In February, the UN-REDD Programme convened two workshops on social and environmental safeguards for REDD+, focused on UN-REDD Programme's Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC) and Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). The reports of these workshops are now available and can be downloaded by clicking the following links: SEPC workshop report/ FPIC workshop report.

Discussions on the SEPC were also held at the eighth Policy Board meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay, where the the Policy Board endorsed the principles and criteria. Read more here.