Official Statement No. 7 – Public consultation requirement for REDD+ projects
This statement announces that, with immediate effect, Section 8.2 of Cercarbono’s Protocol Version 4.1 on public consultations applies to all REDD+ projects in the formulation or validation stage. The consultation runs for 30 days, after which developers must respond to compiled comments within 15 days. The measure strengthens stakeholder participation and transparency in REDD+ project design. It also establishes that projects inactivated on EcoRegistry cannot be re-registered under the same or a different name.