Cambodia National REDD+ Strategy Development: Progress and Challenges Chhun Delux Deputy Chief Forest Carbon Credits and Climate Change, Forestry Administration, Cambodia E-mail: chhundelux83@gmail.com

Why National REDD+ Strategy? One of the four required elements under the WFR, and Cambodia has ambitions to move rapidly to RBPs under the WFF. Key policy documents and presenting the strong commitment of the country government to address D&D Provide clear direction to the government and stakeholders to achieve goal in reducing/eliminating D&D Potential for seeking more funding support from different donor requirements    

How it is developed? Inputs from different stakeholders ( 4 Technical Teams, Consultation Group, Cambodia REDD+ Taskforce) Build on the outputs from readiness phase Following the  step: (1) plan (2) skeleton (3) draft strategy (4) public consultation (4) finalize and present at COP

What are the key challenges in developing NRS? Difficult to align with existing government policies that aim to address D&D in different line ministries No-clear framework from UNFCCC on NRS ( especial all elements in the strategy i.e fund mechanism, benefit sharing..) Lack of clear “best practices” – examples of existing NRS in A/P (e.g., Indonesia, VN, Philippines) are very different, and so there is no clear guidance from past experiences- especially address D&D in regional level..

Tentative structure Proposed chapters Input Executive Summary   Executive Summary Consultant 1 Introduction and international and national context 2 Objective of the strategy 3 Institutional arrangements for implementation of the strategy 4 Policies and measures to address the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation Demonstration TT 5 Safeguards and grievance mechanisms Safeguards TT 6 National REDD+ fund and benefit sharing Benefit sharing TT 7 National forest monitoring system 8 National REL/ RL MRV/REL TT 9 National system to report on GHGs 10 National vs. Sub-national Execution 11 Financing options for the implementation of the REDD+ strategy