Leandro Fernández

REDD National Strategy

The FORUM ON READINESS FOR REDD Bangkok Octuber 3th

ARGENTINE FOREST ARGENTINE FOREST

Chaco 21.705.506 haChaco 21.705.506 ha

Mata Mata Atlántica 1.453.381 haAtlántica 1.453.381 ha

Yungas 3.732.985 haYungas 3.732.985 ha

Patagonia 1.895.254 haPatagonia 1.895.254 ha

Espinal 2.656.747 haEspinal 2.656.747 ha

MonteMonte

TOTAL 31.443.873 ha

Anual rate of deforestation: 1,63% Source: Forest Inventory

2006

Period Deforested surface (ha)

Deforestation Anual rate

1998-2002 432.827 -0.93

2002-2006 806.027 -1.93

2006-2007 316.943 -3.21

2007-2008 136.081 -1.41

1998-2008 1.691.787 -1.63

Fuente: Gasparri 2008

Argentina`s priority steps to be ready

Improve the land tenure system (more than 60% of forest are in private land)

but the 40% is remaining under state or communities control without a clear tenure system

Establishment of a incentive distribution mechanism

3 forest governance levels

National GovernmentNational laws has only the attribution to set

Minimum Requirement, that only fix statements, guidelines or financial incentives about natural resources

State Government has the police power jurisdiction on forests and

environmental services

Program activities and projects That could be considering piloting system for scaling up to eco-regional

or state REDD strategies

Minimum Requirements Forest Protection Law (February 2009)

The Law establishes rules for conservation and forest management, as well as for forest environmental services, including carbon stocks.

In addition, this Law establishes a regime for fund raising and a distribution mechanism.

And a mandatory state forest land planning by a public participating process, to access to the funds.

State Forest Land PlanningCategory I: forest conservation areas, located

far away from agriculture frontier

Category II: sustainable forest management areas, mainly located near the agriculture frontier

Category III: sectors that can be transformed, (areas with low conservation values, with low connectivity or degradated)

The last category has to be up to 7.5 X (State Deforestation annual rate)% this means stop deforestation in 2030 and halt in 202o

National Forest FundThe Fund is made up of:a) 0.3% of the national budget;b) 2% of the agricultural tax exportation

(mainly soybean, the main deforestation driver in the country)

Up to 100-200 millons dolars/year

Link the internationals soja prices (driver) with the incentive payments funds

Mechanism a) 30% to Enforcement State Government (depends

on state forest cover % and hectares)

b) 60% to compensate the land owners on category II

30 % of forest land, 7 - 14 u$/ha

a) 10% to compensate the forest land on category I, wich has to account between 60 % of forest land

1 – 2 u$/ha

Any REDD financial should prioritize direct Funding in the starting phases, and carbon market could be complementary