SUDAN R-PACKAGE Worl rld Bank Report as Deli livery ry Part rtner Forest Carbon Partnership Facility PC27 Meeting Washington, D.C., March 18- 20, 2019 by Dora N. Cudjoe (Task Team Leader); Tracy Hart (Co-Task Team Leader) The World Bank Group
Content • Context; World Bank support to Sudan’s forest sector • Development Objective • Overall Progress in the Implementation of Readiness Preparation • Key progress highlights • C 1: Consultation, Participation and Disclosure of Information • C 2: National Strategy • C 3: Forest and Emission Reference Level • C 4: Monitoring, Reporting and Verification • Financial summary including disbursements • Challenges (key risks) • Opportunities and next steps
Agri riculture, , Forestry ry, Natural Resource Management in in the context xt of f Sudan • Agriculture - crops, livestock and forestry contributes 35-40% of GDP and employs more than 80% of Sudan’s population. • Traditional farming accounts for 60-70% of agricultural output. Threats to the environment, natural resources and forests exacerbate issues around sustainability, growth and stability. • Rural poverty in Sudan is estimated at 58%, compared with 27% poverty in urban areas. • Expansion of Sahara desert southward is evident especially in Northern, River Nile, North Kordofan, North Darfur and Red Sea States, posing threats to arable agricultural lands and access to water. (( GGWI )) • Changing weather patterns are leading to shorter rainfalls and scarcity of natural resources, as well as more frequent flooding and droughts, causing crop failure and severe localized food insecurity.
Worl rld Bank Support to the Forest Sector REDD+ Readiness program contributes to: • Global and regional commitments - NDC, AFR-100, GGWI, NAPA and NAMAs • World Bank FY13-14 Interim Strategy Note • World Bank’s conflict and fragility agenda - the 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security and Development • And complements the growing forests and natural resources portfolio • Sudan Sustainable Natural Resources Management Project (third phase) • Analytical and policy work on Agricultural Transformation and Natural Resources Management Strategy (FY 2016) • GFDRR financed study on nature based solution to climate and disaster risk resilience
Development Objective To design a socially and environmentally sound national REDD+ strategy Conserve the country’s renewable natural resources particularly forests, woodlands, range resources and wildlife habitats, assessment of their present condition with inventories and subsequently subject them to sustainable management and maximizing their direct and indirect benefits in a participative, transparent, and equitable manner.
Sudan REDD+ Readiness Timeline REDD+ Studies Initiation GoS Contribution • ToRs drafted: REDD Strategy, BSM, • US$300K for admin. FGRM, SESA, ESMF RPP Approved FCPF Additional Grant Agreement • Sudan joins FCPF FCPF Grant Effective MRV work begins 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 R-Package submitted Continuous FNC coordination with relative institutions Continuous WB Mission support • Readiness Phase II closes in and NGOs on RPP Development Dec 2019 RPP Preparation Grant 1 st Agreement reached Additional Funding Request • GoS begins preparation of RPP • Readiness Implementation • UNDP provides US$30K in support • US$5M for completion of started • UNEP provides US$22K in support readiness activities • MTR
Key Highlights • Govt. of Sudan actively involved in the UNFCCC REDD+ process for development interests and climate change obligations • REDD+ program in line with and supportive to national development objectives • National REDD+ Strategy hinges on broad, inclusive, and representative participation • R-PP preparation was mostly financed by the government, with some support from UNEP and UNDP country offices • Standing commitment and provisions of financial, technical, and logistical support from the Govt through FNC • Improved national and local institutional capacity: • Consistent political oversight and guidance from NRSC • Cross-sectoral coordination committees at sub-national level to encourage integrated dialogue on deforestation • Proposal for a new forest law under development since 2015; takes into account REDD+ considerations
Country ry Progress
C1. Consultation, Participation, and Disclosure of Information • High engagement from public, gum arabic producers, and vulnerable groups through permanently established mechanisms: • National NGOs Platform • Gum Arabica Producers Platform at sub-national level • State Focal Points set up in 18 states to coordinate REDD+ activities • FNC General Directorate of Extension and Information strengthened and fully engaged in leading REDD+ messaging and outreach • FGRM development through multiple consultations with communities likely to be impacted • South-South Exchange visits to Ghana, Ethiopia, Niger: mainstream REDD+ in development policy agenda and involvement of key stakeholders with a focus on the youth and gender in forest landscape management
Means of Stakeholder Engagement • South-South Knowledge Exchange • Awareness raising campaigns on E&S safeguards and REDD+ conducted in 18 states • More than 12,000 pieces of publications on REDD+ knowledge and visibility packages produced and disseminated • National REDD+ website for public access to information (www.reddplussd.org) • Media: Community radio, TV • Partnering with national and grassroots NGOs/CSOs
C2. National REDD+ Strategy • SESA Process finalized (1 st phase). Key highlights: • Comprehensively covered the environment and social aspects, governance, policies, legislation, and institutional arrangements • Cross-collaboration between SESA and the strategy teams • Assessment of LU, LUCF drivers, traditional customary systems, and REDD+ strategy options completed • Legal and institutional framework analysis covering forest, rangeland, and agricultural laws and policies completed; reforms recommended • REDD+ Implementation Framework consists of a BSM, FGRM and ESMF in addition to the management arrangements • Selected strategy options are consistent with, and supportive of national development priorities; interests of forest-dependent communities
C3. Forest Reference Emission Level • Developed and agreed on definition of forests, scope, and scale • 482 sampling units, representing 80% of the total sample units, measured by FNC trained field crews • Used historical activity data (remote sensing), emission factors from recent NFI and most recent IPCC methodological guidance • Taskforce of national experts along with consultants dedicated to build necessary capacity for future development and updates of FREL/FRLs • Agreement to submit to UNFCCC in Jan 2020 to ensure full compliance with UNFCCC decisions
C4. Monitoring System for Forests and Safeguards • NFMS methodologies, remote sensing and ground-based survey agreed upon by the national experts • Procurement of systems, software, field equipment, mapping, remote sensing, data management, field crews trained • NFI established permanent sample plots for MRV system, parameters include carbon pools • FAO conducted assessment of MRV institutional arrangement mandates, capacities and means for data-sharing • Quality control procedure prepared and task assigned to Universities of Khartoum and Kordofan • Accuracy assessment and ground truthing activities to produce more accurate maps
Financial Disbursement Total Budget: USD 8.8 Million • Cumulative disbursement to date: USD 5,117,000 ..... 58% • Balance being disbursed in FY19: USD 2,758,000…….31% • Balance to be disbursed in FY20: USD 925,000 ..... 11%
Challenges • Further communication and awareness raising to inform all potential users of REDD+ mechanisms – BSM, FGRM, SESA/ESMF • Building national/in-house capacity • Ongoing political situation affecting ready access to financial resources • Possibility to request closing date extension in view of the above
Opportunities & Next xt Steps • NFMS to be completed and tested by October 2019 • NFMS to be supported by continuous technical and institutional capacity- building in NFI operation and management, field measurements, remote sensing • FAO supporting remote sensing capability of FNC and Remote Sensing Corp. • Establish the Safeguards Information System (SIS) by August 2019 • Institutionalize the process of consultation and participation of stakeholders • Landscape restoration, private sector engagement, impacts of mining, and gender mainstreaming activities ongoing to further inform REDD+ Strategy • Finalize and submit National FREL to the UNFCCC by October 2019 • Robust resource mobilization plan to be implemented
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