1. TRILLION TREES & FLR in East Africa
29 August 2018
Tim Rayden

2. Introduction TRILLION TREES
A collaborative venture between WCS, WWF and Birdlife International
A vision of a world where tree cover is expanding not shrinking
Seed funding from Restore UK (UK-based foundation)
Aim to be catalytic in bringing new funding for ambitious large scale restoration and conservation initiatives
A commitment to implementation: Initiating new projects, growing existing ones and bringing the right funding to the right action
TRILLION TREES
A combined presence in over 100 countries
Developing a project portfolio around key target landscapes

3. Project pipeline
Trillion Trees team provides technical support for project development, fundraising and enabling access to finance for projects that can contribute to the Trillion Trees aims: both protection and restoration projects
Pipeline of 20+ landscape projects plus some cross cutting, sector specific or national scale policy initiatives

4. Priority geographies Partner pipeline projects
Countries with projects that could be developed in line with TT
Potential pipeline projects
Countries with one or more landscapes supported by partners under Trillion Trees
Partner pipeline projects
Peru
Brazil
Equador… TBD
42M

5. Pathways to a Trillion Protected areas Sustainable wood supply
Promote the better management of existing protected areas the creation of new protected areas and indigenous reserves
Zero-deforestation commodities
Supporting efforts to eliminate commodity-related deforestation
Ethical and impact investing
Private investment in conservation and conservation friendly production activities in our target landscapes
Jurisdictional REDD+
Facilitate the development of payment for performance REDD+ in our target landscapes
Sustainable wood supply
Promoting the wise use of production forests, sustainable plantations and forest restoration
Protected areas

6. East Africa
FLR focus
Tanzania
Rwanda
Uganda

7. Tanzania National FLR programme Usambara Mountains
Supporting Tanzania Forest Service (TFS) to join the AFR100, target: 5.2 million hectares restored;
Coordinating with stakeholders including IUCN, WRI and local CSOs to develop the National FLR Programme;
Technical support through hiring of Trillion Trees Manager (Tz) and consultants to support Tz government on development of the national programme
Providing GIS support for mapping and FLR priority areas diagnostics
Support for Tz govt on FLR working group;
Mobilisation of financial support:
Improving REDD+ Mechanisms through GCF (next pipeline)
National FLR Programme Tz and Zanzibar through the GEF7 mechanisms
Pilot implementation in three landscapes already underway
Usambara Mountains
WWF & BLI restoration initiatives with local partner NGOs
Rungwe Mountains
WCS restoration initiatives in Rungwe, Kitulo Plateau & Mporoto
Kazimzumbwi
WWF restoration initiatives in Kazimzumbwi, Vikindu and Pugu Forest Reserves

8. WCS Southern Highlands Project, Tanzania
Mt Rungwe, Kitulo Plateau National Park & Mporoto FR