Four Ministers and high-level representatives from Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda came together to officially launch their National REDD+ Strategies at a COP 23 Side-Event in Bonn on 16th November 2017.

Cross-River State REDD+ Strategy and National REDD+ framework strategy for Nigeria presented including an overview of the progress of REDD+ process in Nigeria

The Nigeria National Safeguards Working Group is pleased to release the: Cross River State REDD+ Safeguards Principles & Criteria: Assisting the design of REDD+ policies and measures.  

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.

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Cross River State, with more than 50% of Nigeria’s remaining tropical high forests, has been the focus of REDD+ activity in the country. Within the context of the National REDD+ Readiness Programme, a recent priority for Cross River has been safeguards. UN-REDD Programme Safeguards Coordinator Steve Swan speaks with Edu Effiom, Chairman of the National Safeguards Working Group, to learn about their experiences engaging in a multi-stakeholder process to meet international requirements on REDD+ safeguards. Click here to read more.

REDD+ work in Nigeria has received a major boost with the first sub national level Strategy for Cross River State (CRS) almost finalized as well as a National REDD+ Framework Strategy. Both Strategies are critical components of an innovative two pronged approach of State and Federal level implementation of REDD+ in Nigeria and efforts towards the implementation of the Warsaw Framework. 

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. 

Africa

Regional

• Synergies between REDD+ and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in Central Africa, 2014. (English, French) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]
• Using models to inform policies to meet multiple objectives. Sustainable development, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation in Central Africa, 2016. (English, French) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]
• Modelling land use changes in Central Africa. Reports of the REDD-PAC project, 2015. [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]
• Carbon, biodiversity and land-use in the Central Congo Basin Peatlands, 2017. (English, French) 

Cameroon

• Modelling land use changes in Cameroon. A report by the REDD-PAC project, 2016. [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]

Côte d'Ivoire

• Inception workshop: Étude cartographique des bénéfices multiples pour la planification spatiale de la REDD+, 2015. (Workshop material: French)
• Training on the use of open source GIS software for the mapping of multiple benefits, May 2016. (Presentation: French)
• Comment la déforestation affecte la macroéconomie nationale, September 2016. (Report: French)
• Validation workshop on the mapping of multiple benefits, June 2017. (Presentations: French)
• Cartographie des bénéfices multiples de la REDD+ en Côte d’Ivoire, 2017. (Report, French: high res, low res)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Mapping potential biodiversity benefits from REDD+. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012. (English, French)
• Prise en compte des bénéfices multiples dans la planification REDD+ en République Démocratique du Congo, 2013. (Technical report, French)

• Multiple Benefits in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: valuation and mapping feasibility study, 2015. (English, French)

Ethiopia

• The contribution of forests to national income in Ethiopia and linkages with REDD+, 2016. (English, Amharic)

Kenya

• Mapping to support land-use planning for REDD+ in Kenya: securing additional benefits, 2016. (English: v. high res, high res, low res)

Liberia

• Training to build capacity for REDD+ planning in Liberia, February 2018. (Workshop material: English)
• Building capacity for REDD+ planning in Liberia: mapping non-carbon benefits, April-May 2018 (Workshop material: English)
• Using spatial analysis to support REDD+ land-use planning in Liberia (Report: English, high res, low res)

Nigeria

• Carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Exploring co-benefits. Nigeria: Preliminary Results, 2010. (English)
• Nigeria's REDD+ Readiness Programme - Beyond Carbon: safeguards and multiple benefits from REDD+ workshop, 2013. (Workshop report: English, materials: English)
• Nigeria's REDD+ Readiness Programme - Beyond Carbon: consultation & joint working session on spatial planning for REDD+ in Cross River State, 2014. (Workshop report: English)
• Using spatial analysis to explore multiple benefits from REDD+ actions in Cross River State, Nigeria, 2017. (Report: English, high res, low res)
• The role of Cross River State’s forests in supporting development and well-being, 2017. (Poster: English)

Republic of Congo

• Multiple benefits mapping in Republic of Congo, 2014. (Workshop report and material: French)
• Workshop to conduct cost-benefit analysis, 2015. (Workshop material: French)
• Workshop in the use of the cost-benefit spreadsheet tool, 2015. (Workshop material: French)
• UN-REDD Congo presentation at Rio Conventions Pavilion, UNFCCC COP 21 - Cartographie des bénéfices multiples de la REDD+, 2015. (French)
• Cartographie des bénéfices multiples de la REDD+ en République du Congo, 2015. (French: high res, low res)
• Analyse couts-bénéfices de la mise en œuvre de la Stratégie Nationale REDD+ de la République du Congo, June 2016. (French)

