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• IP representatives/leaders need access to accurate and comprehensive information relating to REDD. • IP representatives/leaders need to thoroughly understand climate change and REDD+ issues, particularly in relation with the following: o National and international agreements, policies, programs, projects, and instruments related to REDD; o The key issues, such as forest monitoring systems (MRV), land tenure, identification of drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, forest governance (benefit sharing etc.), gender considerations, safeguards. • IP representatives/leaders need a thorough understanding of FPIC.
Further Readings Anderson, P. 2011. Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Principles and Approaches for Policy and Project Development. RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Sector Network Natural Resources and Rural Development – Asia. Hill, C., S. Lillywhite and M. Simon. 2010. Guide to Free, Prior and Informed Consent. Oxfam Australia. IWGIA and AIPP. 2011. Understanding Community based REDD+: A Manual for Indigenous Leaders and Communities. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact and International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. UN-REDD. 2010. Applying Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Vietnam, April, 2010. United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in Developing Countries. UN-REDD, 2009. UN-REDD Programme Operational Guidance: Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and other Forest Dependent Communities, Working document.