1. ecbi european capacity building initiative
initiative européenne de renforcement des capacités
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
in Developing Countries
Fellows´ Recommendations, Oxford Seminar 2007
for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations
pour un renforcement durable des capacités en appui aux négociations internationales sur les changements climatiques

2. Objectives
Assisting developing countries to achieve sustainable development and fulfill the objectives
of UNFCCC
2. Encouraging additional efforts to reduce emissions
3. Promoting biodiversity conservation

3. Sources of funding A combination of different financing sources:
A fund for specific activities, including capacity building
Market mechanisms, free and oriented
International sources (multilateral and bilateral initiatives)

4. Distribution of incentives for REDD
The establishment of criteria and modalities for REDD activities should be the first priority.
Benefits to be inclusive, therefore, a flexible framework can help including actions at different levels:
-National
-Regional
-Sectoral
-Project – based
A twin approach – national and project based could take care of land tenure particularities

5. Technical and methodological challenges
Market – based approaches are promising but methodologically complex and may lead to problems of distribution
Monitoring forest cover is important - we cannot manage something that we cannot measure
Apply (develop) a gold standard to CERs for REDD activities

6. Capacity building
Developing countries will need assistance with monitoring, measuring and participating in any mechanism which will ultimately be decided
Encourage South-South cooperative to better understand the process, assess forest stocks through inventories (i.e. initiative of Brazil to cover African forests).