2-3 February 2017, Vang Vieng, Lao PDR
This workshop was a collaboration effort among CIFOR-ASFCC, the FCPF REDD+ Readiness Project, CliPAD-GIZ and the Laos REDD+ Office. The workshop was held in Vang Vieng, a small town about 3 hour drive from Vientiane and attended by around 35 participants representing members of Laos Technical Working Groups on REDD+ Benefit Sharing and Safeguards.
The objective of this workshop on REDD+ benefit sharing and safeguards is to share knowledge and findings with Lao REDD+ policymakers and practitioners from over 7 years of REDD+ research at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). CIFOR’s research aims to provide REDD+ policymakers and practitioners with policy options and guidance to improve the design, development and implementation of REDD+. These research findings may be useful input for the process of developing Lao PDR’s National REDD+ Strategy.
We shared results from the GCS-M1 and ASFCC related to REDD+ benefit sharing and safeguards. CIFOR gave 6 presentations on the following topics:
- Lessons learnt from REDD+ policies and progress in 16 countries
- Who has the right to benefit? Assessing 3E implications
- Benefit Sharing through PFES in Vietnam
- Introduction to REDD+ Benefit Sharing Knowledge Tree
- Managing Risks and avoiding pitfalls to REDD+ policy design – potential role of safeguards
- Information exchange and (mis)communications in local REDD+ projects
Other presentations include:
- Status and progress of REDD+ program, policies and institutions in Lao PDR by Lao REDD+ Office
- From Paris to Marrakech: Forests, climate change and REDD+ by GIZ
- REDD+ Benefit-Sharing in Lao PDR: Discussions to Date by Benefit-Sharing TWG and TA
- Status and progress of REDD+ safeguards in Lao PDR by Lao REDD+ Office by Lao REDD+ Office
- Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Process related to Village Forest Management (VFM) by GIZ (CliPAD)
- Safeguards implementation in Lao REDD+ projects: environmental safeguards, social safeguards, and FPIC by SUFORD-SU and GIZ (CliPAD)
PHOTO:
- CIFOR presenting in the workshop
Photo by Indah WB, Feb 2017
- Discussion and group activity on understanding the benefits and costs of REDD+ from multi-stakeholder perspectives
Photo by Lao REDD+ Office, Feb 2017
