RRI staff and international media firm Burness Communications worked with Consejo Mexicano de Silvicultura Comunitario (CCMSS) and the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA) to prepare key messages on why and how communty forestry in Mexico is a key element in ensuring the success of REDD+ initiative. Trainings were later expanded to train 16 local community forestry leaders and five issue experts to prepare them in lead up to the COP16.