The purpose of this Manual is to provide legal practitioners in REDD+ countries, particularly partner countries of the UNREDD Programme, with information on assessing national legal frameworks and associated gaps as well as suggestions on options to address key REDD+ legal issues.

This book seeks to explore how legislation, which is the backbone of governance and enforcement systems, accommodates and makes provision for the connections among economic (and social) activities that may have more than one (non-linear) social or environmental impact. Legislation from different countries espouse varying approaches to sustainable development of natural resources that may...