WWF Guide to Building REDD+ Strategies

this guide is designed to provide REDD+
practitioners and their local partners with
the information necessary to develop
national and subnational REDD+
strategies. It draws on the experiences of
WWF’s international REDD+ project teams,
the latest literature on REDD+ practices
and emerging REDD+ best practices around
the world.
It is intended for practitioners working across
various elements of REDD+ as well as those
focused on a particular area of REDD+, as
practitioners need to have a holistic understanding
of a REDD+ national or subnational
strategy in order to effectively work in any
part of it.
It is anticipated that through interaction
and inputs from initial users of the guide,
the information it contains will be developed
further and expanded to support a broader
range of REDD+ practitioners, including
government officials, civil society organizations,
indigenous peoples and local
communities, international implementing
agencies and the private sector.
Guide format and content
The guide is presented in a dynamic format
that gives users:
n A “how-to” intermediate-level approach
to REDD+ implementation: Chapters are
concise with an emphasis on practical steps
rather than theoretical discussion. The
information they contain is intended as a
“roadmap” rather than an “atlas” of REDD+.
Those users wanting to dig deeper into
a subject can do so through the Further
Resources section of each chapter.
n A comprehensive vision of REDD+:
This guide offers REDD+ practitioners a
holistic view of REDD+, presenting the key
elements of REDD+ and making the link
between them. It also encourages users to
consider each element of REDD+ in order
to develop a successful national or subnational
REDD+ strategy.
n A user-friendly format: Each chapter
of the guide is produced as a standalone
resource, enabling practitioners to use the
guide as a comprehensive tool or as a series
of tools. This, together with the publication’s
size and binder format, gives users
the flexibility to carry and use these tools
in the field—both in part and as a whole—
as their work requires. In addition, the
guide is available as an e-publication for
easy online access, a CD for cost-effective
sharing and a hardcopy printed format.
n Opportunities for collaborative and
continued knowledge sharing: Users are
invited to collaborate in the periodic update
of this guide by sharing experiences and
case studies, offering updates to existing
chapters and contributing to new chapters.
This initial version of the guide is composed
of three sections. Section I, Introduction,
provides an overview of this guide, introduces
REDD+, and discusses why and when a
REDD+ national or subnational strategy is
needed and how this guide could help prepare
one. Section II, Building Blocks of a REDD+
Strategy, is the “how-to” part of this guide
and features nine chapters on topics key to
REDD+. Section III includes both a list of
additional WWF REDD+ resources and a
glossary of REDD+ terms.
Content oF SeCtion ii, BuildinG BloCkS oF a Redd+ StRateGy
tHemeS CHaPteRS
REDD+ governance
Tracking REDD+
Achieving REDD+
To facilitate an easy flow and comparisons
across chapters, the information presented
in each is structured similarly to include:
n Key messages: Main points of the chapter
highlighted in a bulleted list.
n Introduction: An overview of the issues
presented in the chapter.
n International policy context: Outline of
what has been agreed upon under the
UNFCCC and other relevant international
processes as relevant to each chapter.
n National and subnational options: The
various ways in which the chapter’s topic
can be addressed in a national or subnational
REDD+ strategy.
n WWF viewpoint: WWF’s perspective and
positions on the chapter’s topic.
n Further resources: Additional information
on each chapter’s topic.
n Bibliography: A list of publications
referenced in the chapter.
» Setting Goals, Targets and Principles
» Institutional Arrangements
» Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
» Social and Environmental Safeguards
» Monitoring, Measurement, Reporting and Verification
» Reference Levels
» Intervention Strategies to Address Drivers
of Deforestation and Forest Degradation
» Accessing Finance
» Benefit-Sharing Mechanisms
Furthermore, each Section II chapter includes
one or more snapshot case study. These case
studies inform users of real-life experiences
related to each chapter topic in ways that will
provide additional knowledge necessary to
design and implement components of a
national or subnational REDD+ strategy.
Each case study provides the following
information on a specific REDD+ practice:
n Context
n Expected changes
n Achievements
n Challenges
n Lessons learned
In addition, throughout this guide, we have
included links to video archives of relevant
sessions from WWF's REDD+ learning
webinar series.
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