![]() ZambiaCountry Area : 752,612 km2Forested Area (1000 ha) : 48,635UN-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: NoZambia has approximately 50 million hectares of forest, with an estimated deforestation rate of 250,000 to 300,000 hectares per year. The large-scale and cross-cutting nature of interventions required to implement REDD+ in Zambia will require high-level government support and reforms. In recognition of the role REDD+ can play in reducing emissions and facilitating sustainable socioeconomic development, the Zambian government has been assessing what specific benefits REDD+ could deliver in this regard. Support under the Warsaw Framework for REDD+Building on the results under the country’s National Programme (completed in 2014), targeted support has assisted Zambia on enhancing the quality of land cover change assessments to support the development of the historical GHG emissions trend for REL/RL construction. Follow up support, approved in 2015, aims at developing the National REDD+ investment plan, consolidate the alignment of the Warsaw Framework (elements of NFMS, develop and present forest reference levels and SIS design) for the implementation of the National REDD+ strategy, develop a business plan for mining and private sector engagement in REDD+ and enhance capacity on tenure for REDD+. 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 addition, a South-South exchange workshop on tenure issues held, convening experts from Zambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The workshop highlighted lessons learned and best practices to address REDD+ and tenure issues in the region.
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Total Approved Targeted Support Amount (US$) 496,826
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Lead National Institution: Forest Department, Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources, and Environmental Protection
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TS1: 1. 2000 and 2010 land cover maps produced with sufficiently high accuracy to form the basis of the historical reference data feeding into the REL/RL. 2. Capacity built of Remote Sensing technicians to perform classification for future assessments. 3. Quality control/quality assessment undertaken for the Eastern Province. 4. Land cover maps used in REL/RL development refined, and uploaded onto the NFMS web portal. |
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Lead National Institution: Ministery of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmemtal Protection
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TS2: 1. National REDD+ Investment Plan developed. 2. Warsaw framework pillars, which include FREL/FRL, forest inventory data analysis and design of Safeguards Information Systems (SIS) consolidated and refined. 3. Policies and Measures to engage the mining sector through an integrated landscape management approach and in response to the National REDD+ Strategy designed and business model to engage the mining sector developed 4. Capacity for provincial teams enhanced through awareness raising, training and studies. 5. Tenure capacity enhanced (through workshop). |
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