Progress against the Warsaw Framework for REDD+

National REDD+ Strategy/Action Plan
Targeted support has been provided on a PLR analysis and the resulting roadmap, identified immediate opportunities to
modify/improve legislation and policies to better include REDD+ considerations and issues. Specific actions are recommended to take into account REDD+ in the upcoming Forestry Policy and Forestry Code. Other recommendations cover non-forest sectors, including a roadmap for improvements in the land sector, in order to integrate REDD+ considerations. Through the country needs assessment in Madagascar, integrated with the targeted support, an analysis of the national REDD+ vision was completed. A reorientation of the national vision for REDD+ is being proposed that is fully embedding REDD+ into the national and rural development strategy, and providing important inputs to upgrade the strategy design process with strengthened inter-sectorial and policy-level dialogue. It is expected that these results will help Madagascar evolve from a long history of project-based approach in forest carbon into an overall vision for REDD+ in the country. The country has initiated a broad and inclusive, cross- sectorial consultative process on the national vision for REDD+. In addition, a South-South exchange visit on REDD+ challenges and opportunities such as Payment for Ecological Services (PES) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA), to Costa Rica provided a learning platform and the opportunity for collaboration between the two countries. Key messages from Costa Rica included creating the social, economic and political conditions for sustainable development and integrating REDD+ strategy with national objectives and policies.