UNEP-WCMC has developed operational guidelines to assist countries in implementing biodiversity safeguards for REDD+. At the most recent meeting of the UNFCCC (Cancun, Dec 2010), the Parties to the Convention agreed a full set of social and environmental safeguards. With support from DEFRA (UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), we have formulated a set of guidelines that focus on implementing the biodiversity safeguards. These guidelines address both the potential risks to biodiversity presented by REDD+, and the many opportunities for REDD+ to benefit biodiversity conservation.

Analyses looking at the spatial relationships between carbon stocks and biodiversity, based on regional and global data.

Presentation sent (“Medición y monitorero de la biodiversidad”) to a technical workshop on forest inventories within the REED regional programme for Central America and the Dominican Republic in San Salvador, El Salvador (13-15 December 2010). Authored by Dr Valerie Kapos, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

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This  report examines the scope for Reducing Emissions from Forest Degradation and Deforestation (REDD) in Tanzania, focusing on the developing UN-REDD programme.  The causes of deforestation, potential obstacles to the implementation of REDD, and some possible solutions are discussed. This is a Masters students project report, produced by Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (USA), in collaboration with UNEP-WCMC (UK).

This document is directly linked to the public UN-REDD Programme website at www.un-redd.org. Please be aware that any changes to this document (Update button) will be immediately reflected on the public site.

Administrator's note : this paper was provided by Douglas Taylor, STAP, UNEP

In consultation with the Biodiversity Task Force, Prof. Paul Ferraro, Panel Member lead expert on biodiversity, designed a study on Payments for Environmental Services, resulting in a commissioned paper which provides guidance to the GEF Council, Secretariat, Evaluation Office, and GEF agencies on the development and evaluation of GEF investments in Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programs.

The bibliography may be found at on the support page  at http://stapgef.unep.org/resources/sg/PES

UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme) FAO, UNDP, UNEP -Framework Document, June 20 2008