[{"bbox": [85, 150, 1144, 211], "category": "Text", "text": "(ROGB), The National Herbarium of Suriname (BBS), the Indigenous platform in Unity and Solidarity in Alliance and Progress (ESAV) and the foundation Kuluwajak."}, {"bbox": [85, 238, 1144, 471], "category": "Text", "text": "As most of international support to CSOs focuses on areas situated in the upper Suriname river, mainly benefitting tribal communities, the population located in the deep south, mostly indigenous peoples, could be reached out to in priority. Those communities are rather remotely located and scattered in the southern hinterland of Suriname, hence resulting in difficulties in terms of access. The support measures in favour of civil society could complement programmes supporting tribal people, including the EU Contribution agreement with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) of EUR 5 million of the Amazon Basin Team Europe Initiative that will focus on livelihoods of tribal people, while leaving no one behind. As umbrella organisations, VIDS and OIS could be potential beneficiaries."}, {"bbox": [85, 498, 630, 529], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Enhance policy dialogue and government capacity:"}, {"bbox": [123, 562, 890, 592], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Increase access to payment for ecosystem services (PES)/carbon finance:"}, {"bbox": [85, 619, 1144, 823], "category": "Text", "text": "Suriname is a highly forested country (93% forest cover) with low deforestation rates (less than 0.1% annually). However, maintenance and protection of forests come at a cost. Because forests are under pressure, their economic value as a land use system needs to be strengthened. This can be done by attributing value not only to products, but also to services, such that a price can be attached to the service for which a market party or public actor wants to pay. PES can be defined as voluntary transactions, between service users and service providers that are conditional on agreed rules of natural resource management, for generating off-site services."}, {"bbox": [85, 851, 1144, 1113], "category": "Text", "text": "Examples of such ecosystem services are water catchment and conservation (water buffer), soil stabilisation, habitat for biodiversity conservation, carbon stock and sequestration. \"Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation\" (REDD+)^2 is one of the mechanisms that aims to pay countries and landscape managers for the service of maintaining carbon stock, and/or avoiding expected carbon loss. Suriname is expecting REDD+ funding to come through in the coming years, after many years of preparations. Unfortunately, over 10 years' time worldwide the examples of REDD+ payments effectuated are still scarce. To date it is technically and procedurally complicated, and very limited revenue has been generated by forest managers and communities. Other climate finance opportunities could be explored including participation of the private sector."}, {"bbox": [123, 1143, 654, 1173], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Flexible support to different areas of governance:"}, {"bbox": [85, 1200, 1144, 1376], "category": "Text", "text": "By facilitating short- and long-term Technical Assistance (TA) and studies, on a demand-driven basis, the Cooperation Facility (CF) will be a flexible instrument that will strengthen capacities in the relevant Government ministries, while also responding quickly to technical needs as they arise during project implementation. It is expected that the CF will be used to address capacity issues in institutional, economic, social and environmental dimensions of national development, particularly those that relate to the priority area and crosscutting issues. Different areas of governance may be supported according to the needs."}, {"bbox": [85, 1403, 1144, 1520], "category": "Text", "text": "In the context of the Forest Partnership, not only the Ministry of Finance, but also the newly established Ministry of Environment and Spatial planning along with the Ministry of Forest Land and Forest Management will be important stakeholders the EU-Suriname cooperation. As a result, there is a need to indirectly reinforce the capacity of these entities in order to help them fulfil their mandate successfully."}, {"bbox": [85, 1620, 1012, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "^2 A United Nations-backed framework that aims to curb climate change by stopping the destruction of forests."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 16"}]