Transcript REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards Initiative Rahima Njaidi, Community Forest Conservation Network (MJUMITA)-Tanzania.

REDD+ Social and Environmental
Standards Initiative
Rahima Njaidi, Community Forest Conservation Network
(MJUMITA)-Tanzania
REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards
What are they?
Safeguards that ensure that environmental and social cosiderations are
taken into account when developing and implementing REDD+ Progs
• Consist of principles, criteria and indicators that define the
necessary conditions to achieve high social and environmental
performance
• Provide a framework for assessment of social and environmental
performance using a multistakeholder assessment process
• Support the design, implementation and evaluation of governmentled REDD+ programs, enabling consistent assessment irrespective of
funding source
• Aim to enhance benefits as well as avoid harm.
Standards development process
Multistakeholder workshops
Ecuador
Nepal
Tanzania
Denmark
May
Liberia
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
2009
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
2010
60 days
Public comment periods
1st
draft
Dec
2nd
draft
90 days
3rd
draft
Version 1
Participating countries
Criteria:
– Significant progress towards a government-led
REDD+ program
– Strong government commitment to demonstrating
social and environmental performance of REDD
Participating
Interested
Ecuador
State of Acre (Brazil)
Province of Central
Kalimantan (Indonesia)
Nepal
Tanzania
Cambodia
Philippines
Democratic Republic Congo
Liberia
Peru
Guatemala
State of Chiapas (Mexico)
Governance of the REDD+ SES Initiative
• International Standards Committee oversees the initiative
– Approves each draft of the standards, guidelines on use
– Membership ensures stakeholder balance with a majority from
developing countries
– governments of countries implementing REDD+ programs
– indigenous peoples’ organizations
– community associations
– social NGOs
– environmental NGOs
– private sector
• CCBA & CARE are facilitators (international secretariat)
with technical support from Proforest
Developed countries
Developing countries
REDD govts
Marco Chiu, Ecuador
Ram Prasad Lamsal, Nepal
Evarist Nashanda, Tanzania
Monica de los Rios, Acre
Indigenous
Peoples orgs
Estebancio Castro Díaz, IAITTF, Panama
Jennifer Rubis, IPNM, Malaysia
Kanyinke Sena, IPACC, Kenya
Community
Associations
Alberto Chinchilla, ACICAFOC, Costa
Rica
Suvas Devkota, FECOFUN, Nepal
Rahima Njaidi, MJUMITA, Tanzania
Social NGOs
Jeffrey Hatcher, RRI, USA.
Samuel Nnah, CED, Cameroon
Environment
NGOs
Jenny Springer, WWF, USA
Consuelo Espinosa, IUCN
Mauricio Voivodic, IMAFLORA, Brazil
Belinda de la Paz, Haribon, Philippines
Private
Sector
Brer Adams, Macquarie. Australia
Leslie Durschinger, Terra Global,
USA
Rezal Kusumaatmadja, Starling
Resources, Indonesia
Principle 1: Rights to land, territories and resources are
recognized and respected
Criteria address:
• Identification of rights-holders and their rights
• Recognition of statutory and customary rights
• Free, prior informed consent
• Process to resolve disputes over land/resources
related to the REDD+ program
• Carbon rights
Principle 2: The benefits of the REDD+ program are shared
equitably among all relevant rights holders and
stakeholders
Criteria address:
• Identification of costs, benefits and risks of REDD+ for
different rights holder/stakeholder groups
• Transparency, participation, effectiveness and
efficiency of the benefit sharing process
• Monitoring of costs and benefits and their distribution
Principle 3: The REDD+ program contributes to long-term
livelihood security and enhances well-being of indigenous
peoples and local communities with special attention to
the most vulnerable people
Criteria address:
• Livelihood security benefits emphasizing most vulnerable
• Decision making process on the form benefits will take
• Assessment of positive and negative social, cultural and
economic impacts
• Measures to mitigate negative & enhance positive impacts
Principle 4: The REDD+ program contributes to broader
sustainable development, respect and protection of human
rights and good governance objectives.
