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It approved, on Wednesday (28/05) the resolution that establishes guidelines for the implementation of Jurisdictional REDD+programs, public and private projects of forest carbon credit in public lands and collective territories. The validation took place at the 5th Ordinary Meeting held on Wednesday (28), at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA), in Brasilia.
Days earlier, Minister Marina Silva defended the Jurisdictional Redd+ Jurisdiction System of Brazilian States as a tool for fundraising, based on the results of reducing emissions from deforestation. The evaluation was held at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Governors Task Force for the Climate and Forests (GCF Task Force), promoted in Acre.
The Extraordinary Secretary of Territorial Environmental Deforestation and Environmental Planning Control and President of CONAREDD+, Andre Lima, points out that the discussions held by the Commission are strategic and are part of the federal governments commitment to reduce deforestation.
A is one of the policies associated with the deforestation prevention and control plan in all Brazilian biomes, within the axis of normative and financial instruments that support the positive agenda to reduce deforestation and forest fires in Brazil. So we deliberate very important resolutions in this regard, he said.
In practice, the text establishes safeguards that guarantee the protection of territorial, cultural and socioeconomic rights of communities in the implementation of REDD+ projects and forest carbon credits.
The resolution seeks to ensure that no project or program can restrict traditional use of land and natural resources, so it requires free, prior and informed consultations that guarantee transparency, access to information and hiring independent technical and legal advice, as well as protecting communities from financial and operational risks, promoting their autonomy and ensuring the participation of women, youth and elderly in decision processes.
The meeting was promoted with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), MMA partner in the implementation of, which operates with resources from Brazil in REDD+activities.
UNDP technical advisor Marcia Stanton points out that support is aligned with sustainable development objectives and commitment to ensure and strengthen the mechanisms of participation in the National Redd+ Strategy (ENREDD+), contributing to populations that live and protect forests can be heard and represented in discussions that affect the use of their territories.
We operate as MMA technical partners, offering support for discussions to happen in an informed and participatory manner, without leaving anyone behind. The meetings represent a fundamental space for collective discussion and construction and an opportunity for all actors to be heard, especially, indigenous peoples, quilombola communities, traditional peoples and communities and family farmers based on agrarian reform that affect their communities, contributing to their communities, contributing to their communities The advance and improvement of REDD+ public policy regarding social and environmental safeguards, he says.
The approval of the resolution represents an important advance in Brazilian environmental governance, ensuring that REDD+ mechanisms are implemented with legal certainty, respect for social and environmental safeguards and strengthening the autonomy of communities that historically protect forests.
The approval of the resolution of safeguard guidelines marks the outcome of a process built with much dialogue and participation, culminating in this document with a clear position of these groups that are the most affected by projects and programs that may be approved in their territories, said MMAs deforestation and fires (DPCD) director, Roberta Cantinho.
About CONAREDD+
The National Commission for REDD+ is responsible for coordinating, monitoring, monitoring and reviewing the National Strategy for Redd+ from Brazil and coordinating the preparation of the requirements for access to payments for REDD+ actions and actions in Brazil, recognized by the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
It is formed by representatives of various federal government folders, as well as state or district environmental entities dedicated to the control of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, indigenous peoples, traditional peoples and communities, non -governmental organizations, higher education or research institution. The private sector also has representativeness.
