Submissions / REDD+

Published: April 2019
Submitted: October 2023

CBD Technical Series no.93: Voluntary guidelines for the design and effective implementation of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and supplementary information

The report provides information on principles, safeguards, tools, and a flexible framework for planning and implementing ecosystem-based approaches, to support countries in integrating ecosystem-based approaches into their national biodiversity strategies and action plans, but also into other sectoral policies.

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Published: October 2016
Submitted: October 2022

CBD Technical Series no. 86: Managing ecosystems in the context of climate change mitigation: A review of current knowledge and recommendations to support ecosystem-based mitigation actions that look beyond terrestrial forests.

The report has been prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) for the Secretariat of the CBD, to summarize current knowledge on the potential contribution of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change mitigation, and additional benefits that such approaches can provide. The the study focuses on a number of other ecosystem types, beyond forests, with a high potential to contribute to climate change mitigation. The purpose of the study is to provide biodiversity managers with a reference document on the additional benefits of managing these ecosystems for carbon sequestration and storage.

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Published: October 2016
Submitted: October 2022

CBD Technical Series no. 85: Synthesis report on experiences with ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

This report has been prepared to provide a synthesis of experiences with ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and an analysis of challenges, lessons learned and opportunities related to their design and implementation.

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Published: June 2011
Submitted: September 2015

Biodiversity safeguards workshop provisional agenda

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Published and submitted: November 2012

REDD-plus & Biodiversity e-Newsletter Volume 21

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Published and submitted: July 2012

REDD-plus & Biodiversity e-Newsletter Volume 20

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Published and submitted: May 2012

REDD-plus & Biodiversity e-Newsletter Volume 19

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Published: November 2011
Submitted: January 2012

REDD-plus & Biodiversity e-Newsletter Volume 17

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Published and submitted: January 2012

REDD-plus & Biodiversity e-Newsletter Volume 18

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Published: September 2011
Submitted: October 2011

Submission by the CBD

A submission by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on REDD-plus safeguards.

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Published: September 2011
Submitted: October 2011

Submission by the CBD

A submission by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on REDD-plus safeguards.

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Published: September 2011
Submitted: October 2011

Submission by the CBD

A submission by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on REDD-plus safeguards

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Published and submitted: August 2011

REDD-plus & Biodiversity e-Newsletter Volume 16

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Published: May 2011
Submitted: July 2011

REDD-plus & Biodiversity e-Newsletter Volume 15

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