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Land tenure and REDD+: The good, the bad and the ugly
Anne M. Larson,Maria Brockhaus,William D. Sunderlin,Amy E. Duchelle,Andrea Babon,Therese Dokken,Thu Thuy Pham,I. A. P. Resosudarmo,Galia Selaya,A. Awono,Thu Ba Huynh +10 more
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In this paper, a global comparative study on REDD+, led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFR), was conducted to investigate how tenure concerns are being addressed at both national and project level in emerging REDD+ programs.Abstract:
A number of international donors, national governments and project proponents have begun to lay the groundwork for REDD+, but tenure insecurity - including the potential risks of land grabbing by outsiders and loss of local user rights to forests and forest land - is one of the main reasons that many indigenous and other local peoples have publicly opposed it. Under what conditions is REDD+ a threat to local rights, and under what conditions does it present an opportunity? This article explores these issues based on available data from a global comparative study on REDD+, led by the Center for International Forestry Research, which is studying national policies and processes in 12 countries and 23 REDD+ projects in 6 countries. The article analyses how tenure concerns are being addressed at both national and project level in emerging REDD+ programs. The findings suggest that in most cases REDD+ has clearly provided some new opportunities for securing local tenure rights, but that piecemeal interventions by project proponents at the local level are insufficient in the absence of broader, national programs for land tenure reform. The potential for substantial changes in the status quo appear unlikely, though Brazil - the only one with such a national land tenure reform program - offers useful insights. Land tenure reform - the recognition of customary rights in particular - and a serious commitment to REDD+ both challenge the deep-rooted economic and political interests of ‘business as usual'.read more
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Transformative governance for linking forest and landscape restoration to human well-being in Latin America
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed tree planting and reforestation as strategies for solving global environmental degradation, and many ongoing large-scale initiatives have proposed restoring millions of hectares of degraded land.
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Deforestation, Territorial Conflicts, and Pluralism in the Forests of Eastern Panama: A Place for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation?
Javier Mateo-Vega,Javier Mateo-Vega,Javier Mateo-Vega,Ana K. Spalding,Ana K. Spalding,Gordon M. Hickey,Catherine Potvin,Catherine Potvin +7 more
TL;DR: The case study in this article is built through the experience of a public hearing on the potential implementation of REDD+ in the highly contested Upper Bayano Watershed in eastern Panama, which forms a part of the Choco-Darien ecoregion, a global biodiversity hotspot, and is home to two Indigenous groups (Kuna and Embera).
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The State of Research on Effectiveness and Equity (2Es) in Forests Management Regimes in Cameroon and Its Relevance for REDD
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the potentials of existing forest management regimes to provide the necessary conditions for a successful REDD+ mechanism in Cameroon and examined past research on two forest regimes, community forests and state forests regimes.
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Improving Sustainability of the Environment in a Changing Climate: Can REDD+ Rise to the Challenge?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the potentials as well as the challenges of this mechanism to reduce forest loss and improve the health and sustainability of the environment, and outline four broad areas where researchers can make contributions in national and local level policy-making and interventions related to REDD+.
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Improving REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) Programs
TL;DR: In this paper, the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) programs are evaluated. And the authors propose a method to improve REDD programs.
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