REDD+ Policy Assessment Center (REDD-PAC)

The project used an integrated land-use model in order to inform decision-makers about various land-use scenarios. This information helps them develop globally consistent national and regional REDD+ policies. The REDD+ Policy Assessment Center established as part of the project pools existing data, evaluates the most recent outcomes of the climate negotiations and records current policies and technologies on REDD+. It processes this information and makes it available to those who need it. It also identifies gaps in existing MRV systems and prepares new models. The project partners carried out analyses and collected region-specific information that also incorporates socioeconomic factors. They tested these in two pilot regions (the Congo Basin and Brazil) and explored various options for implementing REDD+ in different political contexts, while bearing in mind the different institutional capacities.