Project

(REDD+) Priming Financial and Land Use Planning Instruments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation

Lead country

Ecuador

Participating countries

Ecuador

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From May 23, 2017 to November 22, 2022

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  2. 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
  3. 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management

Project ID: 5768

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Technical team

  • Climate and Forests Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Climate Financing for REDD/REDD+
  • Carbon conservation

Landscape(s)

  • Forests

Transformed sector(s)

  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Law regulation
  • Finance economy
  • Management operation

Sub-strategy

  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Institutional framework
  • Nature finance
  • Sustainable land management

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience
  • Hazard control/mitigation

SDG target(s)

  • 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  • 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation
  • 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Nature-based solution

About this project

Description

This project will implement the priority policies and measures identified in Ecuador's REDD+ Action Plan . This REDD+AP will contribute to reduce emissions from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, which represents 30% of GHG emissions of the country . More specifically, it will contribute to achieve the objectives of the government which are: 1) a reduction in gross emissions by at least 20 % by 2025 compared to Forest Reference Emission Levels (FREL) 2000-2008; 2) reforestation of 210,000 hectares of cleared land; 3) maintain climate regulation services (carbon) and others such as water regulation and associated biodiversity. Through the present project, the GCF provides approximately 26% of the budget requested for the implementation of the REDD+AP from 2016 to 2025.

Objectives

Paradigm-shift Objective: The project will engender a shift to a low-emission sustainable development pathway by addressing one of the main emission sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Ecuador – that from deforestation and forest degradation. The project will develop a set of financial and market instruments for sustainable use of land through supply chain initiatives, domestic policies and finance. These measures are priorities outlined in the National REDD+ AP for 2016-2020. .

USD $41,172,739

Grant amount

USD $42,835,908

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Green Climate Fund Common ($41,172,739)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Ministry of Environment

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Investment in enabling policies to reduce the drivers of deforestation and its associated emissions.

Indicators:

Fund-level indicator: M4.0 Reduced emissions from land use, reforestation, reduced deforestation, and through sustainable forest management and conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks: Cost per tCO.
Fund-level indicator: M4.0 Reduced emissions from land use, reforestation, reduced deforestation, and through sustainable forest management and conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks: Emission reduction (tCO2e) as a result of REDD+ AP;
Project outcome: M5.0 Strengthened institutional and regulatory systems: Project outcome indicator: 5.1 Institutional and regulatory systems that improve incentives for low-emission planning and development and their effective implementation
Project outcome: M5.0 Strengthened institutional and regulatory systems: Project outcome indicator: 5.2 Number and level of effective coordination mechanisms
Project outcome: M9.0 Improved management of land and forest: Project outcome indicator: 9.1 Hectares of land or forests under improved and
effective management that contributes to CO2 emission reductions.
Output: At a national level, “Contents and Processes Guide for the formulation, development and land-use plans in provinces, cantons and parishes”
• Provincial PDOT
• Cantonal PDOT
• Life Plans
Output: Number of legal coordination instruments at a national and territorial level for REDD+.
Output: Number of strengthened land-use planning instruments and life plans that have included climate change mitigation policies and actions.
Output: Area (ha) transformed to sustainable production systems in deforested areas.
Output: Existence of a national service for contracts (SERCOP) resolution that includes and prioritizes the procurement of deforestation-free products.Number of beneficiaries transiting successfully to sustainable production systems in deforested areas.
Output: Number of products with deforestation-free certification and traceability.
Output: Number of hectares under conservation incentives in priority areas with high threat of deforestation and potential to generate social and environmental co-benefits. Output: Number of hectares under restoration incentives in priority areas with high threat of deforestation and potential to generate water regulation co-benefits.
Output: Number of coordination mechanisms for managing instruments that include land-use planning and zoning guidelines in GADs and indigenous territories.

Outcome 2:

Implementation of financial and economic incentives towards the transition to sustainable production systems in non- forest areas.

Outcome 3:

Financial and non-financial mechanisms for restoration, conservation and connectivity

Outcome 4:

Implementation of enabling instruments to reduce the drivers of deforestation and its associated emissions.
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