1. The Special Rapporteur on the right to food undertook an official visit to Cameroon between 16 and 23 July 2012, at the invitation of the Government.

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Indigenous Peoples

66. Lastly, the Special Rapporteur notes that the Government is willing to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD), which offers compensation for forest conservation. He encourages the Government to explore the possibilities for funding forest conservation activities, and stresses the importance, in the implementation of the mechanism, of providing guarantees for indigenous populations that depend on the forests in accordance with articles 25 to 27 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.