Putting REDD+ environmental safeguards into practice: recommendations for effective and country-specific implementation

The document examines the implementation of REDD+ environmental safeguards, noting that while the 2013 Warsaw Framework makes safeguard information a condition for results-based payments, the broad nature of these guidelines allows for significant national discretion. It proposes using systematic gap analyses of national policies, laws, and regulations to improve the effectiveness of safeguards for protecting natural forests and biodiversity.

• The 2013 Warsaw Framework for REDD+ established that countries must provide information on how they account for safeguards as a prerequisite for receiving results-based payments.
• The effectiveness of REDD+ safeguards is potentially compromised because the international guidelines provide broad guidance that grants countries substantial discretion in their implementation.
• A systematic gap analysis of existing laws, regulations, and policies is a viable method for countries to identify how to best respect and address environmental safeguards in practice.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2015). Putting REDD+ environmental safeguards into practice: recommendations for effective and country-specific implementation. https://www.sei.org/publications/putting-redd-environmental-safeguards-into-practice-recommendations-for-effective-and-country-specific-implementation/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Putting REDD+ environmental safeguards into practice: recommendations for effective and country-specific implementation. 2015. https://www.sei.org/publications/putting-redd-environmental-safeguards-into-practice-recommendations-for-effective-and-country-specific-implementation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2015putting, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Putting REDD+ environmental safeguards into practice: recommendations for effective and country-specific implementation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2015}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/putting-redd-environmental-safeguards-into-practice-recommendations-for-effective-and-country-specific-implementation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }