Nota técnica para la Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR)  - Escenarios para la actualización del nivel de referencia de México para optar a las ventanas de pago por resultados por REDD+ del Fondo Verde del Clima

Autores: Carla Ramírez Zea, Clea Paz, Bruno Guay, Jose Carlos Fernandez, Erik Linquist, Erith Muñoz, Angel Parra y Kimberly Todd.

Jurisdictional Approaches to REDD+ in Africa: Emerging Lessons

This info brief captures the UN-REDD Africa Regional Knowledge Exchange 2018 “REDD+ Implementation at Scale: Emerging Lessons on Jurisdictional Approaches and Linkages with National Policy Frameworks” that was held on 2–3 October 2018 at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya.

Scoping Private Sector Opportunities in Ethiopia: How to Stimulate Both Economic Development and REDD+ Implementation?

Ethiopia is one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. Agriculture (subsistence and commercial) employs 80% of the population, contributes to 50% of the gross domestic product and provides 60% of export revenues, highlighting the importance of the sector for Ethiopia’s economy. At the same time, the country is experiencing ongoing deforestation, with agriculture being the principal driver of deforestation in Ethiopia. There are 2 national strategies - the climate-resilience green economy (CRGE) and the second-growth transformation plan (GTP2) - to shift the country to a more sustainable development paradigm while growing to middle-income status by 2025. Ethiopia has ample indigenous bamboo resources: the largest area of bamboo in Africa with 1 million hectares with a potential of 3 million hectares. Based on desk research and interviews, this report concludes that investments in bamboo carry the highest potential to restore, protect or recover forests as Ethiopia committed in 2014 to restore 15 million hectares by 2030. In doing so, there may be possibilities to harness the potential of both international development finance institutions as well as domestic financial institutions, given that Ethiopia is at the moment an underbanked country with little domestic or international funding flowing to forest-friendly projects that contribute to REDD+.

Using Spatial Analysis to Support REDD+ Land-Use Planning in Papua New Guinea: Strengthening Benefits for Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods

Some of the analyses presented here were developed by national technicians in joint working sessions. This contributed to building national capacity in spatial analysis, access to relevant datasets and the use of decision support tools. As more and better data becomes available, the analyses presented here could be updated to provide better support for planning, including at a sub-national scale. We encourage follow-up work to build on the analyses presented here and to capitalize on the enhanced in country capacity for spatial analysis for evidence-based decision-making.

Improving Efficiency in Forestry Operations and Forest Product Processing in Kenya: A Viable REDD+ Policy and Measure - Summary for Policy Makers

This report analyses whether increased efficiency in forestry operations and forest product processing and utilization are interesting REDD+ policies and measures for the Government of Kenya to pursue, with the potential to attract public and/or private investments to enable REDD+ implementation. In particular, the report focuses on the extent to which efficiency improvements could address supply deficiency in the forest sector, thereby reducing pressures on existing forests and related emissions.

Improving Efficiency in Forestry Operations and Forest Product Processing in Kenya: A Viable REDD+ Policy and Measure

This report analyses whether increased efficiency in forestry operations and forest product processing and utilization are interesting REDD+ policies and measures for the Government of Kenya to pursue, with the potential to attract public and/or private investments to enable REDD+ implementation. In particular, the report focuses on the extent to which efficiency improvements could address supply deficiency in the forest sector, thereby reducing pressures on existing forests and related emissions.

Integrated Land-Use Planning for REDD+: Lessons from Combining Spatial Analysis and Participatory Approaches at the Sub-National Level in Viet Nam

A National REDD+ Strategy or Action Plan is required for a country to be able to receive results-based payments under the UNFCCC. This strategy should set out the actions, often referred to as “policies and measures” (PAMs), and governance arrangements to ensure the achievement of a country’s REDD+ objectives.

Herramienta de Beneficios y Riesgos (BeRT), v. 2.1: Kit para los Talleres

Manual para facilitadores

El presente manual para facilitadores respalda la aplicación de la BeRT en los talleres. A partir de la versión 2.0 de la herramienta original en Excel2, el manual y las planillas adjuntas ofrecen consejos específicos sobre la documentación de posibles políticas y medidas, la identificación de los beneficios y riesgos asociados a ellas, y el análisis de las PLR que abordan las salvaguardas.

Enfoque Nacional hacia las Salvaguardas: Lista de Verificación para la Aclaración de las Salvaguardas de Cancún

En este documento se presenta una lista indicativa y no normativa de las principales cuestiones que los países podrían considerar para aclarar el contenido de los siete principios generales consagrados en las salvaguardas de Cancún, cuya pertinencia depende del contexto específico del país.

