Scope of a country approach to safeguards

The activities to be covered by the safeguards as defined by the country. UNFCCC requirements indicate that safeguards be applied to all relevant REDD+ activities, i.e. the policies and measures identified in the National Strategy and Action Plan. A country may go beyond the forestry sector, and include other land use sectors implicated as key drivers of deforestation/forest degradation, and could apply the safeguards to a scope broader than REDD+ with a view to attract other sources of investment and achieve domestic policy goals.