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The PNG Forestry Authority (FA) has undertaken a variety of initiatives to fully promote the concept of REDD+, including reviewing provincial forest plans, undertaking internal restructuring and launching new policy initiatives, and is implementing 5 REDD+ demonstration activities. However, climate change policies have not been mainstreamed in all government departments, and decisions have been taken that continue to place millions of hectares of forest under threat. There also needs to be more consultation in the design of the national REDD+ strategy and related policy documents and guidelines. Without strengthening governance to ensure commitment to REDD+ across departments and broad stakeholder support, REDD+ performance-based payments will not be forthcoming at scale.

With this understanding, the development objective of the proposed project is strengthened governance of REDD+ strategy development and implementation in Papua New Guinea to achieve climate change mitigation and national development goals through the sustainable management and enhancement of forest resources. The Project will contribute to this objective through the development of a voluntary standard for REDD+ quality-of-governance, which can strengthen governance by guiding and evaluating REDD+ structures and processes at national and sub-national levels. The REDD+ quality-of-governance standard will be developed through a proven robust multi-stakeholder process that involves an online survey, face-to-face interviews with key stakeholders, a multi-stakeholder forum workshop, and field-testing at demonstration sites.