1. REDD+ FOR THE GUIANA SHIELD Technical Cooperation Project Initiatives around REDD+ in French Guiana Fanny MISS, ONF 6 th August 2013 1 st Steering Committee, Paramaribo

2. The forest in French Guiana  8 Mha of forest  2,4 Mha of permanent forest estate (developed or in progress)  1,8Mha of intermediary forest  1,4 Mha PAG (French Guiana Amazonian Park)-ONF  2Mha PAG  Reserves  Forests managed by indigenous communities

3. Context  Research in French Guiana  Good implantation  Know forest resources to manage them  Continuous improvement of forest management  Why carbon?  Climate policy obligations: Kyoto commitment- inventories 2008-2012-…  Humid tropical forests = green lung of the planet  Only European tropical forest

4. Carbon context of French Guiana  Kyoto  Deforestation in French Guiana  France = Annex 1 country  3.3 land use change  3.4 forest management  REDD+ in French Guiana  REDD+ mechanism : unclear  “REDD+ Inspired” or voluntary carbon market: to develop  Pass from a “flux” logic to a “stock” logic: to investigate  Regulatory framework to value sustainable forest management  For ONF: integrate the carbon issue in forest management  Sharing progress on REDD+ strategies

5. Activity 1: Assessment of forest cover and stocks  GUYAFOR  GUYAFOR (2000) CIRAD + ONF : Estimation of above ground forest biomass, network of plots  CARPAG  CARPAG (2009) CIRAD : Carbon from the pastures of French Guyana and greenhouse gas emissions Evaluation of CO2 fluxes in grasslands

6. GUYAFLUX  Context:  Project started in 2003, INRA  FTH: carbon sequestration dynamics  Objective  Measurement of forest-atmosphere gas exchanges  Tower of 55m height  Results:  Zero carbon storage or low stock  Continue the analysis: relations between compartments, stock/flux and factors of influence Activity 1: Assessment of forest cover and stocks

7. SEAS: Satellite based monitoring of the Amazonian biome  Context:  Platform for the direct acquisition and processing of SPOT and ENVISAT data  IRD (and other partners, including French Guiana Region, CNES), 2006-2011  Objectives: satellite data  Results:  Kyoto project  Identification and quantification of drivers of deforestation  Statistics to comply with the Kyoto Protocol  Data use Activity 2: Improve the deforestation/degradation dynamic understanding

8. SEAS  To come:  Cessation of satellites SPOT 1 to 4 and ANVISAT  Reception of SPOT 5 (end of life at the end of 2014)  SPOT 6 and Pléiades images being tested  Covering for Antilles- French Guiana  Acquiring of additional images on demand and depending on additional funding Activity 2: Improve the deforestation/degradation dynamic understanding

9. Guyasim Guyasim: Simulator to explore the environmental impact of different development scenarios in French Guiana  Context  Strong socio-economic development = plan adequate and sustainable infrastructure  Find a compromise between territorial development and forest preservation  Objective: «French Guiana simulator» allowing the quantification and mapping of the likely evolution of indicators of environmental services  Results  Decision making tool to support land use planning  Quantify the services provided by the ecosystems  REDD component : reference scenarios/ alternative scenarios Activity 3: Improve modeling capacities to help decision-making process

10. Guyasim: example of a development scenario

12. Before AfterBalance Aboveground biomass 1500-150 Below ground Biomass 3015-15 Deadwood and litter carbon 100-0 Soil Carbon70 0 Total Carbon Stock 26085-175 Quantify and identify reduction or compensation modalities

13. Dr.guyane@onf.fr www.onf.fr/guyane MERCI / THANK YOU / DANK U / OBRIGADO Photo credit: ONF Guyane