Background

Guyana is currently working on their MRV and monitoring system for REDD+ throughout these last years. For this, two TLS fieldwork campaigns were developed in Guyana in 2014 and 2017 with Wageningen University and Research (WUR), CIFOR and the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC). This event will show the results and ongoing research done with the data collected on both campaigns to GFC team and key partners.

Dr Martius serves as the Project Leader of CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study on REDD+ (GCSREDD+). The project takes stock of international, national and sub-national REDD+ experiences to identify challenges and opportunities in designing and implementing REDD+ policies and projects through comparative studies of REDD+ implementation in thirteen countries around the world including Brazil, Vietnam, Cameroon, Nepal and Peru. This current third phase of GCS REDD+ aims to support REDD+ decision makers by assessing REDD+ impact and providing critical analysis of REDD+ in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and equity (3Es), and now includes Guyana. Dr. Martius will be hosting a Workshop on the GCS-REDD+ on January 23, 2018 of the Mission. He will also be assessing further areas of possible collaboration between CIFOR and Guyana.

Over the course of this Mission, the GFC and Prof. Dr Martin Herold will be discussing issues related to the continued development and advancement of Guyana’s Monitoring Reporting & Verification System (MRVS). Prof. Dr. Herold has played an integral role in the development of Guyana’s MRVS from its inception, with guiding the drafting and finalization of the Terms of Reference and Road Map for Phase 1 of the MRVS. Similarly, he has also guided the development of Phase 2 of the MRVS Roadmap. Prof. Dr Herold continues to provide technical guidance to the GFC as well as assisting in accessing project funding for technical areas of work for the MRVS.

Objectives
This event will show the results and ongoing research done with the data collected on both campaigns to GFC team and key partners. Discussion regarding key issues on REDD+ process and MRV will take part of these event with a tentative small trip to designated areas for upcoming fieldworks. Finally, a workshop will be hold to share the data with the GFC team on how they will be able to implement it into their REDD+ support decision systems.

Agenda