Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

Facility. The right to selfdetermination,including FPIC,should be respected.If indigenouspeoples do notgive their consentfor such a schemeto be done in theircommunities, thenthis should not bepursued. The World BankOperational Policy 4.10 on Indigenous Peoples should be used fromthe inception to the implementation of FPCF-supported projects. The final decisions on how to treat the FCPF/REDD should be doneby the indigenous peoples at the community and national levels.• In the side event on “REDD, avoided deforestation policies andindigenous peoples: potential impacts and possible strategies” 13 duringthe 7th Session of the UNPFII, indigenous participants stated, amongothers, that: REDD, as currently formulated, is unacceptable for many indigenouspeoples. Indigenous peoples must put forward their own proposals, followingtheir own logic and perspectives for forests protection. They mustnot just be reactive to REDD/AD proposals, but take a broader viewintegrating indigenous peoples rights, biodiversity health and climatesolutions. Indigenous peoples must stand united and adopt a strong positionabout the unacceptability of REDD in its current form, given the factthat Parties to the UNFCCC are still in the process of negotiating thepolicy approaches and positive incentives on REDD. At the national level, indigenous peoples can make demands forlaw and policy reforms and use the political space opened upby readiness activities and pilot projects to advocate for reformsand recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights and to ensure thatindigenous peoples are centrally involved in all the processes relatedto REDD.• In this UNPFII session, the issue of REDD was discussed as the session’sSpecial Theme was on “Climate change, bio-cultural diversity andlivelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and newchallenges.”Photo credit: Tim Kusneros, EED.PART V: REDD/REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples 65