Workshop 3: The roles of Environmental Funds in REDD+ projects

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Workshop Invitation in English and Spanish
Workshop agenda
Workshop Photo Album
Workshop complete material in English, Spanish and French

Participants' Future Steps
During the workshop, participants were asked to write a short essay reporting their future steps on REDD+  projects, inspired by the lectures and debates. Read their intentions.

 Coordinators:
Osvaldo Stella is a mechanics engineers and has focused his work on avoiding deforestation and restoring degraded forest areas. He has worked with IPAM since 2007 as project coordinator and has a doctorate degree in Ecology and Natural Resources.

Mariana Christovam e Silva is a researcher in IPAM’s Climate Change Program since 2010. She has a master degree in International Economy and Globalization with Focus on Sustainable Development. She has previous capacity building experience with local communities in the Madre de Dios region.

Bernhard Smid is the Projects Supervisor of Public Policies at IPAM, with focus on climate change.  He has previously worked as Deputy Executive Secretary of International Relations in the State of Amazonas.

Download their presentations: About IPAM; REDD+ and Climate Change: historical context of international discussions; REDD+ en el contexto internacional, foco en la America Latina; Case UN-REDD; Recursos Financeros disponibles para REDD+ and Models and Institutional Structures for REDD+ in Brazil.

Invited Speakers:

Angelo Santos is a specialist in biodiversity and climate change with extensive experience in the Amazon. He has worked with biodiversity projects in Amazonia since 1980 and in Funbio’s Climate Change and Clean Energy Unit since 2009. He has a Ph.D degree in Ecology from Université des Science et Tecniques du Languedoc, Montpellier, France. View Funbio's case presentation.

Juana Camacho is Environmental Coordinator in the Fondo para la Accion Ambiental y la Niñez and Director at Ecochic Estilo ConSentido. She has previously worked for Friends of the Earth International. View Fondo Accion's case presentation.


Ludovino Lopes is a lawyer focused on Climate Change, Digital Rights and International Relations. He has worked with the International Emissions Trading Association and has participated in the implementation of the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation. View the Acre state’s case presentation.


Phill Covell is the Business Analyst for the Katoomba Incubator. Prior to joining Forest Trends, he was a founding manager of Triodos PV Partners, Executive Director of Enersol Associates, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Soluz, Inc., and a Senior Consultant for Global Transition Consulting, Inc. View the Building Forest Carbon Projects presentation.


Fabio Maciel is a Civil Engineer with emphasis in Environmental Engineering and currently works in BNDES in the Amazon Fund management. His previous work experience includes Petrobras, Braskem S/A and Bradesco AUTO RE Insurances.View the Amazon Fund presentation.

Other Resources:
Climate Change section of the RedLAC's Library.
The UN-REDD Programme website.
The Little REDD Book by the Global Canopy Programme, November 2008.
Casebook of REDD Projects in Latin America by the Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas (Idesam) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC-Brazil).
National REDD+ funding frameworks and achieving REDD+ readiness , by hris Knight & Jim Stephenson, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Oct 2010.
National REDD+ Registries: An overview of issues and design options by Johannes Scholl (Editor), Jun 2011.
Developing Social and Environmental Safeguards for REDD+, by Talia Manceira Bonfante, Maurício Voivodic and Luís Meneses Filho, in English, Portugues, Français and Español.
Engaging the Private Sector in the Potential Generation of REDD+ Carbon Credits - An Analysis of Issue, by Climate Focus, Jun  2010
Perspectives on REDD+ , by UN-REDD Programme in English, Français and Español.