The REDD Early Movers Program (REM) in Mato Grosso, Brazil
How Climate Protection strengthens Indigenous Territories in the Amazon: The REDD Early Movers Program (REM) in Mato Grosso, Brazil TAIGUARA ALENCAR (GIZ) , RENATA COSTA (GIZ) , ELIANE LIMA (FEPOIMT), DERONI MENDES (ICV) Copyright 2019by author(s). All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. 1 Abstract: Brazil is a signatory of the Paris Agreement to tackle the Climate Change. The Mato Grosso State, located in the Amazon, commited with the end of the lllegal deforestation which allowed the launch of the REDD Early Movers (REM) Program supported by KfW and GIZ. It rewards pioneers for their success in reducing deforestation, based in payment for results under a stock-flow methodology that rewards several actors, especially the conservationists. The Program, coordinated by the State Government, includes a Subprogram for Indigenous Territories whose consultation process (of 43 ethnicities) fully respected the Convention 169 of ILO. It has the partnership of the brazilian NGO Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) and has the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Mato Grosso (FEPOIMT) as the protagonist. The article aims to demonstrate how the REM Program, supported by German Cooperation, has strengthened the Indigenous Territories in Mato Grosso-Brazil, Keywords: REDD, ILO 169, Traditional Rights, Indigenous Territories 2 Introduction Brazil is ranked as the seventh principal greenhouse gas emitting nation. In 2017, the country emitted 2.07 billion tons of CO2, with 686 million tons resulting from deforestation. 529 million tons came from deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest and 159 million tons from deforestation of the Cerrado Biome.
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