Identification of REDD+ pilot sites in Mediterranean forests Algérie, Liban, Maroc, Tunisie
AGRICULTURE 
ENVIRONMENT 
FORESTRY 
TRANSVERSAL
Services: Diagnostics and feasibility studies
Countries: Algérie, Liban, Maroc, Tunisie
Dates of intervention: 2012/03 - 2012/04
Amount executed: 26 029 €
Total amount of the service: 26 029 €
Main backer: Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial - Client
Other backers: Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture
Main beneficiary: Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial
Co-contractors: Plan bleu
Support provider: Maden LE CROM
Experts: Olivier BOUYER, Maden LE CROM
Certificate of satisfactory executionGuide à l'usage des pays partenaires du projet - "Optimiser la production de biens et services par les espaces boisés méditerranéens dans un contexte de changements globaux"Présentation des activités sur site pilotes de la composante 4 - Optimisation et valorisation du rôle d'atténuation des forêts méditerranéennesQuel REDD+ pour les forêts méditerranéennes ?
Context of the service
The project "Optimizing the production of goods and services provided by Mediterranean forests in a context of global changes", initiated by the Silva Mediterranea Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and subsidized by the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM), aims to capitalize on existing knowledge on the production of goods and services by Mediterranean forests, generate new results and lessons learned on these issues, and foster regional dialogue on mitigation and adaptation issues in the forest sector.
In this context, the project supports pilot projects on climate change adaptation and forest-based climate change mitigation.
Services provided
The support involved (i) the drafting of a guide for the identification of REDD+ projects and energy efficiency projects in the fuelwood sectors and (ii) the execution of a pre-feasibility study of a REDD+ project in the Maamora forest, Morocco. This study included (i) the measurement of the state of degradation of the site and the evolution of that state, (ii) diagnosis of existing pressures on forests, (iii) modelling of future evolution of the state of degradation in the absence of REDD+ activity (baseline scenario), (iv) an assessment of the mitigation potential of potential activities, (v) consideration of leakage (shifting pressures to areas outside the project site) and (vi) consideration of the social and environmental impacts of possible activities. These results were disseminated during two-day workshops in Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.
Summary of the service
Support to the project "Optimizing the production of goods and services provided by Mediterranean forests in a context of global change" initiated by the Silva Mediterranea Committee of FAO: guide for the identification of pilot projects on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+) in the forest sector; pre-feasibility study of a REDD+ project in the Maamora forest, Morocco; animation of training workshops in Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.