Transcript - Global Tiger Initiative

Valuing Tigerlands-An Update
Creating a REDD+Tigers Initiative
Eric Dinerstein
Chief Scientist
Conservation
Science Program,
WWF-US
A Technological Breakthrough is at Hand:
Carbon Accounting through REDDLite
Construct a 3-D forest map with laser-based (LiDAR) measurements
Peru,
Madagascar,
Colombia,
Ecuador,
DRC (other),
Sabah?
4,000 ha/hr
$0.05/ha
Since Hua Hin:
Norwegian Ministry of the Environment grants:
1. $1 billion for Brazilian Amazon
2. $1 billion for REDD+ in Indonesia
3. $1.4 billion to FAO for forest inventory work related
to REDD
4. Can we ask for a fraction to create a Tier III forest
carbon base map of the tiger range? and
5. Can we secure $XXX million for a REDD+Tigers
Initiative?
Three Questions:
1. Can tigers become the face of REDD/REDD+?
2. Can financing from REDD/REDD+Tigers form
the basis for protecting and restoring TCLs?
3. Can incentives be added to a REDD+Tiger
initiative to help realize Tx2?
Can Tigers Become the Face of
REDD?
“We are totally committed to saving the tiger and India’s bio-diversity. I
would stop using the label ‘Project Tiger’ and call it ‘Project Eco-System’.
We need to communicate effectively that saving the tiger is not some
middleclass obsession. It is an ecological imperative—by saving the tiger,
you are saving the forests. The tiger is merely the symbol. By saving it,
we ensure our water security.”
-- Jairam Ramesh, India’s Minister for Environment & Forests, June, 2009
Can Tiger Conservation Landscapes be Protected and
Restored through REDD and REDD+?
Tier I Estimates of Forest Carbon Stored in TCLs
Forests containing
tigers hold 3.5 times
more carbon than do
forests without
tigers.
How do we move
from Tier I estimates
with 50-100%
uncertainty to Tier III
estimates with <5%
uncertainty?
3-D Views of the Amazon
Forest from CAO
Forest Aboveground Carbon Storage in 4,300,500 ha at 0.1 ha Resolution
http://claslite.ciw.edu
What area should
REDD+Tigers payments
cover?
Core+Adjacent = 137,000 km2
≈ Bangladesh (144,000 km2)?
All 76 TCLs = 1.1 million km2
≈ Thailand x 2 (1.028 million
km2)
or Th x 2?
Tiger Core PAs,
adjacent reserves, and
all 76 TCLs
Wait!
How do we avoid situations where
REDD(+) mechanisms protect glorious
forest stands that store huge amounts
of carbon but are devoid of tigers and
prey?
Can incentives be added to a REDD+Tiger Initiative to
help realize Tx2?
Could countries be rewarded with
higher annual payments as tigers
regain occupancy?
Could countries be rewarded with
higher annual payments as the
population approaches its recovery
target?
Monitoring Carbon Flux and Tiger
Recovery in “Tigeristan”
tiger
“baselines”
emissions
baseline
What if price of carbon jumps from $5/ton to $35/ton after shift from Tier I to Tier III baselines?
What if tiger dividend adds $5 to price/ton where tiger targets have been achieved?
A proposed way forward for the REDD+Tigers Initiative:
At Bali:
1. Advocate for the environment ministry of government of
Norway and other donors to facilitate creation of a
REDD+Tigers program
Between Bali and St. Petersburg:
2. Design REDD+Tigers Initiative, present to environment ministry
of Norway in August
At Global Tiger Summit:
3. With head-of-gov’t of Norway attending, announce REDD+Tigers
Initiative
4. Toast with vodka and champagne
At Cancun, Mexico December, 2010
5. Launch REDD+Tigers Initiative to yield dividends for those
countries that reduce emissions and increase occupancy
and numbers of tigers
TIGERS
CLIMATE
STABLIZATION
FOREST
CARBON