Costa Rica er i færd med at forhandle en aftale på plads, der kan betyde en gevist på mange millioner dollars. Aftalen skal reducere CO2-udledning gennem bevarelse og genopbygning af skov, og en del af den inddrager oprindelige folk, der skal gennemføre programmet i forhold til deres verdenssyn, skriver Verdensbanken.
San José de Costa Rica, Thursday September 10, 2013: The Government of Costa Rica and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) signed today a Letter of Intent (LOI) to negotiate an Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) worth up to $63 million, the World Bank writes on its webpage.
This would make Costa Rica the first country in the world to access large-scale performance-based payments for conserving its forests, regenerating degraded lands, and scaling up agro-forestry systems for sustainable landscapes and livelihoods.
The signing ceremony of the Letter of Intent (LOI) was presided by Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica, and Fabrizio Zarcone, World Bank Representative for Costa Rica. The LOI was signed by Rene Castro, Minister of Environment and Energy, and Laurent Msellati, World Bank Sector Manager in the Sustainable Development Department for the Latin America and the Caribbean.
The LOI commits the FCPF Carbon Fund to negotiate the purchase of carbon emission reductions (commonly known as carbon credits) up to a value of US$63 million.
The country’s proposal to the FCPF Carbon Fund would help meet pending demand for additional landowners to participate in the Payments for Environmental Services (PES) program that will protect and regenerate forests on about 340,000 hectares of privately owned land and also in Indigenous People’s territories.
“Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation reinforces the Payment for Environmental Services program”, said Castro and added:
“This program, which the National Forestry Fund (FONAFIFO) of the Minister of Environment and Energy has been managing since 1997, will contribute to the National Strategy established to turn Costa Rica into a carbon neutral country by 2021”.
The proposed program to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is the first implemented at a quasi-national level and one of the largest to date. A novel aspect of the program is that 10 percent of the target area will be in Indigenous Peoples’ territories.
“It’s the first time that the indigenous territories will have access to the information on REDD+ in their languages and according to their worldview. Besides, they will have a space to define their participation in the REDD+ Strategy, which will be part of a National Strategy,” said Carlos Cascante, a representative of the Bribri indigenous territory.
Læs mere her: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/09/10/creditos-por-reduccion-de-carbono
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