Investor Presentaiton
12. REDD+ in the State of Acte + Brazil
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REDD+ in the State of Acre - Brazil
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Safeguarding social and environmental
rights and promoting co-benefits
To achieve its social and environmental goals,
Acre's State Government is developing a safe-
guards framework to consist-ently implement SISA
in accordance with national and interna-tional sa-
feguards, aiming at avoiding negative impacts for
peo-ple and the environment as well as promoting
co-benefits.
Since 2010, Acre has been a pioneer in the REDD+
Social and Environmental Standards (REDD+ SES)
Initiative. Following a multi-stakeholder process,
Acre, in 2015, was the first juris-diction that develo-
ped and applied REDD+ SES, in an effort to monitor
safeguards implementation within SISA and align
it with international REDD+ initiatives (full process
documentation & reports are available here: http://
www.redd-standards.org/countries/latin-america/
state-of-acre-brazil). Furthermore, the State's sys-
tem includes the following ele-ments::
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Several rights-based principles are contained
in SISA State Law 2308, ensuring the respect
and strengthening of cultural diversity, of the
rights of Indigenous Peoples and traditional
communities, sustainable resource use as well
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as social justice and equity in ben-efit sharing.
Grievance Mechanism: in 2014, an Ombudsman,
related to the State Department of Environment
and Attorney's office, was established with the
objective to receive suggestions, complaints, de-
nunciations as well as proposals of any individual
or entity with regard to SISA. Moreover, the Om-
budsman has the authority to mediate conflicts
that may occur among SISA stakeholders. (Email
address of the SI-SA Ombudsman: ouvidoria.
[email protected])
Consultation and Participation: prior to the
establishment of SISA, the proposed law was
consulted broadly with civil society actors. With
regard to SISA's design, implementation and
monitoring, the governance structure ensures
multi-stakeholder participation.
Transparency is integrated in SISA's institutional
structure, provid-ing roles and responsibilities
of its different bodies (CDSA, IMC, CE-VA, FEF,
ombudsman, scientific committee). Important
decisions are made publicly available. As a REM
requirement, financial audits are undertaken
regularly.
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Clarity on land rights: basic information on
forest tenure is available for around 75% of the
area. Gaps are being continuously addressed
through existing efforts.
Change Conference in Cancún (2010), seven sa-
feguards were established, providing broad princi-
ples for the implementation of REDD+ addressing
transparency, stakeholder participation, protection
of biodiversity and ecosystem services, respect of
the rights of indigenous and local communities,
leakage as well as other risks of environmental in-
tegrity.
Safeguards reporting: In 2015, Brazil was the first
country to submit a Safeguards Summary to the
UNFCCC detailing how the Cancún safeguards
are being addressed and respected (http://redd.
unfccc.int/files/brazil_safeguards_summary_fi-
nal20150508.pdf). Updates will be submitted
annually.
Safeguards Information System (SIS): to
further systematize the national safeguards
reporting, Brazil is developing a Safeguards
In-formation System, based on existing sys-
tems and sources. In fu-ture, the Safeguards
Summary will be generated from the infor-ma-
tion contained in the SIS.
From 2016 onwards, Acre's sub-national safe-
guards processes and systems is being harmonized
and linked up with the na-tional safeguards sys-
tem.
Managing risks and
The partners agreed on a mechanism to manage
risks and uncertainties: For each ton of rewarded
emission reductions by REM, an additional ton is
retired by the State of Acre, considered as Acre's
own contribution to the partnership and a sign of
political will towards reduced deforestation. This
seeks to also address risks of shifting deforestation
to areas outside of the accounting area ('leakage');
the reversal of emission reduc-tions ('non-
permanence'); and uncertainties associated to the
estimation of emission reductions, e.g. with respect
to defor-estation data and emission factors.View entire presentation