Supplemental request for the further enhancing of REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Jamaica

The Government of Jamaica is seeking USD 322,148.00 over 12 months to strengthen its REDD+ readiness. Building on the initial JAM-RS-003 project, this supplement focuses on establishing a National Bureau for REDD+ Management, enhancing Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) capacity, engaging private forest landowners who own over 70% of the island's forest resources, and creating a Social Safeguard Information System (SIS). The proposal identifies critical gaps in jurisdictional control of forested lands and the lack of systematic social and gender-disaggregated data. Key deliverables include a Forest Disturbance Index for broadleaf forests and non-binding agreements with 15 private landowners.

• Jamaica's forest cover is largely privately held, with the Forestry Department managing only 24.5% of total forested lands, creating a high risk of reversal on private lands if they are converted for housing or agriculture.
• The primary drivers of deforestation in Jamaica include the construction of hotels, resorts, public infrastructure, bauxite mining, and middle-to-upper-income settlements.
• Forest degradation is specifically driven by the informal harvesting of timber for charcoal, scaffolding for the construction industry, and yam sticks for domestic and export production.
• Implementation of the initial REDD+ readiness project (JAM-RS-003) revealed three critical gaps: weak national institutional capacity to manage REDD+, an inability to track social safeguard data due to a lack of a central repository, and poor engagement with private landowners.
• A major barrier to REDD+ implementation is the lack of jurisdictional control, as approximately 74% of forests are on private lands and the Forestry Department has limited regulatory authority over these areas.
• Jamaica lacks a systematic mechanism to track gender equity in land and forest management or to manage grievances, necessitating the creation of a Social Safeguard Information System (SIS).
• The proposal aims to secure non-binding agreements or expressions of intent with 15 private landowners to integrate their lands into jurisdictional REDD+ actions.
• The project will develop a Forest Disturbance Index and geospatial representations to identify levels of disturbance within broadleaf forests and recommend sustainable management actions.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2022). Supplemental request for the further enhancing of REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Jamaica. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20220811-jamaica-megjc-proposal.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Supplemental request for the further enhancing of REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Jamaica. 2022. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20220811-jamaica-megjc-proposal.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2022supplemental, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Supplemental request for the further enhancing of REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Jamaica}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2022}, month = jul, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20220811-jamaica-megjc-proposal.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }