February 17 – 19, 2020 Forest Department Climate Change Office Foreign Affairs Division Organized a workshop on "Empowering Knowledge and Understanding, Lessons Learned, and Making an Response Plan to the REDD Plus Mechanism and Forest Climate Change" Class 2 under the REDD Mechanism Readiness Programme. Plus (Readiness Proposal Preparation: R-PP), funded by the Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF), under the supervision of the World Bank, at the Phu Foi Lom eco-tourism project. and Phu Foi Lom Botanical Garden 60th Birthday Anniversary, Queen Sirikit, Udon Thani Province

objective

1. to increase knowledge and understanding in the READD PLUS mechanism and climate change in the forest sector including related policies and laws to all sectors
2. To exchange and summarize the lessons learned in the operation of the REDD Plus Driving and Learning Center in the past.
3. To formulate guidelines and action plans to effectively and efficiently deal with the REDD Plus mechanism and climate change in the forest sector.

target group

80 people consisting of

1. civil servants, permanent employees, government employees and project staff to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the forest sector through incentives and participatory processes, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
2. community representatives, private sector and civil society
3. government agency representative local organization and related educational institutions

Lecture content

1. Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP)
2. Forest Climate Change and REDD+

discussion

1. Operations and Progress of REDD+ in Thailand
2. Policies and laws related to the REDD+ mechanism
3. Model communities and real best practices of sustainable forest management and the implementation of the REDD Plus mechanism.

practical (report presentation) Brainstorming groups and study visit)

1. Implementation of model communities and REDD+ centers: successes and challenges and lessons from practitioners.
2. National Forest Policy and Strategic Plan with Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+ Mechanism
3. REDD+ with social and environmental protection measures
4. REDD+ Financial Mechanism/Incentives and equal and fair sharing of benefits
5. Surveying and assessing carbon stocks in forest areas
6. stakeholders (stakeholders) and their role in the implementation of the REDD+ mechanism
7. REDD+ activities and plans in the future