Submissions / REDD+

Published: November 2014
Submitted: November 2023

The Monitoring Matters Network

Linking Public Participation in Scientific Research to the Indicators and Needs of International Environmental Agreements

Different monitoring approaches collect data that can measure progress toward achieving global environmental indicators. These indicators can: (1) Audit management actions; (2) Inform policy choices; and (3) Raise awareness among the public and policy makers. We present a generic, empirically based, framework of different environmental monitoring approaches, ranging from scientist-driven to those undertaken by local people. This framework is used to assess monitoring possibilities for the Convention on Biological Diversity “2020” indicators, and those of 11 other international environmental agreements. Of the 186 indicators in these 12 environmental agreements, 69 (37%) require monitoring by professional scientists, whereas 117 (63%) can involve community members as “citizen scientists.” Promoting “community-based” and “citizen science” approaches could significantly enrich monitoring progress within global environmental conventions. It would also link environmental monitoring to awareness raising and enhanced decision-making at all levels of resource management.

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Published: April 2019
Submitted: October 2023

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

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: August 2015
Submitted: June 2023

Forest Policy, Institutions, and REDD+ in India, Tanzania, and Mexico

This article investigates forest policies and institutions surrounding REDD+ in three heavily forested countries: India, Tanzania, and Mexico. The comparative analysis leads to three key insights. First, each of the case study countries has multiple land tenure statutes that result in different distributions of the costs and benefits of forest protection for key stakeholders. Second, land tenure regimes that offer local communities the most secure forest rights are not necessarily those associated with benefit-sharing mechanisms outlined in national REDD+ policy proposals. Third, a credible commitment by government to share REDD+ benefits with forest-dependent people is contingent on the interests of key actors involved in the policy process. Political and administrative structures that limit the power and authority of forest government bodies lead to more responsive and accountable policy outcomes.

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Published and submitted: November 2022

Panama

Estrategia Nacional REDD+ Panamá

La Estrategia Nacional REDD+ se ha desarrollado con la finalidad de alinearla a las nuevas iniciativas de País, a fin de contribuir con los objetivos y compromisos de las acciones, medidas y políticas en materia climática y de recursos naturales. El ámbito de ejecución de la Estrategia Nacional REDD+ es a nivel nacional y a través de las acciones estratégicas, considera las cuencas hidrográficas como la unidad de planificación ambiental y territorial. En este contexto, se enuncian cuatro lineamientos, con diez componentes y cada uno con sus objetivos y líneas de acción estratégica. En total, 97 líneas de acción estratégica para ejecutarse en un periodo de 20 años.

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Published and submitted: October 2022

Burkina Faso

Stratégie Nationale REDD+ du Burkina Faso

La stratégie Nationale REDD+ (SN-REDD+) a été élaborée afin de doter le Burkina Faso d'un document de guidage, d'orientation et d'exécution de son processus REDD+, tel que défini dans le document de préparation à la REDD+(R-PP) adopté en 2013 lors de la session du Comité des participants au Fonds de préparation à la REDD+ du FCPF à Genève et complété par les différents livrables dans les délais impartis. Elle se veut donc être un outil d'application des conclusions des différentes études et recherches réalisées depuis la phase préparatoire à ce jour.

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