Institutions summary
There are many institutions participating in the REDD+ process in Mexico. Under the Interministerial Climate Change Commission (Comisión Intersecretarial de Cambio Climático, CICC) CICC, numerous federal ministries are participating in the design and implementation of REDD+. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT) leads the discussions on climate change and the National Forestry Commission (Comision Nacional Forestal, CONAFOR) – a SEMARNAT agency - is the focal point for many REDD+ initiatives in the country. The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, SAGARPA),will also play an important role since agriculture and livestock activities are considered some of the most important drivers of deforestation and SAGARPA leads the Interministerial Commission for Sustainable Rural Development. Other relevant environmental agencies in the REDD+ process include the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity and the National Commission for Protected Areas. At the state level, many governments have become very active in promoting climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, including the States of Chiapas, Jalisco and the three States in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Non-governmental organizations, as well as academic and research institutions play a key role in the development and implementation of REDD+ in Mexico. In this sense, there are an important number of international, national, sub-national and local organizations currently involved in developing pilot projects and providing local capacity building services. Some of these organizations include the Mexican Civil Council for Sustainable Forestry (Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible, CCMSS) (National), Cooperativa Ambio (Chiapas), Servicios Ambientales de Oaxaca (Oaxaca), U’Yool’Che (Yucatan Peninsula), to mention only a few. The College of Postgraduates, the College of Mexico, the National Autonomous University of Mexico – Research Center for Environmental Geography and the College of the South Border (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, ECOSUR) have played an important role in the development of the R-PP, Mexico’s REDD+ Vision and on the future national REDD+ Strategy, ENAREDD+. There are also several international governments and international governmental organizations (IGOs) participating in Mexico’s REDD+ process.
