CONSIDÉRATIONS OPÉRATIONNELLES POUR LES PRINCIPES D'INTÉGRITÉ DES MÉCANISMES DE PARTAGE DES BÉNÉFICES DANS LES SOLUTIONS BASÉES SUR LA NATURE

The document operationalizes WWF's integrity principles for benefit-sharing mechanisms (BSM) in nature-based solutions (NbS). It organizes the implementation process into four pillars of good governance: full and effective participation, transparency and accountability, equity, and effectiveness. The guide provides a diagnostic framework for assessing jurisdictional contexts—including governance, economy, and land tenure—and offers specific strategies to mitigate risks such as elite capture, corruption, and negative social impacts. It emphasizes the need for inclusive decision-making processes, accessible grievance redress mechanisms, and the balancing of monetary and non-monetary benefits to ensure a net positive socio-economic outcome for all stakeholders.

• The document defines benefit-sharing as the intentional transfer of monetary and non-monetary incentives (such as goods or services) to stakeholders to produce environmental results, such as greenhouse gas emission reductions, funded by revenues from those results.
• To ensure full and effective participation, projects must identify stakeholders beyond 'usual suspects' and implement specific measures to prevent consultations from being dominated by influential individuals, particularly to protect vulnerable groups.
• Elite capture is identified as a form of corruption where powerful actors use their influence to divert benefits from the public to themselves, such as large landowners excluding smallholders from benefit criteria.
• Accountability in BSM requires the establishment of an accessible and effective Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) with clear procedures for filing, investigating, and resolving complaints.
• Equity in benefit-sharing involves addressing historical injustices in land tenure and balancing monetary and non-monetary benefits to avoid excluding vulnerable groups or incentivizing perverse behaviors.
• NbS interventions can create negative impacts, such as loss of access rights, increased land prices leading to land grabbing, or gender disparities in unpaid labor, which the BSM must compensate for or mitigate.
• For a BSM to be effective, it must achieve a 'net positive' result where benefits exceed the costs of time, effort, and opportunity costs associated with allocating land or resources to the NbS.

APA

WWF International (2024). CONSIDÉRATIONS OPÉRATIONNELLES POUR LES PRINCIPES D'INTÉGRITÉ DES MÉCANISMES DE PARTAGE DES BÉNÉFICES DANS LES SOLUTIONS BASÉES SUR LA NATURE. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/279/8vgk8n5jj4_NbS_Phase_2_French.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. CONSIDÉRATIONS OPÉRATIONNELLES POUR LES PRINCIPES D'INTÉGRITÉ DES MÉCANISMES DE PARTAGE DES BÉNÉFICES DANS LES SOLUTIONS BASÉES SUR LA NATURE. 2024. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/279/8vgk8n5jj4_NbS_Phase_2_French.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2024considrations, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{CONSIDÉRATIONS OPÉRATIONNELLES POUR LES PRINCIPES D'INTÉGRITÉ DES MÉCANISMES DE PARTAGE DES BÉNÉFICES DANS LES SOLUTIONS BASÉES SUR LA NATURE}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2024}, month = apr, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/279/8vgk8n5jj4_NbS_Phase_2_French.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }