2009/4 Katoomba Meeting XIV-Avoiding Deforestation in the Amazon: REDD & PES Markets (Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil)
OVERVIEW
Tropical deforestation accounts for 20 percent of heat-trapping gas emissions worldwide. In Brazil alone, 70 percent of greenhouse gases emissions come from deforestation in the Amazon region. Forest-based carbon sequestration and REDD are gaining international attention, with Brazil on the center stage, to reduce global emissions necessary to avoid dangerous climate change. More broadly, ecosystem service payments in carbon, water and biodiversity are also becoming a key solution to ensuring the continued provision of nature's services through forests, aquatic systems, biodiversity, and carbon and nutrient cycles.
The Mato Grosso Katoomba XIV meeting in Brazil convened policy makers, the scientific community, major financial institutions, business leaders, environmental non-governmental organizations, community based organizations and indigenous groups from the Amazon region of Brazil and around the globe to discuss the current state of carbon, water and biodiversity markets and discuss how they are being created and utilized to help solve some of our most critical environmental challenges
The meeting, entitled "Katoomba XIV: Avoiding Deforestation in the Amazon: REDD and PES Markets", was co-hosted by the Katoomba Group, Forest Trends and the State of Mato Grosso, and was made possible by support from USAID through the TransLinks Cooperative Agreement and other partners.
KEY DOCUMENTS
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PUBLIC MEETING - April 1–2, 2009
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Wednesday, April 1
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8:00—9:00am |
REGISTRATION | |
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9:00—10:00am |
WELCOME
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10:00—11:30am |
AN UPDATE FROM THE AMAZONIAN GOVERNORS
In November 2008, the governors of four Amazonian states met with the governor of California and other governors from around the world to discuss a strategy to cooperate in the fight against global warming. This session provides an opportunity to discuss the next practical steps. Moderator: Izabella Teixeira, MMA Executive Secretary
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11:30 –12:00pm |
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12:00 – 1:00pm |
DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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1:00-2:00pm |
LUNCH | |
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2:00 – 2:45pm |
FOREST CARBON IN THE AMAZON Marcus Frank, Brazilian Climate Change Department, McKinsey Brazil The global deal: a new McKinsey analysis of abatement opportunities for forest and land use around global climate change. |
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2:45 – 4:15pm |
NEW OPPORTUNITIES - THE FUTURE OF CARBON The potential role of carbon markets in controlling deforestation and promoting sustainable development in the Amazon. Challenges from the project level to the national and global levels Moderator: Daniel Nepstad, Moore Foundation
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4:15 – 4:30pm |
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4:30 – 5:45pm |
BEYOND CARBON: WATER MARKETS How an emerging REDD framework can promote and complement other markets for conservation such as water markets. Moderator: Barbara Bramble, US National Wildlife Federation
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5:45 – 7:00pm |
BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS AND BANKING IN BRAZIL Tools to strengthen and increase the likelihood of the success of REDD projects and derive greater value from forests Moderator: Pedro Leitão, FUNBIO
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8:00pm |
DINNER AND RECEPTION HOST BY THE MATO GROSSO STATE GOVERNMENT
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Thursday, April 2 |
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8:30—9:00am |
WELCOME
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9:00—10:45am |
THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS (PRESENTATION AND Q & A)
How to deal with the different approaches at state and federal levels. The potential challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Moderator: Mario Monzoni, Getúlio Vargas University
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10:45—11:00am |
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11:00—12:30pm |
REDD SUB-NATIONAL INITIATIVES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Participation of civil society as a key factor to promote REDD initiatives regionally Moderator: Virgilio Viana, Fundação Amazonas Sustentável
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12:30—1:30pm |
LUNCH | |
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1:30—3:00pm |
KEY INDIGENOUS AND COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES FOR THE SUCESS OF REDD AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS REGIONALLY Communities are the key stewards of ecosystem services. For a REDD or PES scheme to be successful, indigenous and rural communities must be involved in all phases of the project. Moderator: Dr. Mary Allegretti
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3:00—3:30pm |
CLOSING COMMENTS
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CO-HOSTS:
SPONSORS:
