Madagascar Announcements
To protect against potential risks and promote benefits from REDD+, seven safeguards must be supported throughout the implementation of REDD+ actions. These are known as the "Cancun safeguards", and were agreed at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate held in Cancun in 2010 (COP16).
Many UN-REDD partner countries are developing safeguards approaches and information systems with UN-REDD Programme support. To help share the latest information on country progress, this page includes links to workshop reports and materials (especially from 2015 onwards) as well as more formally published outputs. Spatial analysis products whose goals include safeguard support are found on the Multiple Benefits Country Resources Hub.
Learn more
A wealth of global knowledge products are also available on the Safeguards Technical Knowledge page.
Madagascar's National REDD+ Academy took place in Antananarivo from 31 October to 4 November, 2016. This 'training of trainers' session, organized by the UN-REDD Programme with support from World Bank/FCPF, saw the participation of 45 representatives from government agencies at both the national and regional levels, (almost half of them were women) including Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, Planning, Mining, Finance, Internal Affairs, National Parks and Management of Protected Areas. Other stakeholder participants included local partners from Conservation International, WWF, World Bank, Local Communities Federation, University of Anatananarivo, and CSOs representatives, such as the African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests
The three-day Knowledge Exchange on Policies and Measures in the framework of the REDD+ strategy launched today, 25 September 2015 in Abidjan with the participation of Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tunisia and Cote D’Ivoire. The workshop is organized by the UN-REDD Programme's regional Africa office and provides the space for learning and exchange of experiences between countries on the development of REDD + policies and measures.
An update was presented to participants of the 14th Policy Board meeting on the Programme's Country Needs Assessment mechanism for support. This session also included presentations on Country Needs Assessment progress in Malawi, Madagascar, and the Meso-American region.