Safeguarding People and Nature in REDD+: Meeting the Safeguards Requirements Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. UN-REDD Programme Info Brief Global

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
dc.contributor.organizationEcosystems Division
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-21T11:13:31Z
dc.date.available2024-02-21T11:13:31Z
dc.date.issued2024-02
dc.descriptionThe implementation of activities under the REDD+ mechanism has the potential to deliver social and environmental benefits that go beyond the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but it may also entail potential risks to people and the environment. Safeguards are principles or measures that aim to protect or to avoid risks (“do no harm”), while promoting benefits (“do good”). Seven safeguards, also known as the “Cancun safeguards”, were agreed for REDD+ at the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2010.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/44926
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number16 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectsafeguard measure
dc.subjectforest conservation
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.sdgSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.titleSafeguarding People and Nature in REDD+: Meeting the Safeguards Requirements Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. UN-REDD Programme Info Brief Globalen
dc.typePolicy brief

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