national planning Archives - Resilient Landscapes (RL)

De la Convención a la práctica: Un análisis de la conceptualización, aplicación y operativización de las salvaguardas de Cancún para REDD+ en Perú

Mensajes clave

Las salvaguardas de Cancún se establecieron para orientar a los gobiernos sobre los aspectos clave de la implementación de REDD+, quienes deben monitorear e informar regularmente su cumplimiento para acceder al financiamiento basado en resultados. El caso de Perú puede ofrecer lecciones para otros países REDD+ que se encuentren en proceso de diseñar, aplicar y operativizar las salvaguardas de Cancún.
En el diseño de sus estrategias REDD+, los países deben definir su enfoque hacia las salvaguardas de Cancún y establecer su función. Esta definición podría considerarlas como una oportunidad para la expansión de derechos y una protección efectiva de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas.
La operativización de las salvaguardas debe contemplar la capacidad financiera y técnica de cada país que permita la sostenibilidad de las salvaguardas en el tiempo, incluyendo un sistema de monitoreo y reporte que sea robusto y transparente.
El monitoreo y reporte del cumplimiento de las salvaguardas debe considerar el involucramiento comunitario, a fin de que los reportes nacionales reflejen lo que ocurre en el campo y para apoyar la transformación de los pueblos indígenas de beneficiarios a socios.

Gobiernos regionales y enfoques jurisdiccionales para REDD+ en Perú: Un análisis del actual marco legal y de políticas públicas

Mensajes clave

Existe un gran interés en los enfoques jurisdiccionales para REDD+ por parte de nuevas fuentes de financiamiento climático y mecanismos voluntarios de mercado (por ejemplo, la Coalición LEAF). Dado este interés, es importante reflexionar sobre la manera en que las políticas públicas y los marcos regulatorios de cada país pueden contribuir a facilitar estos enfoques jurisdiccionales.
Perú constituye un caso de estudio útil, dado que algunos de los gobiernos regionales del país han suscrito acuerdos para la venta de reducciones de emisiones de futuros programas de REDD+ en sus jurisdicciones.
En Perú no existen actualmente políticas públicas o reglamentos explícitos para iniciativas jurisdiccionales de gobiernos regionales. Sin embargo, el gobierno nacional está desarrollando normas como parte del Registro Nacional de Medidas de Mitigación (RENAMI) y está considerando lineamientos para anidar iniciativas utilizando el Nivel de Referencia de Emisiones Forestales (NREF) y el Nivel de Referencia Forestal (NRF) para el bioma amazónico peruano, las cuales podrían proporcionar reglas relevantes para este tipo de iniciativas jurisdiccionales.
Subsisten incertidumbres legales sobre los enfoques jurisdiccionales liderados por gobiernos regionales. Estas incluyen cómo definir las áreas de sus jurisdicciones que pueden formar parte de una iniciativa; si el marco jurídico permite a los gobiernos regionales realizar transacciones en el mercado de carbono; y cómo los gobiernos regionales recibirían y gestionarían los ingresos derivados de dichas transacciones.
Este Infobrief examina el marco legal y de políticas públicas actual y futuro del Perú con el fin de entender de qué manera los gobiernos regionales pueden participar en los enfoques jurisdiccionales, y para evaluar hacia dónde se dirigen las normas del gobierno nacional.

Trees on farms as a nature-based solution for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes

For the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, it will no longer be sufficient to seek to limit biodiversity loss through agriculture. Instead, agriculture must become an integral element of sustainable landscapes a force for conserving biodiversity and providing vital ecosystem services to local populations and securing livelihoods.

Trees on Farms for Biodiversity

Increasing both the number of trees and species on farms helps conserve and restore biodiversity and improves agricultural productivity. We work with communities, governments and NGOs to promote this approach in Honduras, Indonesia, Peru, Rwanda and Uganda.

