Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

proposals for non-state actors. Several indigenous peoples’ networksand organizations submitted but only Tebtebba’s proposal was approved.A support NGO, the International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs(IWGIA), submitted a joint proposal with the Asian Indigenous Peoples’Pact (AIPP) and this was also approved. Part of the funds will alsoallow for additional indigenous representatives to attend the UNFCCCprocesses. Most of the NGOs who received funding, however, were thebig environment and conservation NGOs.• Due to the active participation of indigenous peoples in processesrelated to REDD+, both at the global and national levels, theirparticipation and rights became very high in the REDD agenda. Thishas pushed many of the environmental and conservation NGOs, whopreviously will not say much on indigenous peoples’ rights, to also raisethese concerns in the debate.• The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change(IIPFCC) is now more engaged with the official processes in the UNFCC,compared to previous years.8What are the fundingmechanisms set up to facilitateand implement REDD/REDD+?a.The World Bank’s Forest CarbonPartnership Facility (FCPF)• The World Bank (WB) wants to be the lead international player in forestand climate initiatives, like REDD. Since 2000, it has already set-up“10 carbon funds and facilities with a total capitalization of over US$2billion.” 11• Initiatives to set up the FCPF started in 2006through consultations with governmentsand organizations, including bigenvironmental NGOs. In June 2007, the G8summit supported the establishment of thefund. It was launched in Bali during COP 13in 2007.• It is meant to scale up to a nationallevel the experiences gained by the WBBioCarbon Fund which has been funding ata project level.• The Readiness Fund has 10 donorgovernments - Australia, Finland, France,Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, UK and the USA.FCPF - Forest CarbonPartnership Facility(FCPF), facility set upby the WB to assistdeveloping countriesin their efforts toreduce emissions fromdeforestation and forestdegradation (REDD)by providing value tostanding forests. 12PART V: REDD/REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples 61