UN-REDD Programme
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UN-REDD National Programmes
UN-REDD Partner Countries
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| Established | September 24, 2008 |
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| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
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Membership
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64 Partner Countries |
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Head, UN-REDD Programme Secretariat
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Mario Boccucci |
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Parent organization
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
| Website | www |
The United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (or UN-REDD Programme) is a collaborative programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), created in 2008 in response to the UNFCCC decisions on the Bali Action Plan and REDD at COP-13. It should not be confused with "REDD+", a voluntary climate change mitigation approach that has been developed by Parties to the UNFCCC (see below "Difference between REDD+ and the UN-REDD Programme").
The overall development goal of the Programme is "to reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing to national sustainable development".
The UN-REDD Programme supports nationally led REDD+ processes and promotes the informed and meaningful involvement of all stakeholders, including indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities, in national and international REDD+ implementation.
The Programme has expanded steadily since its establishment and now has over 60 official Partner Countries spanning Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America-Caribbean.
In addition to the UN-REDD Programme, other initiatives assisting countries that are engaged in REDD+ include the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, the Global Environment Facility, Australia’s International Forest Carbon Initiative, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and the Green Climate Fund.
The UN-REDD Programme publicly releases each year an Annual Programme Progress Report and a Semi-Annual Report.
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