The negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) about a REDD+ mechanism, which would provide incentives for developing countries to slow and/or reverse the loss of forest carbon on their territories, have made significant progress over recent years. In order to prevent unintended side-effects and promote the delivery of social and environmental co-benefits from actions to maintain and enhance forest carbon stocks, the concept of safeguards has been raised. At the 16th Conference of the Parties in December 2010, Parties to the UNFCCC adopted the decisions known as the Cancun Agreements. These include a list of safeguards for REDD+, which address both social and environmental aspects, and affirm that the implementation of REDD+ activities should be carried out in accordance with the safeguards. Parties aiming to undertake REDD+ activities “in the context of the provision of adequate and predictable support” are requested to develop, among other things, “a system for providing information on how the safeguards (...) are being addressed and respected throughout the implementation of the activities (...), while respecting sovereignty.”