Tanzania

• Carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem services: exploring co-benefits. Tanzania, 2009. (English)
• Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: a case study of progress and challenges, 2010. (Journal paper; Oryx, English)
• Using spatial information to support decisions on safeguards and multiple benefits for REDD+ in Tanzania, 2013. (English)
• Methodological brief (multiple benefits mapping), 2013. (English)
• Multiple benefits objectives workshop report, Tanzania, 2013. (English)

Uganda

• Supporting planning for multiple benefits from REDD+ in Uganda: Exploring synergies with the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 2014. (English) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]

Asia-Pacific

Knowledge exchange between countries

• Exercise on cost-benefit analysis for REDD+: using economic and other analyses to inform REDD+ planning. (Exercise materials: English) (Asia-Pacific Knowledge Exchange, Oct. 2017)

Bhutan

• REDD+ Environmental Safeguards and Multiple Benefits Workshop, 2012. (Workshop report and material: English).

Cambodia

• Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Cambodia, 2010. (English) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]
• Costs and benefits analysis of REDD+ implementation in Cambodia, 2014. (Workshop report: English, Khmer)
• Training and joint working session on REDD+ economic and spatial GIS tool development, Cambodia, 2015. (Workshop materials: English, Khmer)
• UN-REDD Cambodia presentation at Rio Conventions Pavilion, UNFCCC COP 21 - Incorporating cost-benefit analysis of REDD+ options into planning, 2015. (English)
• Costs-Benefits Spreadsheet Tool: National, Mondulkiri, Koh Kong, background report.

Indonesia

• Strengthening benefits from REDD+ for biodiversity, ecosystem services and livelihoods – A guide to tools and resources that can help to plan for multiple benefits from REDD+ in Indonesia, 2012. (English)
• Options for REDD+ action: what are their effects on forests and people, 2012. (English, Bahasa Indonesia).
• Using spatial information to promote multiple benefits from REDD+ in Indonesia, 2012. (English, Bahasa Indonesia)
• Cross-Sectoral Analysis of Policy and Legislative Frameworks that are Relevant to REDD+ Implementation in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2012. (English, Bahasa Indonesia)

Mongolia

• 1st joint working session on spatial planning for REDD+. Mongolia, 2015. (Workshop material: English, Mongolian)
• Consultations on forest benefits. Mongolia, 2015. (Workshop report and material: English, Mongolian)
• 2nd joint working session on spatial planning for REDD+. Mongolia, 2016. (Workshop report and material: English, Mongolian)
• Validation workshop on ‘Spatial information to support REDD+ planning and multiple benefits’. Mongolia, 2016. (Workshop material: English, Mongolian)
• Using spatial analysis to inform planning in Mongolia's boreal forests, 2016. (Poster: English)
• Making ecosystem restoration meet multiple goals for people, biodiversity and the climate, 2016. (Poster: English)
• Using spatial analysis to explore potential for multiple benefits from REDD+ in Mongolia, March 2017. (Report: English, Mongolian)
• The changing world of Mongolia's boreal forests (Storymap: English)

Papua New Guinea

• Spatial planning for REDD+ multiple benefits to support decision-making and land-use planning in Papua New Guinea, August 2017. (Workshop material: English)
• Using spatial analysis to support REDD+ land-use planning in Papua New Guinea. Strengthening benefits for biodiversity, ecosystem services and livelihoods, 2018 (Report: English, high res, low res)

Philippines

• Using spatial analysis to explore synergies between the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and REDD+ in the Philippines: A preliminary analysis, 2014. (English) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]

Viet Nam

• Ecosystem services from new and restored forests: tool development, 2010. (Multiple Benefits Series 5, English)
• Methods for assessing and monitoring change in the ecosystem-derived benefits of afforestation, reforestation and forest restoration, 2010. (Multiple Benefits Series 6, English)
• Mapping the potential for REDD+ to deliver biodiversity conservation in Viet Nam, 2013. (English) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]
• (1st joint working session): Introduction to spatial analysis for REDD+ planning at the provincial level in Viet Nam, 2014. (Workshop report and material: English, Vietnamese)
• 2nd joint working session on spatial analysis to support provincial REDD+ action planning in Viet Nam, 2015. (Workshop report and material: English, Vietnamese)
• Sub-national REDD+ planning: Building capacity in managing PRAP spatial databases and GIS skills. Report on working sessions convened as part of the Vietnam Phase II programme, 2016. (Workshop report and material: English, Vietnamese)
• Sub-regional learning event on integrated land-use planning and mainstreaming of multiple benefits: technical session. October 2017. (Report: English, Vietnamese; Workshop material: English, Vietnamese)
• Integrated land-use planning for REDD+: lessons from combining spatial analysis and participatory approaches at the sub-national level in Viet Nam, 2017. (Report: English: high res, low res; Vietnamese: high res, low res)

Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina

• Course on climate change and forests toward the construction of the national REDD+ strategy, October 2016. (Presentations: Spanish)
• Safeguards and multiple benefits workshop, November 2016. (Presentations: Spanish)
• National course on forests, climate change and REDD+ in Argentina, March 2017. (Workshop material: Spanish)
• Review of preliminary results of social and environmental benefits of REDD+ analyses workshop, December 2017. (Workshop material: Spanish)

Bolivia

• Registro de datos útiles para la toma de decisiones en relación a REDD+ y sus beneficios multiples, 2010. (Multiple Benefits Series 7: Spanish)

Brazil

• Assessing the biodiversity impacts of policies related to REDD+. Key considerations in using spatial analysis and land use modeling, illustrative examples from Brazil, 2014. (English) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]
• REDD-PAC Brazil Biodiversity Policy Brief (English, Portugese) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]

• Modelling land use changes in Brazil 2000-2050. A report by the REDD-PAC project, 2015. (English) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]

Colombia

• First national meeting about multiple benefits in the framework of the construction of the National REDD+ Strategy in Colombia, December 2016. (Workshop material: Spanish)

• Multiple benefits of REDD+ capacity-building session, December 2017. (Workshop material: Spanish)

Costa Rica

• Multiple benefits and indicators. 2016. (Workshop material: Spanish)
• Taller de presentación de resultados de plan de implementación REDD+ y mapeo de los beneficios múltiples de REDD+ en Costa Rica, March 2017. (Presentation: Spanish)
• Beneficios multiples de REDD+ en Costa Rica: Analisis espaciales para apoyar la toma de decisiones, 2017. (Technical report: Spanish)

Ecuador

• Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Ecuador. 2010. (English, Spanish)
• National workshop for identification and prioritization of multiple benefits, 2013. (Workshop report: Spanish)
• Regional workshop for prioritization of REDD+ multiple benefits in Ecuador at the community level. Amazoní­a, 2013. (Workshop report: Spanish)
• Regional workshop for prioritization of REDD+ multiple benefits in Ecuador at the community level. Esmeraldas, 2013. (Workshop report: Spanish)

Honduras

• Taller de identificación y priorización de potenciales beneficios sociales y ambientales adicionales de REDD+ en Honduras, March 2017. (Presentations: Spanish)
• Working Session: Taller sobre técnicas de análisis espacial de beneficios sociales y ambientales adicionales de REDD+ en Honduras para el apoyo a la toma de decisiones, July 2017. (Presentations: Spanish)
• Validation workshop: Taller de revisión de resultados preliminares de análisis espacial de beneficios sociales y ambientales de REDD+ en Honduras, July 2017. (Presentations: Spanish)

Panama

• The potential economic values of the multiple benefits from REDD+ in Panama: a synthesis of existing valuation studies, 2014. (Technical report: English)
• Planning for REDD+ in Panama: Securing social and environmental benefits, 2015. (English high res, low res, Spanish high res, low res) 
• Promoting social and environmental benefits of REDD+ in Panama, 2016. (Flyer: English high res, low res, Spanish high res, low res)

Paraguay

• Multiple benefits mapping working session and presentation of multiple benefits advances, April 2014. (Workshop material: Spanish)
• Mapping multiple benefits of REDD+ in Paraguay: Using spatial information to support land-use planning, 2015. (English high res, low res,Spanish high res, low res)
• Presentation of multiple benefits results and safeguards working session, February 2015. (Workshop material: Spanish)
• Interagency safeguards mission and review of additional multiple benefits analyses, October 2015. (Workshop material: Spanish)
• Webinar to present preliminary results and methodologies for additional multiple benefits analyses, November 2015. (Presentation: Spanish)
• Presentation to review final results of analyses of multiple benefits of REDD+ policies and measures, May 2016. (Workshop material: Spanish)
• Promoting social and environmental benefits of REDD+ in Paraguay, 2016. (Flyer: English high res, low res, Spanish high res, low res)
• Spatial analysis as a tool to support the design and implementation of REDD + policies and measures in Paraguay, July 2016. (Workshop report: Spanish)
• Mapping multiple benefits of REDD+ in Paraguay: Additional analysis to support decision making on policies and REDD+ measures, 2016. (Spanish high res, low res)
• Mapping multiple benefits of REDD+ in Paraguay: Additional analysis to support decision making on policies and REDD+ measures, 2016. (Technical report: Spanish)