Facilitation Toolkit: Developing facilitation capacity in Turkana County

Forest governance in DRC: an analysis from actors’ participation in REDD+ policy development

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has implemented Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+), a process that requires inclusive decision making and accountability. Our research analyses the participation of policy actors in DRC by asking: (1) Who is involved in national REDD+ policy making and what is their interest in participating in core policy events? (2) What level of participation do the different political actors have in core policy events? (3) To what extent do the outcomes, of REDD+ policy events incorporate different preferences of policy actors? We found that although actors’ interest in REDD+ policy events have increased over time, their concerns have rarely been taken into account in decision-making processes. The presence of local civil society and indigenous group organizations is weak while international organizations play a major role in the REDD+ arena. REDD+ is treated as a project rather than being embedded in national politics.

National Wildfire Management Strategy and Action Plan: 2024-2034

This National Wildfire Management Strategy outlines how wildfires in the Gambia can be addressed. It details the major aggravators of wildfires and provides key strategic objectives that, if well delivered, can significantly reduce the recurrence of wildfires. The development of this strategy is a significant milestone at the national and regional levels as it establishes a solid policy foundation for mainstreaming wildfire management in different ministries and line departments. It provides a basic overview of wildfire management, its evolution, potential, and wildfire-related policies and initiatives in The Gambia.

The context of REDD+ in Myanmar: Drivers, agents and institutions [Burmese]

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is a forest resource-rich country, but is also facing serious deforestation and forest degradation problems. Currently, Myanmar’s forest still covers more than 40% of the country’s land area (Aung (2001) but 70% of its population live in rural areas, and the agricultural sector is the main contributor to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) (30%) (World Bank 2014). The country faces the all-too-common dilemma of how to develop its economy while at the same time curbing environmental degradation and contributing to carbon emissions reduction. In 2013, Myanmar adopted a REDD+ program and started its preparatory phase. Myanmar established and developed its National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) and Reference Emission Levels (RELs) for REDD+ following the guidance and modalities set out by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Implementing REDD+ requires political commitment to address direct and indirect drivers of deforestation, an adequate funding mechanism that is based on a thorough analysis of all costs and benefits, a transparent and equitable benefit-sharing mechanism, and a participatory decision-making approach in which all stakeholders can take part in REDD+. The Global Comparative Study on REDD+, together with its country partners, is compiling profiles of 14 countries to better understand the socioeconomic contexts in which REDD+ policies and processes emerge.

Catalysing policy for the conservation of Amazonian peatlands in Peru

Key messages

Peatlands are major carbon reservoirs that release massive amounts of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere when disturbed. However, their importance is far from being adequately reflected in global and national climate change mitigation policies.
Peru acknowledges the importance of conserving its vast tropical peatlands but needs to enhance internal capacity, establish a regulatory framework, and generate scientific data to protect them effectively.
GCS REDD+ scientists working in CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study on REDD+ played a key role in fostering political recognition of peatlands in Peru, by providing new Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) data on peatland areas, improving local MRV capabilities, and facilitating the formation of a Peruvian peatland community to safeguard this ecosystem.
With assistance from CIFOR scientists, the Government of Peru has established a national definition and regulatory framework for the conservation and sustainable management of peatlands.
Sustained political backing is essential for implementing and sustaining the regulatory frameworks for peatlands, along with strategies concerning climate change, water regulation, biodiversity conservation, and local livelihood enhancement.

Guidance for a Landscape Approach In Displacement Settings (GLADS): Guidance notes

GLADS offers general guidance for all stakeholders in displacement settings to work at a landscape scale through collaboration and cross-sectoral planning in order to contribute to ecosystem and livelihood resilience for refugees and host communities. This GLADS Guidance Notes documents presents five key guidance notes on how to apply the integrated landscape approach in displacement settings, along with sub-notes and examples from three refugee hosting landscapes. More practical experiences from site consultations are published in separate reports, and can be accessed at: CIFOR-ICRAF.org/GLADS

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