In March one year ago the UN-REDD programme launched its initial REDD readiness process in nine pilot countries. By the end of the year a total of US$24 million had been approved by the policy board to speedily prepare national REDD+ strategies.
Of three pilot countries in South America, Paraguay continues to develop its national REDD programme, Panama was approved US$5.3 million in funding in October and Bolivia was last week approved US$4.7 million.
There is an increasing demand for UN-REDD worldwide as the programme received formal requests from Costa Rica, Mexico, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, the Solomon Islands and Sudan. UN-REDD has so far granted observer status to every country which has formally applied to the programme.
UN-REDD sought to safeguard the programme’s development by making contributions in three key areas:
• Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV)
A notable UN contribution was a Memorandum of Understanding signed in December between FAO and Brazil’s space agency INPE for the joint development of a land monitoring system.
• Ensuring the engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society in REDD+ projects
UN-REDD developed an operational guidance: “Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and other Forest Dependent Communities.” http://bit.ly/bX9qde
• Examining the multiple uses and benefits of forests
A technical paper, “Multiple Benefits – Issues and Options for REDD” was released at the UN Policy Board meeting in June. http://bit.ly/dBAdg5
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