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Legislative Support for REDD+

IUCN World Conservation Congress. September 2012, Jeju , South Korea. REDD+ Law & Governance Event. Legislative Support for REDD+. Presented by Patrice Talla, Ph.D Legal Officer, Development Law Service FAO Legal Office, Rome, Italy. LEG-REDD+.

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Legislative Support for REDD+

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  1. IUCN World Conservation Congress September 2012, Jeju, South Korea REDD+ Law & Governance Event Legislative Support for REDD+ Presented by Patrice Talla, Ph.D Legal Officer, DevelopmentLawService FAO Legal Office, Rome, Italy.

  2. LEG-REDD+ Objective:To assist countries in strengthening their legal capacity for REDD+ implementation > The Development Law Service of FAO has the experience to assist REDD+ countries in developing robust and coherent legal frameworks and in drafting REDD+ provisions for incorporation in relevant national laws. Websites: www.fao.org/legal www.faolex.fao.org/faolex

  3. LEG-REDD+ Proposed activities for 2013/2014 Activities for 2012 • Upon governments’ requests, formulate recommendations for legal reforms to implement REDD+ in response to national priorities, including options to reform sectoral laws. • Produce a document on lessons learned on the legal and regulatory aspects of REDD+ implementation at country level • Organize an expert consultation meeting to validate the document (September in Rome FAO Hqs) • Develop a comparative review of climate change laws

  4. 1) Highlights from the legal analysis of cross-cutting issues for REDD+ implementation: Lessons learned from Mexico, Viet Nam and Zambia The study presents key lessons learned from Mexico, Vietnam and Zambia in order to provide a better understanding of legal aspects of REDD+ implementation through a review of legal priorities identified by national stakeholders in the three countries, with a view to enhance the support provided by the UN-REDD Programme in relation to legal preparedness for REDD+ implementation.

  5. Priority legal issues identified by REDD+ stakeholders (November 2011)

  6. Lessons learned on REDD+ legal preparedness I. I Forest, land and carbon rights

  7. I. II Recognition of customary rights

  8. I. III Forest definitions under REDD+

  9. I.IVMajor drivers of deforestation and degradation

  10. I.V Harmonize sectoral laws

  11. I.VI Institutional coordination

  12. I.VII Public Participation

  13. I.VIII Decentralization

  14. I.IX Benefit Sharing systems

  15. I.X Provide incentives to private and public investments

  16. 2) Highlights from the comparative analysis of climate change laws integrating REDD+ and forestland provisions Considering REDD+ and forest related rights from a different angle, this study is focused on the analysis of the trends related to the adoption of climate change laws, highlighting the linkages with REDD+, forest and land issues in Asia-Pacific, Latin-American and Africa including: Australia, India, the People’s Republic of China , Republic of Korea, The Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe.

  17. 3) Methodology to enact legal reforms for REDD+ implementation • Collaborative: suggestions for law reform provided alongside advice from technical experts • Participatory: genuine involvement of all stakeholders concerned to accommodate multiple interests at stake • Independent: disinterested advice drawing on international experience and based on objective analysis • Tailor-made: laws drafted to meet particular needs and concerns of individual countries or specific regions

  18. Participatory law developments

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