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

This case study examines Mexico's development of a National Safeguards System (SNS) and a Safeguards Information System (SIS) for REDD+, highlighting the tension between national implementation and the need for clearer international guidance from the UNFCCC and the World Bank.

• Mexico views REDD+ not merely as a carbon mechanism but as a tool for sustainable rural development, utilizing an "integrated territory management" model that combines conservation, agriculture, reforestation, and sustainable forest management.
• There has been significant conceptual confusion within the Mexican government regarding the difference between the National Safeguards System (SNS) and the Safeguards Information System (SIS), with the government only recently recognizing that the SIS is a component for presenting information rather than the central point of the safeguards discussion.
• Mexico's legal framework for safeguards is primarily based on the Constitution and the General Law for Sustainable Forest Development (LGDFS). The LGDFS Article 134 Bis contains eight social safeguards that are in some cases more demanding than UNFCCC requirements, specifically regarding Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).
• Despite international obligations and national laws, Mexico lacks clear operational procedures to implement and verify the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and a proposed General Law on Consultation for Indigenous Peoples and Communities has stalled.
• While Mexico recognizes that land owners own the forest carbon captured in trees, there is legal ambiguity regarding the ownership of 'avoided emissions' carbon, which the current draft of the National REDD+ Strategy (ENAREDD+) suggests may be technically impossible to attribute to specific properties.
• There is a risk that the implementation of REDD+ could exacerbate land conflicts or weaken communal tenure rights, as the Mexican government has previously attempted to promote the privatization of ejidos.
• The World Bank's current review of its Environmental and Social Framework is viewed as a threat to REDD+ progress in Mexico, as it may weaken protections for forests, biodiversity, and indigenous peoples, and lower the standard for evaluating the equivalence of national systems.
• The document argues that the UNFCCC needs to provide more detailed international guidance on the SIS to help countries translate general principles into national action, reduce administrative burdens through common reporting templates, and clarify the distinction between an SNS and an SIS.

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} }