Benefits and Risks Tool (BeRT) v2.1: Workshop Kit. Facilitators’ Guide

The UN-REDD Programme Benefits and Risks Tool (BeRT) supports REDD+ countries to assess the social and environmental benefits and risks associated with candidate Policies and Measures (PAMs) and analyse how existing policies, laws and regulations (PLRs) could ensure that the REDD+ safeguards agreed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are addressed and respected. This facilitators’ guide supports the application of the BeRT in a workshop setting. Building on version 2.0 of the original Excel-based tool, the guide and accompanying worksheets provide targeted advice for the documentation of possible PAMs, the identification of those PAMs’ associated benefits and risks, and the analysis of PLRs that address the safeguards. The guide is aimed at facilitators of benefits and risks assessment or PLR analysis workshops, and is designed as a reference to help plan and execute such workshops. The guide also provides links to workshop materials. Work undertaken to meet requirements of specific funding mechanisms (e.g. the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility’s Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) or experiences from REDD+ pilot projects or forest-related projects and initiatives pre-dating REDD+ may provide useful inputs to this exercise.

Country Approach to Safeguards: Framework for Clarifying the Cancun Safeguards

This document presents a non-prescriptive and indicative list of key issues that countries may wish to consider when clarifying each of the seven broad principles embodied in the Cancun safeguards relevant to the specific country context. The substantive content of this framework comprises an elaboration of the Cancun safeguards from an international legal and normative best practice perspective, drawing primarily on the: (2015) UN-REDD Benefits & Risks Tool (BeRT v2.0), (2014) Meridian paper REDD+ Safeguards: Practical Considerations for Developing a Summary of Information, (2013) ClientEarth Guide to Understanding and Implementing the UNFCCC REDD+ Safeguards, and the (2012) UN-REDD Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria.

REDD+ practitioners may beneit from a common understanding of the content and potential implications of the UNFCCC decisions on REDD+ to improve country implementation of the REDD+ process. This technical resource document is aimed at REDD+ practitioners and has two main objectives:

1. Summarize the REDD+ decisions under the UNFCCC;
2. Foster a common understanding of the REDD+ decisions under the UNFCCC.

The document is organized into four main sections:

1. Background Information on REDD+ under the UNFCCC;
2. Important REDD+ concepts;
3. REDD+ information requirements under the UNFCCC;
4. Accessing Results-Based Payments (RBPs) / Results-Based Finance (RBF) for resultsbased actions (RBAs).

Thus, the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile (MINAGRI) of Chile and CONAF have led the formulation process of the National Strategy on Climate Change and Vegetation Resources 2017-2025 (ENCCRV), based on an ample participatory process with national and international stakeholders. ENCCRV is an instrument of public policy in the field of the native vegetation resources of Chile, which orients and integrates the strategic activities and measures to be taken as a country to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as to combat desertification, land degradation and drought.

Technical Brief 2: Conceptual Framework for Country Approaches to Safeguards

Provides an overview of the conceptual framework for country approaches to meeting REDD+ safeguards requirements of the UNFCCC, and other relevant initiatives. Builds on collective country experiences, since 2010, in offering operational guidance on REDD+ safeguards not provided by the UNFCCC. Complete with links to all other key guidance materials on safeguards produced by the UN-REDD Programme.

PROGRAMA DE ACCIÓN NACIONAL DE LUCHA CONTRA LA desertificación, LA degradacion DE LAS TIERRAS Y LA sèquia PANCD-Chile 2016-2030 alineado CON LA ESTRATEGIA DECENAL DE LA CONVENCIÓN de las Naciones Unidas de LUCHA CONTRA LA desertificación
(CNULD), LA INICIATIVA DE degradacion NEUTRAL DE LA TIERRA Y LOS OBJETIVOS DEL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE, EN EL MARCO DE LA ESTRATEGIA NACIONAL DE Cambio Climático Y RECURSOS VEGETACIONALES (ENCCRV) DE CHILE

Summaries of Information: How to Demonstrate REDD+ Safeguards are Being Addressed and Respected

Offers guidance to countries moving towards REDD+ implementation on the possible contents of summaries of safeguards information to be submitted to the UNFCCC. The brief responds to, and elaborates on, UNFCCC guidance on summaries of information, drawing on country approaches to safeguards developed since safeguards for REDD+ were adopted by the convention in 2010.

Country Approaches to REDD+ Safeguards: A Global Review of Initial Experiences and Emerging Lessons

Second issue in a new line of technical resource publications on safeguards, this review attempts to capture and synthesize the state-of-the-art knowledge on country approaches to REDD+ safeguards, with the primary aim of facilitating information exchange among REDD+ countries. The findings of this initial global review were informed by a consultative process engaging a number of countries who have made progress with their country approaches to safeguards.

REDD+ Safeguards Information Systems: Practical Design Considerations

First in a new line of technical resource publications, offering practical design considerations for 'safeguard information systems' (SIS) in line with UNFCCC requirements. The optional design elements discussed herein were informed by a consultative process engaging different REDD+ stakeholders - countries, donors and civil society.

REDD+ ACADEMY LEARNING JOURNAL - MODULE 8: REDD+ Safeguards under the UNFCCC

Explore the potential of REDD+ to deliver multiple benefits beyond climate change mitigation, and learn about possible risks to people, livelihoods, ecosystems, and rights. This module presents the elements of safeguards identified by the UNFCCC, and describes two key components: country approaches to safeguards and Safeguard Information Systems.