Report of the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) accompanying the development of the National REDD+ Strategy of the Republic of Suriname Produced by Asesoramiento Ambiental Estratégico (AAE), Tropenbos International Suriname and associated consultants November 2017 Report of the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) accompanying the development of the National REDD+ Strategy of the Republic of Suriname Table of contents Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................. 1 Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Executive summary .............................................................................................................................. 4 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 6 1.1. Forests and forest-dependent communities in Suriname .................................................... 6 1.2. Social and environmental issues in and beyond the forest sector ..................................... 12 1.3. REDD+ and transition towards a Green Economy .............................................................. 15 1.4. Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) ..................................................... 16 1.5. Relevant REDD+ safeguards and guidance ......................................................................... 17 2. Aims, scope and limitations of the SESA ................................................................................. 18 2.1. Aims of the SESA ................................................................................................................. 18 2.2. Scope of the SESA ................................................................................................................ 18 2.3. Limitations of the SESA ....................................................................................................... 19 3. Methodology ........................................................................................................................... 20 3.1. Analytical elements ............................................................................................................. 21 3.2. Participatory elements ........................................................................................................ 22 4. Main findings .......................................................................................................................... 24 4.1. Social and environmental issues and priorities .................................................................. 24 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 24 Results ......................................................................................................................................... 25 4.2. REDD+ readiness and enabling conditions .......................................................................... 27 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 27 Results ......................................................................................................................................... 29 4.3. Potential benefits and risks of REDD+ Policies and Measures ............................................ 38 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 38 Results ......................................................................................................................................... 39 4.4. Promoting benefits and mitigating risks in REDD+ implementation .................................. 45 4.5. REDD+ benefits and risks under different scenarios ........................................................... 60 5. SESA conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................... 60 5.1. Social and environmental issues in and beyond the forest sector ..................................... 60 5.2. Enabling conditions ............................................................................................................. 62 5.3. Implementing PAMs while promoting benefits and reducing risks .................................... 68 5.4. Action matrix ....................................................................................................................... 72 6. Use of the SESA findings ......................................................................................................... 79 Report of the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) accompanying the development of the National REDD+ Strategy of the Republic of Suriname 6.1. The Environmental and Social Management Framework ................................................... 79 6.2. Incorporation of findings into the development of Suriname’s National REDD+ Vision and Strategy ........................................................................................................................................... 79 References ......................................................................................................................................... 81 Annex A: Generic ............................................................................................................................... 84 Annex A.1 Participants list of the first national workshop ......................................................... 84 Annex A.2 Schedule of community consultations ...................................................................... 88 Annex A.3 Table 5: Results from identification of social and environmental issues and effects on livelihoods from local community consultations contrasted with the three main problems identified in surveys .................................................................................................................... 89 Annex A.4: Questionnaire results: REDD+ enabling conditions – technical statements ............ 94 Annex A.5: Questionnaire results: REDD+ enabling conditions – non-technical statements .... 99 Annex A.6: Detailed results from the gender baseline survey conducted at the first national workshop ................................................................................................................................... 103 Annex A.7: Detailed results from the comparative data of the community survey regarding gender ....................................................................................................................................... 114 Annex A.8: Guiding questions to identify social and environmental benefits of PAMs ........... 120 Annex A.9: Guiding questions to identify social and environmental risks of PAMs ................. 122 Annex A.10: Detailed results from identification of benefits and risks of different PAMs ...... 125 Annex B: Community consultation reports and survey results ....................................................... 150 Annex B.1: Erowarte (Kaliña/mixed) ......................................................................................... 151 Annex B.2: Apoera (Lokono/mixed) .......................................................................................... 190 Annex B.3: Matta (Lokono/mixed) ............................................................................................ 226 Annex B.4: Kwamalasamutu (Trio) ............................................................................................ 258 Annex B.5: Apetina (Wayana) ................................................................................................... 292 Annex B.6: Bekiokondre, Deboö, Pikinslee (Saramaka) ............................................................ 319 Annex B.7: Langatabiki (Paramaka)........................................................................................... 381 Annex B.8: Diitabiki (Ndyuka) .................................................................................................... 416 Annex B.9: Pusugrunu (Matawai) ............................................................................................. 456 Annex B.10: Witagron (Kwinti) .................................................................................................. 487 Annex B.11: Cottica aan de Lawa (Aluku) ................................................................................. 518 Report of the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) accompanying the development of the National REDD+ Strategy of the Republic of Suriname List of figures Figure 1: Distribution of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Suriname (Source: The Amazon Conservation Team 2010) .................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2: Focus of investment, outcomes of REDD+ Investment Scenario vs. Business-as-Usual Investment Scenario (amended from Sukhdev et al. 2011) .............................................................. 15 Figure 3: Enabling conditions of REDD+, underlying assumptions and topics included in the SESA (figure derived from information included in Brockhaus et al. 2015)