Biodiversity safeguards in REDD+

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Cohosts
CBD, UNEP (UN-REDD)

Following the Cancún Agreement and its inclusion of safeguards for protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services, key REDD+ stakeholders countries, NGOs and multilateral organisations have been exploring methods for the application of REDD+ safeguards, as well as ways and means to enhance REDD+ benefits for biodiversity and ecosystem services. This learning event presented results of a 1-year consultation process undertaken by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN-REDD Programme, with support from Germany, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom, among others. Ongoing work on operationalising safeguards in specific countries was also presented.

Key questions 

• How can we best support the development of a successful REDD+ mechanism that will provide multiple benefits?
• How can we enhance biodiversity benefits from REDD+ and assess impacts on biodiversity?
• How can we further enhance synergies at national, regional and international level between the CBD and UNFCCC with regard to REDD+?

Moderator
Jagdish Kishwan, Additional Director General of Forests for Wildlife and Director for Wildlife Preservation, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India

Keynote speaker
Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom

Presentations of national REDD+ safeguard experience

• Guy Midgley, Programme Leader, Global Change Research Group, National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa
• Lorena Falconí, Head of Climate Change Mitigation, Ministry of Environment, Ecuador
• Salisu Dahiru, National REDD+ Coordinator, Nigeria

Contacts
UNEP: Barney.Dickson, Barney.Dickson@unep-wcmc.org
CBD: Johannes Stahl, johannes.stahl@cbd.int