Designing Effective REDD+ Safeguard Information Systems: Building on existing systems and country experiences

The document outlines recommendations for designing REDD+ Safeguard Information Systems (SIS), emphasizing the need to harmonize reporting requirements across the UNFCCC and various funders to reduce complexity for developing countries. It suggests coordinating data collection with existing processes like the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Global Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) to avoid duplication. The authors advocate for country-driven, flexible systems supported by international guidance, financial aid, and capacity-building, while leveraging existing stakeholder groups to improve implementation.

• There is a critical need to harmonize REDD+ safeguard reporting frameworks to avoid unnecessary complexities for countries that must currently report to multiple authorities, including the UNFCCC, various funders, and voluntary standards.
• REDD+ SIS can be strengthened by coordinating with and utilizing data from existing international processes, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for biodiversity and natural forest data, the Global Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) for forest conversion, and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) for governance structures.
• To be effective, safeguard reporting must be country-driven and flexible to accommodate the varying capacities of developing countries to collect and monitor information, while still benefiting from international guidance such as reporting templates or checklists.
• Implementation of SIS should leverage existing stakeholder processes and requires immediate international financial and capacity-building support to be viable in developing countries.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2012). Designing Effective REDD+ Safeguard Information Systems: Building on existing systems and country experiences. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/redd_effective_safeguard.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Designing Effective REDD+ Safeguard Information Systems: Building on existing systems and country experiences. 2012. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/redd_effective_safeguard.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2012designing, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Designing Effective REDD+ Safeguard Information Systems: Building on existing systems and country experiences}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2012}, month = aug, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/redd_effective_safeguard.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }