
3) Dr. Elizabeth Philip, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia
4) Mr. Chivin Leng, Deputy chief of MRV/FRL Technical Team, 
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
5) Mr. Kwame Agyei, Senior Manager, National REDD+ Secretariat, Ghana

- Discussion with participants

Contacts:
FFPRI: Dr. Yasumasa Hirata, climate@ffpri.affrc.go.jp
ITTO: Dr. Hwan-ok Ma, ma@itto.int

YouTube Description:  
Several efforts to set national and sub-national reference levels 
have been made in tropical forests of varying ecological and 
socio-economic complexities. Making reliable and consistent 
reference levels is a major challenge that can be addressed 
through increased research and capacity building.

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This session is particularly for people who are interested in 
the effective implementation of REDD+ (*) in tropical forests, 
and those who want to contribute to the mitigation of climate 
change in the context of NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) 
under the Paris Agreement(**).

* REDD+: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest 
Degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management 
of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries

** Paris Agreement

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Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
REDD Research and Development Center Secretariat
1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
E-mail: redd-rd-center@ffpri.affrc.go.jp
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