Criteria address:
• Contribution to sustainable development objectives
• Coherence with relevant policies and strategies
• Coordination between government and other relevant
agencies/organisations
• Improvement in governance of the forest and other
relevant sectors
Principle 5: The REDD+ program maintains and enhances
biodiversity and ecosystem services
Criteria address:
• Maintenance and enhancement of biodiversity and
ecosystem services
• Assessment of positive and negative impacts on
ecosystem services and biodiversity
• Adaptive management of the REDD+ program in
response to impact assessment
Principle 6: All relevant rights holders and stakeholders
participate fully and effectively in the REDD+ program
Criteria address:
• Rights holder/stakeholder identification & characterization
• Participation in design, implementation and evaluation
• Representation of rights holders/stakeholders
• Capacity to participate effectively
• Building on existing knowledge/skills/management systems
• Resolution of grievances
Principle 7: All rights holders and stakeholders and have
timely access to appropriate and accurate information to
enable informed decision-making and good governance of
the REDD+ program
Criteria address:
• Public availability of information for general
awareness
• Rights holders/stakeholder having information
necessary for full and effective participation
• Dissemination of information by representatives to
their constituencies
• Feedback from rights holders/stakeholders to their
representatives
Principle 8: The REDD+ program complies with applicable
local and national laws and international treaties and other
instruments
Criteria address:
• Compliance with relevant local law, national law and
international treaties and agreements
• Process for resolving inconsistencies
• Capacity of stakeholders to implement and monitor
legal requirements
What the standards can be applied to
1. Processes for development of
country-level REDD+ programs,
strategies, policies and plans
2. Implementation of country-level
REDD+ policies and plans
3. Social and environmental outcomes
on the ground
Role of the standards
• Provide good practice guidance for the
design, implementation or evaluation of a
REDD+ program;
• Provide a framework for countries to report
on performance of their REDD+ programs
through a multistakeholder assessment
process;
• Compliance
• Assess the social and environmental
performance of a REDD+ program with
respect to requirements of the standards
Using the standards at country level
1. Governance: a multistakeholder country-level
Standards Committee approves indicators, process and
reports
2. Interpretation: participatory approach to development
of country-specific indicators and assessment process
3. Assessment:
a.
Monitoring – collection of information to evaluate performance
b.
Reviewing – by stakeholders to ensure the information is
accurate and credible
c.
Reporting – communicating the assessment and ensuring
transparency
Safeguards under the Cancun Agreement
Para 70: encourages reducing emissions from deforestation,
degradation,
enhancing
carbon
stocks,
sustainable
management of forests and conservation of forest carbon
stocks.
71. Requests developing country Parties aiming to undertake
activities referred to in paragraph 70 above (REDD+), […] to
develop the following elements:
(d) A system for providing information on how the safeguards
referred to in Annex I to this decision are being addressed and
respected throughout the implementation of the activities
referred to in paragraph 70, while respecting sovereignty;
UNFCCC – Cancun Agreement
Annex 1. Safeguards to be supported/promoted:
(a) Actions are consistent with objectives of national forest
programmes and relevant international conventions and agreements;
(b) Transparent and effective national forest governance structures;
(c) Respect for the knowledge and rights of indigenous peoples and
members of local communities;
d) Full and effective participation of relevant stakeholders;
e) Conservation of natural forests and biological diversity,
•
not used for the conversion of natural forests,
•
incentivize the protection and conservation of natural forests
and their ecosystem services
•
enhance other social and environmental benefits;
Overview of REDD+SES status
•
Ecuador
– Facilitated by CI, CARE and Govt of Ecuador
– Country-level Standards Committee created
– First draft of country specific indicators developed through stakeholder
workshop
– 90-day public comment period and 2 indigenous peoples workshops
– Developing a monitoring plan
•
Brazil – Acre State
– Facilitated by CARE and State Government
– Standards committee being created
– First draft of country specific indicators
Overview of status
•
Nepal
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Tanzania
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Facilitated by FECOFUN and Govt. of Nepal
Standards committee in place
Safeguards integration and planning workshop in July 2011
Country specific interpretation to start in July 2011
Facilitated by Clinton Climate Initiative and Govt. of Tanzania
Safeguards committee being created
Safeguards integration and planning workshop in May 2011
Country specific interpretation to start in July 2011
Indonesia – Central Kalimantan
– Facilitated by Clinton Climate Initiative and Provincial Govt.
– Task force established, Standards committee under discussion
– Country specific interpretation to start in July 2011?
Challenges and lessons learned
• Multiple national and international safeguards
mechanisms
• Implementing and assessing free, prior and informed
consent
• Capacity to manage multistakeholder processes
Contribution of REDD+ SES
• Consistent and comprehensive performance assessment
framework developed through international consensus
• Indicators and assessment process are tailored to the country
context
• Multistakeholder approach (government, civil society and private
sector) enhances quality, credibility and joint ownership
• Promotes higher social and environmental performance beyond
“no harm”
• Enables participating countries to communicate performance to
national and international stakeholders
• Enables donors/investors to reduce risk and recognize/reward
higher performance
THANK YOU
MERCI
ASANTE