CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (CDA)

CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (CDA)
SAVING THE FOREST FOR THE CHILDREN IN NEXT GENERATIONS
Community Participation on
REDD+ in Oddar Meanchey Province
Presented by: Smeun Boreyroth CDA’s Deputy Executive
Director
Phone: +85512637686 Email: [email protected] and
[email protected]
Contents
Brief of CDA background
II. History of REDD+ project in Oddar Meanchey
province
III. Results of REDD+ project
IV. Community participation experience in REDD+ project
in Oddar Meanchey province
V. Drivers of Deforestation in REDD in Oddar Meanchey
province
VI. What is the project strategy to address the drivers of
deforestation?
VII. Suggestions
VIII. History of Community Forestry Network
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Brief CDA’s background
• CDA has founded since 2000
• Recognized by Ministry of Interior in 2002
• Operated in Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Siem
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Reap provinces in Cambodia
CDA’s programs:
1). Community-Based Natural Resource Management &
REDD+
2). Agriculture Value Chain and Livelihood Improvement
3). Human Rights and Democratic Development
4). Children and Education
II. History of REDD+ project in Oddar
Meanchey province
 REDD+ pilot project implemented by Forestry Administration,
CDA, Community Forestry, and Pact since 2008
 This project is being implemented on the area of 67,783
hectares covering on 13 community forestry, consisting of
6,182 families, 58 village, 9 communes.
III. Results of REDD+ project
National forest program selected 13 community forestry in
Ordar Meanchey province as a pilot and carbon credit
project.
Community forestry followed to
the guideline of
community forestry.
The project received agreement to implement on 13
areas, expecting to generate carbon 8.1 Matric tones
within 30 years.
Benefit sharing in accordance with Ref.699
• FA is the Seller of the forest carbon (ref. 699)
• Revenue from the Project will be used to:
• Improve the quality of the forest
• Maximize benefits flows to participating communities (>50% of net)
• Study potential sites for the new forest carbon credit REDD project
IV. Community participation experience on
REDD+ project in Oddar Meanchey province
 Organize and facilitate meeting on forestry issue from village to national levels.
 Support community in organizing and establishing community forestry
 Support community in forest patrolling, watches and crack down illegal logging  Promote community livelihoods through sustainable NTFP
collection and providing sustainable agriculture technique.
 Facilitate partnership between community and authority
especially FA
• Household Survey with 300 HH: conduct interviews with
300 households within 13 community forestry in OM CF
REDD project
• Recognized and signed agreement with FA on 4 May 2009.
• Strengthened community capacity through REDD+ and climate change
• Promote the benefit of carbon credit via video education
• Identify area to replant tree
• Organized biodiversity survey • Pole Demarcated, organized structure and put sign board
• Submitted complaint and petition to FA and relevant stakeholders for intervention regarding to forest issue. • Networking from grassroots to national level • Awareness raising on importance of forest and sustainable forest management to villagers V. Drivers of Deforestation in REDD+
in Oddar Meanchey province
• 1. Forest clearing for land sales
• 2. Conversion to cropland
• 3. Conversion to settlements
• 4. Fuel-wood gathering
• 5. Annual forest fires induced to “clean” the land
• 6. Hunters inducing forest fires
• 7. Illegal logging for commercial on-sale
• 8. Timber harvesting for local use
• 9. Large economic land concessions
• 10. Timber concessions
VI. What is the project strategy to address
the drivers of deforestation?
• Social fencing: Community Forestry Group strengthening, formulation and
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adoption of management resolution;
Networking: with FA triage and with neighboring villages;
Strengthening : local authority by mapping and boundary demarcation;
Fuel-wood savings through the introduction of improved cook stoves;
Fire control- fire line construction and fuel load reduction..
Illegal logging control- creation of volunteer patrols, forest watchers;
Stronger coordination with Commune, District and Provincial
Representatives;
Creation of financial incentives to ensure successful protection;
Development of annual carbon stock monitoring systems;
Agricultural intensification.
VII. Suggestions
• Stop granting forestry land to military and
concession and stop establishing anarchic villages in
community forestry areas
• Pull military base out of the community forestry
areas
• Stop granting economic land concession which is
affecting to people. Return the inactive economic
land concession back to community
• Push competent authority to implement the project
more effectively in sustainable forest management
VIII. History of Community Forestry Network (CFN) ‐ Community forestry network was established through fair election under coordination by CDA
‐ Established on 15 February, 2005 ‐ Coordinating member 14 people (2 female)
Structure of Provincial Community Forestry
Network (CFN)
Supporter
CDA and PACT
Chair
Advisor
FA
Deputy
Accountant
Secretary
Member
Roles of CFN
• Facilitate meeting at commune, district and provincial
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Leading in forest patrolling and monitoring
Sharing experience on community forestry management
from local to national level
Recording document and CF profile management
Submitting the petition and complaint to FA and local
authorities
Providing the capacity building to CF members
Participation with the Cambodia REDD+ Consultation
Group
NTFPs
Patrol& Crack down illegal logging with local authority

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