![]() EcuadorCountry Area : 256,369 km2Forested Area (1000 ha) : 12,547UN-REDD Programme Partner Country : YesType of UN-REDD Programme Support Received : National Programme, Targeted supportFCPF Member : NoActive FCPF Grant Holder: NoReadiness Grant Holder: NoCarbon Fund: NoEcuador has approximately 10 million hectares of diverse forest types covering approximately 55 per cent of the country. Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment estimates that the deforestation rate is 61,764 hectares per year. In order to reverse forest loss, Ecuador is carrying out a series of initiatives to reduce deforestation in the country as part of good governance of forest resources and to simultaneously contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing GHG emissions related to this activity. The UN-REDD Programme welcomed Ecuador as a partner country in October 2009, and approved a US$ 4 million funding allocation to Ecuador’s National Programme in March 2011. Progress against the Warsaw Framework for REDD+Building on Ecuador’s results under the National Programme (completed in 2014), targeted support has been provided to meet specific support gaps emerging by time. Being a country in an advanced stage of its REDD+ readiness phase, support is being provided to assist the country to enter the implementation phase of REDD+ activities for results based finance. The coordination with other funding sources and national and global initiatives is a high priority. National REDD+ Strategy/Action Plan Forest Reference Emission Level / Forest Reference Level (FREL/FRL) National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) Safeguards and Safeguards Information System (SIS)
In 2016, this targeted support will allow Ecuador to submit its summary of information directly to the UNFCCC REDD+ Web Platform. By doing so Ecuador will fulfil one of the four pillars of REDD+ Readiness.
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Total Approved Targeted Support Amount (US$) 1,499,100
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Lead National Institution: Mininstry of Environment through the Undersecretariat of Climate Change.
Description:
- M&MRV process for emission reductions developed and implemented in consistence with the Forest Reference Emission Level (currently under development) and the GHG Inventories.
- GHG Inventory system established.
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Lead National Institution: Ministry of Environment through the Under Secretariat of Climate Change
Description:
TS2:
R1. REDD+ Action Plan developed and its implementation started.
R2. Political, legal, institutional and financial framework for the implementation of the National REDD+ Strategy and its action plan established and strengthened.
R3. SIS developed and information developed.
TS3 (activities linked with TS2) :
(See TS2, R1). Implementation mechanisms designed and validated for the Action Plan of the REDD + strategy.
- At least one MyA prioritized for strategic option 'increase value in the forest designed.
- At least a prioritized MyA for strategic 'Transition to sustainable systems option designed.
(See TS2, R2). Implementation of a financial architecture to implement the Action Plan REDD +activities:
- Implementation of the strategy of financing REDD +
- Proposal for supplementary financing mechanisms (including finance and investment opportunities and / or co-financing.
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Lead National Institution: Ministry of Environment / Ministerio del Ambiente
Description:
TS3 (activities linked with TS2) :
(See TS2, R1). Implementation mechanisms designed and validated for the Action Plan of the REDD + strategy.
- At least one MyA prioritized for strategic option 'increase value in the forest designed.
- At least a prioritized MyA for strategic 'Transition to sustainable systems option designed.
(See TS2, R2). Implementation of a financial architecture to implement the Action Plan REDD +activities:
- Implementation of the strategy of financing REDD +
- Proposal for supplementary financing mechanisms (including finance and investment opportunities and / or co-financing.
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Lead National Institution: Ministry of Environment
Description:
Support to NFMS for the measurement, monitoring and reporting of emission reductions achieved through REDD+ activities.
1. The National Monitoring and MRV processes for REDD+ implemented.
2. Monitoring protocols to identify the performance of measures and local actions (under the National REDD+ Action Plan), designed and implemented.
Support to the GHG Inventory System for the agriculture and LULUCF sections design and implementation.
1. The 2010 GHG inventory developed and GHG inventories of previous years for the agriculture and LULUCF sectors updated. A software tool for the GHG inventories system (agriculture and LULUCF sectors) designed and implemented.