La creciente transformación del uso de suelo y la expansión de la frontera agrícola y áreas pobladas son factores en común entre Côte d’Ivoire y Costa Rica. En respuesta a esta problemática, ambos países han procurado, de manera creciente, delinear estrategias de movilización de recursos financieros para implementar estrategias para reducir la deforestación y degradación forestal, y promover planes de producción sostenible de sus materias primas.

Côte d’Ivoire is taking groundbreaking strides to level the playing field for REDD+.

The challenge now: turning data into policy.

Technical experts gathered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire at the fourth and final  regional “Training the Trainers” Workshop to share their knowledge on REDD+ Monitoring, and Measurement, Reporting and Verification. The workshop was hosted by the Global Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI) & GOFC-GOLD from 6-10 February 2017.

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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The Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Côte d'Ivoire and the Minister of Environment and Energy Costa Rica have signed a long term Memoradum of Understanding (MOU) at a COP22 side event in Marrakech. The purpose of the MOU between the two countries is to provide a framework for cooperation and facilitate collaboration in areas of climate change and forestry, with the ultimate goal of enhancing, strengthening and accelerating their respective REDD+ processes. Ultimately, this collaboration will contribute to the implementation of sustainable forest management in Côte d'Ivoire and Costa Rica. 

A new study developed with support from the UN-REDD Programme, 'The Landscape of REDD+ Aligned Finance in Côte d’Ivoire', looks at public finance of activities that impacted on land use in 2015 and that are therefore considered relevant in the context of Côte d’Ivoire’s National REDD+ Strategy. Activity sectors include agriculture, forestry, domestic energy, environment, mining, and planning policy. The study identifies the nature and volume of domestic and international public finance that was already contributing to limiting deforestation and encouraging sustainable land use in the country in 2015. It provides a baseline against which to measure progress towards the levels of investment required to drive sustainable agriculture and reforestation. It also identifies opportunities to increase finance available for implementation of the National REDD+ Strategy.

Cartographie et identification des moteurs de la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts en Côte d’Ivoire : les résultats des dernières études présentés et validés à l’occasion d’un atelier national.

Following the completion of the South-South Knowledge Exchange between Côte d'Ivoire and Costa Rica (19-23 September 2016), the two countries have agreed to continue their cooperation towards environment protection, forestry development and green growth through technical and financial collaboration and knowledge sharing. The UN-REDD Programme has supported the development of this partnership and will continue facilitate and strenghten cooperation between the two countries.

The Letter of Intent was signed on September by the Director of FONAFIFO Costa Rica, Jorge Mario Rodriguez, and Permanent Executive Secretary of REDD+ Côte d'Ivoire, Marcel Yao. The signing was witnessed by UNDP Costa Rica's Assistant Resident Representative, Kryssia Brade. The Letter presents the main principals of the intended partnership, which will be consequently reflected in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

A group of government officials from Côte d'Ivoire's office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Water will travel to Costa Rica alongside representatives from the national REDD+ secretariat and UN-REDD Programme technical advisors from 19-23 September 2016, in order to enhance, strengthen and accelerate the two countries' REDD+ processes and to explore a strategic partnership on REDD+, sustainable agriculture and payments for ecosystems services (PES).The delegation will meet with the Vice-Minister of Environment of Costa Rica, Director of FONAFIFO (Ministry of Environment and Energy) and other government officials, along with representatives of civil society, academia and the UN.  

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)

COP21 official side event: Looking Forward: REDD+ post-2015  -- REGISTER TO ATTEND
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