Forum on Readiness for REDD
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The Forum on Readiness for REDD is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on practical approaches for building REDD readiness through cross-stakeholder dialogue, South-South collaboration, and linking expertise and resources with regional readiness efforts. It operates as a neutral convening space to allow various stakeholders involved or interested in REDD readiness to build their understanding and capacity, and interact with different stakeholder groups and regions, to increase South-South dialogue, information exchange, and collaboration and consensus building on the implementation of readiness activities. The Forum relies on leadership from an advisory committee composed of representatives of a range of countries and stakeholder groups, including governments, civil society, and indigenous groups, international NGOs, multilateral institutions, and the private sector.
The concept of the Forum was developed through meetings which began in early May 2008, when a cross section of scientists, developing country governments, indigenous representatives, multilateral institutions, and NGOs met in Washington, D.C., to discuss steps needed to move the REDD readiness process forward on a global scale. The Woods Hole Research Center initially served as the Forum Secretariat at its founding in 2008. The Secretariat now resides at the Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM), following a transition in 2010. The Secretariat is charged with carrying out the organizational functions of the Forum, guided by the Advisory Committee.
The Advisory Committee represents leadership from a broad set of stakeholder groups to provide links between actors on the ground and the key institutions working at larger scales for strategic dialogue, capacity building and coordination of readiness activities and support. It meets each year to discuss ongoing REDD readiness needs and assess gaps in capacity for REDD implementation and forwarding the REDD policy agenda.
Members to the Advisory Committee
- Ken Andrasko - Senior Policy Analyst, Carbon Finance Unit, World Bank
- Robert Bamfo - Head of Climate Change Unit, Ghana Forestry Commission
- Fred Boltz - Vice President, Conservation Strategies, Conservation International
- Ken Creighton - Senior Policy Advisor, Forest and Climate Policy, World Wildlife Fund
- Leif John Fosse - Senior Advisor, The Government of Norway’s Initiative on Climate & Forests
- Andrea García Guerrero - Asesor Despacho del Ministro, Cambio Climático, Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial de Colombia
- Juan Carlos Jintiach – Area Coordinator of International Economic Cooperation and Self-Development with the Identity of COICA
- Omaliss Keo - REDD Focal Point, Forestry Administration, Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
- Charles McNeill - Environment Programme Team Manager; Biodiversity, Conservation and Poverty Reduction Advisor, UNDP
- Paulo Moutinho - Director, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM), Brazil
- Xavier Mugumya - Natural Forest Management, Corporate Division, National Forestry Authority, Uganda
- Peter Ndunda - GIS Specialist, The Green Belt Movement, Kenya
- Vicky Tauli-Corpuz - Executive Director, TEBTEBBA (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
Profiles
Ken Andrasko - Senior Policy Analyst, Carbon Finance Unit, World Bank
Ken Andrasko is a methodological specialist with the World Bank, Carbon Finance Unit’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and BioCarbon Fund. Previously, he worked for the US EPA’s Climate Change Division in Washington, DC, for 18 years on land use and climate change mitigation, on the U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation, U.S Country Studies Program, 1995-98; and was a co-developer of one of the first JI projects, RUSAFOR, in Russia. He has authored or edited journal special issues, EPA, WRI and UNFAO reports, and technical papers on forestry and climate mitigation options and methods in the US and internationally (including REDD modeling); was lead author or editor for six UN IPCC reports; and was a member of the U.S. negotiating team on LULUCF issues in the UNFCCC during 1999-2001.
Robert Bamfo - Head of Climate Change Unit, Ghana Forestry Commission
Robert Bamfo is Head of the Climate Change Unit and REDD Focal Point for Ghana Forestry Commission, where he leads the decision making on policies and strategies related to climate change and forests. His work involves climate change enabling activities, CDM project development, REDD activities, carbon financing, remote sensing and GIS, forest and carbon stocks inventory, and the application of spatial tools for natural resource and sustainable forest management. Mr. Bamfo received his M.Sc in Wood Technology and Industrial Management from the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana and his B.Sc in Botany from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Mr. Bamfo chairs the National Technical REDD Committee and is a member of the Ghana Negotiating Delegation to the UNFCCC.
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