Period: 2019\u20132020
\nLead Organisation: AIWO-CAN
\nInstitutional Framework: REDD+ Platform of Indigenous Peoples of Cameroon (PREPAC)
\nSupervisory Authority: Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED)
\nIndigenous Peoples Targeted: Baka, Bagy\u00e9li and Mbororo
\nAreas of Intervention: East and South Regions, Cameroon
\nThis project aimed to strengthen the effective, informed and equitable participation of Indigenous Peoples in the REDD+ process in Cameroon, enabling them to understand the technical, institutional and decision-making mechanisms involved, and to defend their rights, knowledge and interests within these frameworks.
\nAs the lead organisation of PREPAC, AIWO-CAN worked in close collaboration with member organisations of the platform to support indigenous communities in a context where limited access to information and decision-making spaces represented a major barrier to their inclusion in national forest and climate policies.
\nThe project focused on community capacity building through the organisation of several training workshops in the East and South Regions. These sessions enabled indigenous communities to better understand:
\n\u2022 the REDD+ mechanism and its implications,
\n\u2022 consultation and consent processes,
\n\u2022 benefit-sharing systems,
\n\u2022 the Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) framework for forest carbon.
\nAt the same time, Indigenous Peoples were actively involved in national consultations, the establishment of the MRV system, and the operationalisation of the Environmental, Social and Strategic Management Framework (EESS). This participatory approach made it possible to integrate their collective rights, traditional knowledge and priorities into the REDD+ policies under development.
\nThrough this project, Baka, Bagy\u00e9li and Mbororo communities strengthened their technical and institutional capacities, improved their understanding of forest governance issues, and consolidated their role as legitimate actors in REDD+ initiatives. They are now better equipped to defend their rights, participate in decision-making processes, and claim equitable access to benefits derived from sustainable forest management.
\nThrough this initiative, AIWO-CAN contributed to promoting more inclusive forest governance, respectful of Indigenous Peoples\u2019 rights, and aligned with Cameroon\u2019s commitments on climate, biodiversity and social justice<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ce projet visait \u00e0 renforcer la participation effective, \u00e9clair\u00e9e et \u00e9quitable des Peuples Autochtones au processus REDD+ au Cameroun, en leur permettant de comprendre les m\u00e9canismes techniques, institutionnels et d\u00e9cisionnels, et d\u2019y d\u00e9fendre leurs droits, savoirs et int\u00e9r\u00eats.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":207,"template":"","class_list":["post-97","action","type-action","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","action-cat-education","action-tag-consultation","action-tag-durable","action-tag-foret","action-tag-gouvernance","action-tag-strategie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiwo-can.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiwo-can.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiwo-can.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/action"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiwo-can.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiwo-can.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}