Presented by Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti (Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF) at "Global Comparative Study on REDD+ Workshop: REDD+ social safeguards in Indonesia: Opportunities and challenges", on 16 May 2023

1. 16 May 2023
REDD+ safeguards:
Expanding community
rights to support the
impact of REDD+

2. REDD+ safeguards
• Social safeguards support the rights of IPs and LCs, but
in doing so they also support REDD+’s effectiveness
• More research demonstrates the critical contributions
of IPs and LCs to biodiversity conservation, carbon
sequestration, and landscape restoration
• They’re an opportunity to expand rights and support
country climate (e.g., NDCs) and development (e.g.,
SDGs) ambitions

3. REDD+ safeguards
From the Convention to practice
• As per the UNFCCC, countries are to interpret the Cancun safeguards
based on their own legal frameworks and policy priorities no real
incentives to expand rights
• However, if equity supports REDD+, should that not be enough of an
incentive?
• Voluntary markets and high integrity mechanisms are starting to take
safeguards more seriously
• ART & FCPF is creating new pathways for inclusion-enabling market and
RBP transactions; and there are pledges for finance to work directly with
IPs and LCs
• But what is the track record up to now?

5. REDD+ safeguards
Conceptual questions
• Where should safeguards fall in the continuum between ‘doing no harm’ and ‘doing
better’?
• How best to recognise and address challenges on the mainstreaming of the realisation
that equity supports effectiveness?
• What kind of incentives can be provided to move along the safeguards continuum to
support community rights?
• Let’s start by looking at the evidence on how processes have taken place in East
Kalimantan and Jambi.

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