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*Executive summary provided in English, French, Spanish and Indonesian* This issues paper considers options to safeguard and enhance these benefits under a national REDD+ programme. It assesses the opportunities for and risks to these benefits during REDD+ preparation, design and implementation, measuring, reporting and verification. It focuses on those approaches to REDD+ for which there is scope to safeguard and/or enhance ecosystem-derived benefits, and which are included within the existing national strategies of UN-REDD Programme partner countries. It considers various tools and measures that are available to increase the opportunities for and decrease the risks to these benefits, and suggests some of the likely trade-offs between carbon, ecosystem-derived benefits and cost. Trade-offs may involve exchanging short-term use of resources for long-term sustainable use, or may involve a long-term prioritisation of one benefit over another.

The paper provides an analysis of the ecosystem-derived multiple benefits of REDD+. The terminology around multiple benefits is not yet clear cut. Here, the different terms in use are reviewed and suggestions are made about how terms can be used in a consistent way. The range of different ecosystem-derived benefits is surveyed and the most important ones identified. There is the risk of environmental harms as well as benefits from REDD+. Some of the benefits are closely related to each other, and tend to co-occur. Benefits are delivered at different scales; some are primarily local while others may be national or global. Different REDD+ activities may give rise to different benefits and risks. Assessing the magnitude of the benefits from REDD+ is often not easy; nevertheless, in some cases it may be possible to provide an estimate of the economic value of the ecosystem-derived benefits. In all cases, the monitoring of benefits can play an important role. A number of equity issues arise in connection with ecosystem-derived benefits which should be addressed in the implementation of REDD+.

*Executive summary provided in English, French, Spanish and Indonesian* The paper provides an analysis of the ecosystem-derived multiple benefits of REDD+. The terminology around multiple benefits is not yet clear cut. Here, the different terms in use are reviewed and suggestions are made about how terms can be used in a consistent way. The range of different ecosystem-derived benefits is surveyed and the most important ones identified. There is the risk of environmental harms as well as benefits from REDD+. Some of the benefits are closely related to each other, and tend to co-occur. Benefits are delivered at different scales; some are primarily local while others may be national or global. Different REDD+ activities may give rise to different benefits and risks. Assessing the magnitude of the benefits from REDD+ is often not easy; nevertheless, in some cases it may be possible to provide an estimate of the economic value of the ecosystem-derived benefits. In all cases, the monitoring of benefits can play an important role. A number of equity issues arise in connection with ecosystem-derived benefits which should be addressed in the implementation of REDD+.

This paper provides an overview of the issues surrounding and opportunities for achieving the ecosystem aspects of multiple benefits from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD).

REDD+ can bring about benefits in addition to the primary benefit of carbon storage. Through careful planning and implementation, additional benefits from biodiversity and ecosystem services can be secured. The decisions made and approaches adopted for different REDD+ activities will affect the type, extent and quality of biodiversity and ecosystem services that are delivered. The UN-REDD Programme is helping countries to integrate multiple benefits into their REDD+ planning.

REDD+ can bring about benefits in addition to the primary benefit of carbon storage.   Through careful planning and implementation, additional benefits from biodiversity and ecosystem services can be secured. The decisions made and approaches adopted for different REDD+ activities will affect the type, extent and quality of biodiversity and ecosystem services that are delivered. The UN-REDD Programme is helping countries to integrate multiple benefits into their REDD+ planning.

Final and signed Zambia UN-REDD Programme document. Please keep this document as restricted access since it has signatures.

Based on Recommendations made by participants at the UN-REDD Programme Asia Regional Consultation on FPIC and Recourse Mechanisms, Hanoi, Vietnam, 16 – 18 June 2010 Based on Recommendations made by participants at the UN-REDD Programme Asia RegionalConsultation on FPIC and Recourse Mechanisms, Hanoi, Vietnam, 16 – 18 June 2010