Social and Biodiversity Impact Assessment Manual for REDD+ Projects
The following panelists will explain the elements of the manual and how it can be used to assist REDD+ projects to undertake credible and cost-effective impact analysis, particularly projects using the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards:
Joanna Durbin - CCBA
Michael Richards – Forest Trends
Steve Panfil – Conservation International
Jeffrey Hayward – Rainforest Alliance
Jane Dunlop - Fauna & Flora International
The Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards, used to assess multiple benefits of the majority of forest carbon projects, provide robust standards; however, until now there has been limited guidance on how to undertake credible and cost-effective impact assessment. Forest Trends, the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and Rainforest Alliance have developed a user-friendly manual that enables land-based carbon project proponents to undertake cost-effective social and biodiversity impact assessment (SBIA). The SBIA Manual is oriented to the CCB Standards, but the approach described is applicable to other multiple benefit carbon standards, as well as to other types of payments for ecosystem services (PES) projects.