Get REDDY: The Podcast Series
The world’s forests are critical in the battle against climate change. Forests capture carbon pollution from power plants, vehicles, and other sources. Around the world, people in indigenous communities that depend on forests for their livelihoods want to protect their lands from destruction by outside activities. They are supported in their efforts by programs like REDD+. Implemented by the World Bank and other organizations, REDD+ understands that trees are more valuable standing than cut down. Hear community leaders tell their experiences with preserving their forests and control of their land, on our podcast series, Get REDDY. Get REDDY is an information program on REDD+ by and for Indigenous Peoples and local communities, produced by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) of the World Bank. Featuring Indigenous Peoples and local communities working on REDD+, Get REDDY shares accessible, easily understandable information and knowledge about climate change, REDD+, and results-based climate finance to help communities in their engagement with REDD+ programs and activities.
Get REDDY: The Podcast Series
Episode 3: Get REDDY: The Podcast Series: Benefit Sharing: English
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Around the world, the damage caused by climate change is a threat to indigenous communities. But good forest management can take carbon out of the air and store it in the wood of trees or in the soil, combating climate change. REDD+, a programs supported by the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, compensates communities for their work in protecting the forest.
In this episode of Get REDDY, we hear from Ruth Becca from Siaya County in Kenya. Ms Becca’s community gets compensated for reducing emissions and storing carbon in the trees and soil. She discusses how this mechanism works, how the community decides on what to do with the funds, and how it has transformed her town.