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Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets
Table 7: External risks
Land and
resource
tenure
Community
engagement
Political risk
Risk rating based on:
• The number of entities that hold ownership and
access/use rights in the area
• The proportion of the area that is subject to disputes
over land tenure or ownership
• The complexity of these disputes
Mitigation measures:
• Documented evidence that the project has
implemented activities to resolve the disputes and to
clarify overlapping claims
Risk rating based on:
• The proportion of forest-dependent households
within or near the project area who have been
consulted about project activities
Mitigation measures:
• The project generates net positive impacts on
the social and economic well-being of the local
communities who derive livelihoods from the project
area
Risk rating based on:
• A governance score over the last 5 years, calculated
using 6 indicator scores provided on a World Bank
website 39
Mitigation measures:
• The country in which the project takes place is
implementing a REDD+ Readiness program or
participating in the REDD+ Social and Environmental
Standards Initiative (supported by CCBA and CARE), 40
39 http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.asp
40 www.climate-standards.org/redd+/
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