UN-REDD Programme: 2009 Year in Review

This activity report presents activities, progress and achievements of the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) in 2009. In March 2009, the UN-REDD Programme launched the initial readiness process in 9 pilot countries. By the end of the same year a total of US$24 million had been approved by the Policy Board for quick start action for country programmes to prepare national REDD+ strategies, engage stakeholders and develop measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems. At the global level, the UN-REDD Programme made a number of significant contributions in the area of  MRV, engagement of indigenous peoples and civil society in REDD+ activities, promotion of the multiple benefits of forests, and strengthening interagency collaboration.