April 20, 2012
The UN-REDD Programme presented its Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC), as well as its work on Multiple Benefits for REDD+ and the Participatory Governance Assessments (PGA) for REDD+ at a recent consultation workshop organized by the Philippines-Swiss REDD+ initiative. The Ateneo School of Government and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation hosted a multi-stakeholder safeguards consultation workshop, with a focus on biodiversity and governance, in the Philippines from 31...
March 1, 2012
The first global workshop, which took place 8-9 February in Geneva, focused on the UN-REDD Programme’s Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC) and the associated Benefits and Risks Tool (BeRT). The second one-day workshop, on 10 February, reviewed the draft UN-REDD Programme Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) on 10 February, and was followed by a one day technical experts’ working group on 11 February.
Both of these workshops were...