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Fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP14), Poznan, Poland, 1-12 December 2008

IUCN recommends that COP 14:

√ Calls on Parties to put in place REDD mechanisms as part of a post 2012 regime that complement but do not weaken or substitute for ambitious emission reduction targets;

√ Urges Parties to require identification of and regular reporting on national-level drivers of deforestation and degradation and measures implemented to address them as a requirement for participation in REDD mechanisms;

√ Urges Parties to include restoration of degraded forest lands in REDD mechanisms;

√ Urges Parties to request SBSTA, in coordination with the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), to resolve outstanding definitional issues with the purpose of including restoration of degraded forest lands in future REDD arrangements;

√ Urges Parties to enhance coordination among the different relevant financing initiatives with which they may be involved with respect to supporting developing countries prepare for REDD;

√ Invites Annex 1 Parties to provide over the next 5 years substantial additional funding for capacity building in REDD candidate countries;

√ Calls on Parties to adopt a flexible stance with respect to REDD financing options;

√ Calls on Parties to recognise the co-dependence between an effective future REDD regime and effective and equitable forest governance;

√ Encourages Parties to ensure that their national REDD framework is consistent with international commitments and national practice related to effective and equitable forest governance.