REDD Plus Social Protections RFGI Working Paper_Rebecca Rutt 4 Jan 2012

This draft paper seeks to provide an overview of these evolving efforts to develop and promote social
safeguards. First, a brief narrative of the process from RED to REDD to REDD+ is provided to
understand how different values have entered into the evolution of the understanding of the REDD
endeavour. Then, the wider spectrum of tools large and small, generic and specific, are presented, to
provide a resource for those interested in what exists now with regard to REDD+ social protection
demands. Further, the calls to action with regard to emerging and specific focus areas, beyond the
traditional demands, for example, for stakeholder participation are described.