Improving MRV practices – enhancing the role of communities and improving multi-level collaboration
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The document discusses proposed activities in Ethiopia aimed at improving community participation and multi-level collaboration in Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) practices related to forest management. Key objectives include enhancing data on forest/land use change and understanding the drivers of forest change through community involvement and open-source datasets. The discussion aims to identify existing roles of local communities, data flows, and ongoing gaps in the REDD+ program.
Improving MRV practices – enhancing the role of communities and improving multi-level collaboration
- 1. Breakout group 1 Improving MRV practices – enhancing the role of communities and improving multi-level collaboration Facilitated by Manuel Boissière, Eyob Tenkir TransMoni project activities and outcomes in Ethiopia July 2021
- 2. Overview of proposed activities in Ethiopia 1. Improve community participation in MRV 2. Improve multilevel MRV collaboration O2. Improved national data on forest/land use change in light of the ETF (WUR + REDD Sec) O1. Improved a/reforestation MRV practices (CIFOR + REDD Sec) 3. Improve information on drivers of forest change by using national and global open-source datasets and methods
- 3. Objective of the discussion • To identify existing situation concerning: o Role of local communities in MRV o Carbon and non-carbon data flow o Between multiple levels • Inside and outside REDD+ Program (Oromia and a/reforestation in BGRS) • Logistic: 1,5 hours session One reporter and one note taker to be chosen
- 4. Questions: What, Who, Gaps? REDD+ ACTIVITIES 1. What ongoing/planned activities are relevant for REDD+? 2. Who are the major stakeholders of these interventions? What are their roles? 3. What are the gaps? DATA FLOW FOR MRV 1. What data needs to be collected and reported? 2. Who are involved in this data flow? What are their roles? 3. What are the gaps? ROLE OF COMMUNITIES IN MRV 1. What is the role of communities in REDD+ MRV? 2. Who are involved? What are their roles 3. What are the gaps?
- 5. Matrix for the discussion Context (What, who, gaps) Non-Carbon outcomes Carbon outcomes REDD+ activities xxx xxx Data flow for MRV xxx xxx Role of communities in MRV xxx xxx Examples of non-carbon benefits Environmental • biodiversity •Protection of ES Governance • secure land tenure •transparency and local participation s Social •Income •food security •Preservation of local livelihoods