Voluntary guidelines on safeguards in Biodiversity Financing Mechanisms adopted at CBD-COP12
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In the upcoming Dialogue Seminar in Guatemala, I suggest to explore how the implementation of the voluntary guidelines on safeguards in Biodiversity Financing Mechanisms adopted in the last CBD-COP (CBD-COP12 Decision XII/3) and respective Annex can contribute to support collective action of indigenous peoples and local communities and discuss the applicability of the guidelines to non-market based mechanisms for resource mobilisation.
VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON SAFEGUARDS IN BIODIVERSITY FINANCING MECHANISMS
(a) The role of biodiversity and ecosystem functions for local livelihoods and resilience, as well as biodiversity’s intrinsic values, should be recognized in the selection, design and implementation of biodiversity financing mechanisms;
(b) Rights and responsibilities of actors and/or stakeholders in biodiversity financing mechanisms should be carefully defined, at national level, in a fair and equitable manner, with the effective participation of all actors concerned, including the prior informed consent or approval and involvement of indigenous and local communities, taking into account, the Convention on Biological Diversity and its relevant decisions, guidance and principles and, as appropriate, the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
(c) Safeguards in biodiversity financing mechanisms should be grounded in local circumstances, be developed consistent with relevant country-driven/specific processes as well as national legislation and priorities, and take into account relevant international agreements, declarations and guidance, developed under the Convention on Biological Diversity and as appropriate, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, international human rights treaties and the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, among others;
(d) Appropriate and effective institutional frameworks are of utmost importance for safeguards to be operational and should be put in place, including enforcement and evaluation mechanisms that will ensure transparency and accountability, as well as compliance with relevant safeguards.
For this purpose, suggested references and processes to build on include:
Farooqui, M.F. and Schultz, M., 2012. Co‐chairs’ Summary of Dialogue Seminar on Scaling up Biodiversity Finance, Quito 6‐9 March 2012. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Ogwal, S.F. and Schultz, M., 2014. Co-Chairs´ Summary of Second Dialogue Seminar on Scaling up Finance for Biodiversity, Quito 9-12 April 2014. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Ituarte-Lima, C., Schultz, M., Hahn, T., McDermott, C., and Cornell, S. (2014), Biodiversity financing and safeguards: lessons learned and proposed guidelines, Stockholm: SwedBio/Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Information Document UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/27 for the 12th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Pyeongchang Korea. ISBN 92-9225-562-2.
http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=cop-12
