Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

strengthen the implementation of UNDRIP and existing national lawsand policies on indigenous peoples’ rights. It can be an opportunity to push for the the development oflegislation to protect indigenous peoples rights to their forests andcarbon in the absence of such laws. This is also the chance to push for the repeal or amendment of lawsor aspects of existing legislation (forestry laws, agrarian laws, landlaws, laws on REDD, etc.) which support drivers of deforestation andwhich are discriminatory to indigenous peoples. Therefore, indigenous peoples should be actively engaged inasserting their right to participate in all the REDD processes so theirconcerns will be addressed.• Forge more meaningful partnerships with environmental andconservation NGOs. A big number of environmental and conservationNGOs are now supporting indigenous peoples' proposals. This shouldbe used as opportunity to forge more meaningful partnerships andto get them to reform their policies and practice to promote theimplementation of the UNDRIP.• Chance to push for good forest and environmental governance andenforcement. For REDD to succeed, good forest and environmentalgovernance and effective enforcement is imperative. Therefore, this isan opportune time to: demand for more accountability and transparency from government,intergovernmental organizations, the donor community and otheractors involved in REDD. put in place effective forest governance enforcement systems.Mechanisms for accountability and transparency will have to be putset up. MRV processes should include governance, enforcement and80 <strong>Guide</strong> on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples