Land tenure and REDD+: The good, the bad and the ugly
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...This outcome results from state appropriation of rights to forests long ago, as well as a long legacy of powerful actors exploiting forestlands and resources at the expense of their inhabitants (Larson et al. 2013; Sunderlin et al. 2014b)....
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...…is positive or negative for local actors depends upon two factors: (i) the institutions regulating land tenure and land-use rights (e.g. laws, policies) and ii) their level of enforcement (Corbera & Brown, 2008; Araujo et al., 2009; Rosemary, 2011; Albers & Robinson, 2013; Larson et al., 2013)....
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...laws, policies) and ii) their level of enforcement (Corbera & Brown, 2008; Araujo et al., 2009; Rosemary, 2011; Albers & Robinson, 2013; Larson et al., 2013)....
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...For example the context in Latin America, where over 25% of the forest is managed by local communities, facilitates that these communities get benefits from mitigation activities in the forest sector (Larson et al., 2010, 2013)....
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...These often begin with an evaluation of the local tenure setting, including the policy and governance environment and local norms with the goal of identifying sources of insecurity, conflict, and inequality (van Gelder 2010; Katz 2010; Larson et al. 2013; Bruyn & Veer 2014)....
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...These often begin with an evaluation of the local tenure setting, including the policy and governance environment and local norms with the goal of identifying sources of insecurity, conflict, and inequality (van Gelder 2010; Katz 2010; Larson et al. 2013; Bruyn & Veer 2014)....
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...These might include documenting rights through land titling programs (Deininger & Feder 2009; Larson et al. 2013; Holland et al. 2017), incorporating customary systems into a statutory framework (Knight 2010), or gaining rights from the state through a process of devolution of management (Jagger et…...
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...These might include documenting rights through land titling programs (Deininger & Feder 2009; Larson et al. 2013; Holland et al. 2017), incorporating customary systems into a statutory framework (Knight 2010), or gaining rights from the state through a process of devolution of management (Jagger et al....
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...…registry, clarifying institutional responsibilities, simplifying overlapping and plural tenure systems, resolving disputes, or improving monitoring and evaluation of tenure governance systems (Deininger & Feder 2009; FAO 2012; Naughton-Treves & Day 2012; Larson et al. 2013; Bruyn & Veer 2014)....
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"Land tenure and REDD+: The good, th..." refers background in this paper
...And certainly, formalization can always be used against local people (Peluso and Lund, 2011), even if laden with equity discourse....
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...In addition, policies of ‘rights recognition’ and formalization have been used historically at least as often to usurp lands as to secure them local people, or to secure them for powerful elites; these policies continue today (Peluso and Lund, 2011), including in the name of conservation....
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...Much has been written about the centralization of forest tenure historically (e.g. Dixon and Sherman, 1991; Fay and Michon, 2003; Harrison, 1992; Peluso, 1992; Pyne, 2009; Vandergeest and Peluso, 1995; Westoby, 1987, 1989), and the wave of reforms formalizing forest tenure rights since the late 20th century (Cousins, 2007; Larson et al....
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...…the centralization of forest tenure historically (e.g. Dixon and Sherman, 1991; Fay and Michon, 2003; Harrison, 1992; Peluso, 1992; Pyne, 2009; Vandergeest and Peluso, 1995; Westoby, 1987, 1989), and the wave of reforms formalizing forest tenure rights since the late 20th century (Cousins,…...
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...…of local landholders, prior to the existence of REDD+. Tenure reform emerged in response to decades of serious conflict, including high profile murders of rural activists such as Chico Mendes and others, with fundamentally unbalanced land distribution patterns at the root (Schmink and Wood, 1992)....
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...Tenure reform emerged in response to decades of serious conflict, including high profile murders of rural activists such as Chico Mendes and others, with fundamentally unbalanced land distribution patterns at the root (Schmink and Wood, 1992)....
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...White and Martin (2002) and Sunderlin et al. (2008) document the shift in forest ownership from the state to more substantial – though still minority – community control, referring to this change as the ‘global forest tenure transition’ (Sunderlin, 2011)....
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