RRI and collaborators successfully established the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) to the UNREDD Policy Board ? a body that will provide a platform for civil society organizations to provide external advice on the direction and roles of United Nations’ (UN) REDD program. Jutta Kill of Fern and Kyeretwie Opoku of Civic Response were elected co-chairs. An initial outcome include an agreement by the UN to include representatives of Indigenous Peoples and civil society on the policy board itself. RRI serves as the Secretariat of the IAG.