![]() TunisiaCountry Area : 163,610 km2Forested Area (1000 ha) : 1,041UN-REDD Programme Partner Country : Yes (as of 2013)Type of UN-REDD Programme Support Received : Targeted support, Support to country needs assessment (CNA)FCPF Member : NoActive FCPF Grant Holder: NoReadiness Grant Holder: NoCarbon Fund: NoProgress against the Warsaw Framework for REDD+Targeted support to Tunisia with its focus on tenure issues and a needs assessment on institutional assessment and NFMS. The CNA focuses on MRV needs, a topic that Tunisia has already progressed on and wishes to use as an opportunity to exchange with other countries from the region. The targeted support provides support to other pillars of readiness (tenure and institutional arrangements), assessing not only needs but making proposals to progress on these issues. A national inception workshop was held in June and included representatives from Algeria, Morocco and Lebanon to foster regional collaboration. National REDD+ Strategy/Action Plan National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) National REDD+ Strategy/Action PlanThe mentioned workshop was an opportunity to discuss the Voluntary Guidance on Tenure and their relationship with REDD+. A draft tenure assessment report was submitted for review. An institutional context analysis was undertaken, which produced specific recommendations on political, institutional and legal aspects as well as on the involvement of the private sector and financing39. An inventory of forest land titles in the archives continued throughout the period in order to get a more accurate estimate of forest land under the jurisdiction of the Forestry Department.
National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) structures and existing data and systems.
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Total Approved Targeted Support Amount (US$) 79,500
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Lead National Institution: Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Forest
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1. The situation of forest and pastoral land issues in Tunisia and implications for REDD + are clarified.
2. A work plan to meet the challenges of land REDD + is developed and supports the development of REDD + strategy of the country
3. The sewerage master plan for the land situation developed as part of the National Strategy for Development and Sustainable Management of Forests and Range includes specific considerations in REDD +.
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