Carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+: Tenure links and country-based legal solutions
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March 2025
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- Clarity on who owns emissions reductions (ERs), including who is entitled to benefit from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus the sustainable management of forests, and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), is paramount to access different sources of forest climate finance.
- As most countries’ legislation does not yet specify who owns emissions reductions rights, ownership or management rights associated with forest resources often provide a basis for understanding how to allocate them.
- Legal options to clarify ERs rights might include updating legislation or agreeing upon how rights associated with ERs, or benefit allocation arrangements, will be established on a contractual basis with landowners and resource rights holders in compliance with the law.
- Drafting benefit sharing mechanisms through participatory and inclusive processes that direct benefits to local communities, small owners, and Indigenous Peoples contributes to trust building among the parties in this area.