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Explore the potential of REDD+ to deliver multiple benefits beyond climate change mitigation, and learn about possible risks to people, livelihoods, ecosystems, and rights. This module presents the elements of safeguards identified by the UNFCCCA and describes two key components: country approaches to safeguards and safeguard information systems.

REDD+ ACADEMY LEARNING JOURNAL - MODULE 7: Policies and Measures (PAMs) for REDD+ Implementation Study different Policies and Measures that can be taken or mandated by Governments to implement REDD+. This module supports the identification, prioritization and implementation of PAMs through consideration of analytic tools, economic drivers and approaches to monitoring.

REDD+ ACADEMY LEARNING JOURNAL - MODULE 5: National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) Discover why National Forest Monitoring Systems are a requirement of the UNFCCC for results-based payments and the role they play in supplying critical information on deforestation and forest degradation. This module discusses how NFMS can be designed and implemented and describes their role in reporting on greenhouse gas emissions and removals.

REDD+ ACADEMY LEARNING JOURNALS - MODULE 4: National Strategies and Action Plans (NS/AP)Delve into National Strategies and Action Plans, the cornerstone of REDD+ actions and investments, providing a framework to identify and prioritize REDD+ policies and measures. This module introduces the process of NS/AP development and describes cross-cutting issues such as stakeholder engagement, gender responsiveness, and national leadership and coordination.

REDD+ ACADEMY LEARNING JOURNAL - MODULE 3: Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation Although circumstances vary, explore commonalities, especially at the regional level in terms of what processes, practices and policies are leading to deforestation and forest degradation. This module looks at how drivers can be identified, analyzed and prioritized within the context of REDD+.

REDD+ ACADEMY LEARNING JOURNAL - MODULE 2: Understanding REDD+ and the UNFCCC Discover where the idea for REDD+ came from and how it’s been formalized in international negotiations, national actions and multilateral initiatives. This modulesets the institutional framework for REDD+ and introduces the major rules of engagement.

  REDD+ ACADEMY LEARNING JOURNAL - MODULE 1: Forest, Carbon Sequestration and Climate ChangeLearn about what’s driving climate change, how climate change is connected to forests, and the potential of forests to help reach climate change mitigation targets. This module provides a general scientific overview that rationalizes REDD+ as an important approach.  

  This REDD+ Academy brochure briefly describes the REDD+ Academy capacity building initiative and the related REDD+ Academy Learning Journal, with its twelve modules addressing key topics in REDD+.