The document discusses benefit sharing mechanisms for REDD+. It defines benefit sharing and outlines different discourses on who should benefit, including those focused on effectiveness/efficiency versus equity. Equity discourses argue benefits should go to those with legal rights, low-emitting stewards, those incurring costs, or effective facilitators. A comparative analysis found that while some countries regulate financial distribution, enabling factors for equitable benefit sharing are often lacking. Approaches generally favor legal rights-holders and cost-incurring actors over low-emitting stewards.