Synopsis

The first step for developing countries to access financing under the Readiness Mechanism of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is the development of a Readiness Plan Idea Note (R-PIN). This paper considers the extent to which R-PINs approved by the FCPF trust fund committee addressed questions of good governance of forests. The objective of this exercise is to identify issues that will need to be addressed more completely as countries proceed with readiness programs.

Executive Summary

In 2007 the World Bank launched the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) to assist developing countries to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). It currently includes a Readiness Mechanism to build developing country capacity for REDD activities, and a Carbon Finance Mechanism to test a program of performance-based incentive payments in pilot countries. FCPF programs are expected to infl uence the global learning process on how to reduce emissions from deforestation in developing countries.

截至2009年2月，已批准了25个国家的准备计划思想笔记（R-PINS），而另外11个国家则在三月份获得批准。25个公认的国家有资格获得资金来制定准备就绪计划（R-Plan），该计划将详细介绍R针，并提出更详细的策略，以在国家一级实现REDD。准备机制的重点是协助发展中国家确定森林砍伐的国家参考情景，为REDD开发监测系统，并采用国家来减少森林砍伐和森林退化的国家战略。

However, readiness funds may also be used to address underlying conditions that will need to be in place to ensure the sustainable use of forest resources, including foundations of good forest governance. These might include, for example, the ability to provide secure tenure over forest land and resources, enforce forest laws, and empower forest-dependent communities to participate in forest management. Many of these fundamental conditions are weak or absent within developing countries that might participate in REDD. Without them it will be difficult, if not unfeasible, to reduce rates deforestation and degradation at the national level and deal with risks of leakage. Strengthening forest governance is therefore an essential readiness activity that will strongly influence the likelihood of achieving significant and lasting emission reductions.