El desarrollo de un Sistema Nacional de Salvaguardas para REDD+ en México

The document examines Mexico's progress in implementing REDD+ safeguards, highlighting the transition from confusing the SIS with the SNS to establishing a framework based on national law and sustainable rural development. While Mexico has strong institutional capacity and a history of community forestry, the report identifies critical gaps in the operationalization of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), clarity on avoided emission carbon rights, and the risk of weakened World Bank safeguard policies. It argues that international guidance from the UNFCCC is necessary to standardize reporting and ensure the protection of indigenous and local community rights.

• Mexico has historically conflated the concepts of the National Safeguards System (SNS) and the Safeguards Information System (SIS), only recently recognizing that the SIS is a component for presenting information rather than the central point of the safeguards discussion.
• The Mexican government frames REDD+ as a tool for sustainable rural development using an "integrated territory management" model that combines conservation, agriculture, reforestation, agroforestry, silvopasture, sustainable forest management, and aquaculture.
• Mexico's legal framework for safeguards is partially based on Article 134 Bis of the General Law for Sustainable Forest Development (LGDFS), which includes eight social safeguards that are in some cases more demanding than UNFCCC requirements, specifically regarding the explicit inclusion of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).
• Despite international obligations and national goals, Mexico lacks clear legal procedures to operationalize and verify the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and the government's efforts to create a General Law on Consultation for Indigenous Peoples and Communities have stalled.
• There is significant legal ambiguity regarding the ownership of avoided carbon emissions; while land owners are recognized as owners of forest carbon stored in trees, the ENAREDD+ states it is technically impossible to determine specific contributions to avoided emissions.
• The report warns that the World Bank's revision of its Environmental and Social Framework may weaken protections for forests, biodiversity, and indigenous peoples, potentially leading to a diluted application of safeguards in Mexico by lowering the standard for evaluating the equivalence of national systems.
• The document argues that the UNFCCC should provide additional, standardized guidelines for the SIS to reduce administrative burdens, clarify the difference between an SNS and an SIS, and provide common reporting templates to ensure consistency across different funding sources.

APA

Baker, R., Carrillo, J. C., & Silverman, A. (2014). El desarrollo de un Sistema Nacional de Salvaguardas para REDD+ en México. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/REDD_Mexico_Espanol_Dec2014.pdf

Chicago

Baker, Rachel, Juan Carlos Carrillo, and Allison Silverman. El desarrollo de un Sistema Nacional de Salvaguardas para REDD+ en México. Center for International Environmental Law, 2014. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/REDD_Mexico_Espanol_Dec2014.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{baker2014desarrollo, author = {Baker, Rachel and Carrillo, Juan Carlos and Silverman, Allison}, title = {{El desarrollo de un Sistema Nacional de Salvaguardas para REDD+ en México}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2014}, month = nov, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/REDD_Mexico_Espanol_Dec2014.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }