Author Erni, C.

Year of publication 2011

While the first guide in our manual series, "What is REDD?" aims to help indigenous communities to understand what REDD+ is and what its implications may be for them more generally, this manual looks at REDD+ on the project level. This manual, prepared by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, is based on and seeks to promote in a holistic way an approach to REDD+ that respects and promotes the rights of indigenous peoples, as provided for in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the social and cultural systems of indigenous peoples and their values and practices, and the environment. The purpose is to provide guidance to indigenous trainers to prepare and conduct trainings on Community-based REDD+. These trainings should help communities acquire the knowledge and skills needed to take a decision on whether to join a REDD+ project, and if they do, to be able to fully and effectively participate in it. The trainers manual is accompanied by a separate manual prepared for participants attending training on Community-based REDD+, and for indigenous communities who want to learn about CB REDD+ on their own.