Strong rhetoric on social benefits of REDD+ projects Vs. Documents rarely refer to payments and revenue sharing from the sale of carbon credits Mentions of local communities as a potential beneficiary of carbon credit revenue was identified in 60 of 366 projects Cannot assume carbon trading benefits local communities Lack of data to confirm local benefits, payment or otherwise Certification increase mentions, but what is the mechanism to verify with the beneficiary? What if local communities participate in MRV of social benefits? The need for proper engagement, promote equitable benefit sharing and monitoring and evaluation Public data in ID-RECCO essential for tracking mentions/plans www.reddprojectsdatabase.org