• Making ecosystem restoration meet multiple goals for people, biodiversity and the climate, 2016. (Poster: English)

Peru

• Promoting social and environmental benefits of REDD+ in Peru, 2014. (Flyer: English, Spanish)
• Promoting environmental and social benefits of REDD+ in Peru through spatial analysis. How maps can support the achievement of multiple policy goals, 2014 (English, Spanish) [Produced without direct UN-REDD support]
• Participatory workshop for the identification and prioritization of social and environmental benefits of REDD+ in Peru and Consultation workshop on the design of a flexible spatial tool. Peru, May 2015. (Workshop report and material: Spanish)
• Geodecisión: A flexible mapping tool to support environmental decision-making (Geodecisión: Una herramienta espacial flexible para orientar la toma de decisiones ambientales), 2016. (Tool: Spanish)
• Geodecisión: A flexible mapping tool to support environmental decision-making (Geodecisión: Una herramienta espacial flexible para orientar la toma de decisiones ambientales), 2016. (Flyer: Spanish, Poster: English)
• Spatial tool for planning REDD+ actions: Workshop to present advances and receive technical feedback. Peru, March 2016. (Workshop report and material: Spanish)
• Launch of Geodecisión: a spatial tool to guide environmental decision-making. Peru, May 2016. (Workshop report and material: Spanish)

The report on the workshop ‘Safeguards and multiple benefits from REDD+ in Nigeria’ (26-27th November 2013, Calabar), is now finalized and available here. The workshop aimed at informing the development of social and environmental safeguards and priorities for REDD+ planning in Cross River State, and building capacity on REDD+ safeguards with key stakeholders. 

There are four vacancies open within Nigeria's UN-REDD National Programme.  Please find the descriptions here and note the deadline for application is Monday, 8 July.

The programme steering committee for the Nigeria UN-REDD national programme adopts key reports and the first work plan and budget.

In the UN-REDD Programme's Feb/Mar 2013 issue, read more on REDD+ progress in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, the DRC, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, Solomon Islands and Zambia. Also get updates on the UN-REDD Programme's work linking REDD+ to the issues of land tenure, anti-corruption and forest law enforcement.

In Calabar, Nigeria, 54 participants from both the federal and Cross River State level convened in January 2013 to get more insights on the relevance of the PGA in Nigeria’s federal and state level REDD+ efforts, to reach agreement on the governance domains on which the PGA will be providing governance data eventually, as well as to agree on the organizational structure and the way forward for the next couple of months.

The Capacity Development for REDD+ Regional Data collection workshop took place in Berlin, 28 May-8 June. The main aim of the workshop was the assessment and compilation of forest sector activity data for the GHG inventory for 11 countries from Latin American and Africa. This helped identify the significant data gaps still remaining in most countries which will form the basis for further work on their GHG inventories, with support from the CD-REDD II team. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.from FAO attended the 2^nd week on behalf of UN REDD. View the presentations online and read more detailed information here.

At the recently concluded regional workshop on "Strengthening Transparency and Accountability for REDD+ in Africa", Anti-Corruption Commissions and National REDD+ teams jointly presented existing practices in developing their REDD+ systems and fighting corruption that can be built upon to promote integrity in REDD+. See these presentations in the right hand corners of the DRC, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia pages. Read more about the workshop.

In the UN-REDD Programme's March/April 2012 newsletter issue, read about the Programme’s recent US$8 million in funding allocations to the Republic of Congo and Sri Lanka, as well as updates from Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, the Philippines, Sudan and Viet Nam. Also find new UN-REDD Programme reports on the SEPC and FPIC workshops, gender and the recently released “2011 Year in Review”, which gives a comprehensive overview of the Programme’s progress over the past year.

The Nigeria REDD+ University will take place 19-21 March in Calabar, Cross River State, the pioneer state in Nigeria for REDD+. The UN-REDD Programme will provide technical and financial support to this event that intends to foster understanding and multi-stakeholder dialogue on REDD+ and to serve as public inception of Nigeria’s REDD+ Readiness Programme. Read the agenda and find more information here.