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REDD+ Safeguards

Cancun safeguards, the Safeguards Information System, indicators and evidence.

REDD+ Safeguards Information System

Kenya's safeguards information under REDD+ is published through the national REDD+ website.

The Safeguards Information System (SIS) is the reporting system required by Decision 1/CP.16. It is built on the indicators of Kenya's Country Approach to Safeguards and is largely automated. Public and private entities implementing REDD+ actions report through it when safeguards are triggered. It works with the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA), the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and a feedback, grievance and redress mechanism.

The seven Cancun safeguards in Kenya
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Safeguard (a): Consistent with national forest programmes and international agreements

Kenya's framework: Constitution (Articles 60, 69, 70); EMCA; Climate Change Act 2016; Forest Conservation and Management Act 2016; National Forest Programme 2016–2030; REDD+ Strategy

Indicators
  1. 1aProtection of ecosystem services
  2. 1bSESA / ESIA and environmental audits
  3. 1cLand rights
  4. 1dClimate change mainstreamed
  5. 1eAt least 10% national tree cover
  6. 1fForest programme objectives met
  7. 1gTreaty obligations complied with
GovernanceDo no harmDo no harm / Multiple benefitsMitigation effectiveness

Source: Country Approach to Safeguards and Safeguards Information System, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, December 2021.