Resources tagged "multi-stakeholder process"
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A toolkit to assess proposed benefit sharing and revenue distribution schemes of community REDD+ projectsThis Toolkit to assess proposed Benefit Sharing and Revenue Distribution Schemes of Community REDD+ Projects has been developed as part of REDD-net’s aim of strengthening the ability of community-based institutions to address REDD+ issues, with benefit sharing being a key issue in the design of equitable REDD+ policies and projects at the national and community levels. ...
REDD+ and other sectors in East Africa: opportunities for cross-sectoral implementationAs REDD+ implementation will affect many actors, it is important that it involves a multi-stakeholder process, involving governments and civil society in East Africa. This paper outlines the status of REDD+ processes, opportunities and challenges in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and points out current and potential synergies between REDD+ and the key economic sectors of agriculture and food sec...
Decision making for ecosystems in a changing climate: time to mainstream ecosystem-based approachesAn 'expert perspective' on ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and what changes need to be made, for example to the role of stakeholders, in order to adopt this approach to climate change adaptation.
REDD-plus, forest people's rights and nested climate governance This draft paper discusses how forest people's rights can be operationalised under REDD-plus, citing the importance of participation in political decision making, equitable distribution of forest benefits, and recognition of forest people’s particular identities as importance principles under which to achieve this. In addition the paper emphasises a need for nested forest and climate govern...
Statutory and Customary Forest Rights and their Governance Implications: The case of VietnamPublished by the International Union for Conservation in Nature (IUCN) in Vietnam as part of the Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC), this document aims to promote the adoption of improved forest governance arrangements in Viet Nam and five other tropical forest countries in Asia, Africa and South America. These arrangements cover policy, legal, institutional and economic structure...
A Draft Framework for Sharing Approaches for Better Multi-Stakeholder Participation PracticesThis paper was commissioned in 2010 to help to initiate a process to share lessons on stakeholder participation practices and prepare an enhanced communication platform in the light of countries beginning to engage stakeholders in domestic REDD+ decision-making processes. The paper includes: a) A preliminary set of common terms relating to stakeholder participation (Section 3); b) A framework...
Building Effective Pro-poor REDD-plus interventions: How enhanced multi-stakeholder processes can ensure REDD-plus works for vulnerable communitiesIUCN has published a brochure on the contributions that enhanced multi-stakeholder dialogues can make to more effective and equitable REDD-plus planning. Drawing on the work of IUCN and its members across Asia, Africa and Central America, this publication aims to explain why multi-stakeholder processes need to be given more emphasis during the REDD-plus readiness phase and how they can be enh...
Participación indígena en REDD+: “Caso Matsés”En el plano global y local, la calidad y el nivel de la participación indígena en el proceso REDD+ se viene cuestionado. Se reconoce la importancia del conocimiento local para el éxito de REDD+, sin embargo, ¿Qué tan participativos, inclusivos, efectivos y correctos son los mecanismos utilizados para la participación indígena es este proceso? Y a consecuencia de ello ¿Qu...
Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in REDD+: Principles and approaches for policy and project developmentThe principle that indigenous peoples and local communities have a right to give or withhold their Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) to developments affecting their resources is not new. However, experience using FPIC in REDD+ implementation is still limited in the Asia-Pacific region. Using relevant examples from a range of locations and sectors, this manual provides a basis for devel...
Where in the world is there pro-poor forest policy and tenure reform?Many countries are now recognizing community ownership and devolving forest responsibilities to local jurisdictions. This transition in ownership is both a response to rights-based movements to increase local ownership and access to forest resources and a strategic policy shift responding to the widespread failure of governments to avoid deforestation, control illegal activities or generate t...