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Belize

REDD-plus national entity / focal point on the coordination of support

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, the Environment and Sustainable Development
Mr. Lennox Gladden
Chief Climate Change Officer
phone: (+501) 828 59 62
fax: (+501) 822 24 47
email:

Reporting to the UNFCCC

Date (Year)	Results (t CO2 eq/year)	Assessed forest reference level (t CO2 eq/year)	Links to documentation
2016	81,794	4,606,875	FCCC/SBI/ICA/2021/TATR.1/BLZ Biennial update report with submission of REDD+ results (BUR 1) FCCC/TAR/2020/BLZ Submission on proposed reference level Modified submission on proposed forest reference level National REDD+ Strategy Safeguard information summary National Forest Monitoring System
2017	940,385	4,850,928
2018	4,580,384	5,094,981
2024	-	-	Submission on proposed reference level

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Published and submitted: July 2023

REDD+ Story Belize

Belize submitted its 1st forest reference level (FRL) in 2020 and moved to the implementation phase. Next year, in 2021, Belize submitted the REDD+ results against the FRL as an annex included in its 1st Biennial Update Report. In 2022, Belize successfully completed the technical analysis process of the REDD+ results and reported a total emission reduction of 5,602,563 tons of CO2. This article describes Belize’s REDD+ success story to date.

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Published and submitted: June 2023

ESMF

The present report is the ESMF for REDD+ implementation in Belize. It introduces the main biogeographic and socio-economic characteristics of the country, Belize’s National REDD+ Strategy and the institutional framework for its implementation It then presents the applicable environmental and social safeguards, describes the SESA process and details the objectives and scope of the ESMF.

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