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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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Rural land system reforms in China: History, issues, measures and prospects
Yang Zhou,Xunhuan Li,Yansui Liu +2 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper analyzed the key issues and new challenges existing in or arising from China's land system, and discussed specific measures taken to deepen the reform of land system in China at present and finally pointed out the future LSR's direction.
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Decarbonizing Development: Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future
TL;DR: In this article, a new World Bank report walks policymakers through three steps for a smooth transition to a zero-carbon future and provides data, examples and policy advice to help countries makes the shift.
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REDD+ on the ground: A case book of subnational initiatives across the globe
Erin O. Sills,S. Atmadja,Claudio de Sassi,Amy E. Duchelle,D. Kweka,I. A. P. Resosudarmo,William D. Sunderlin +6 more
TL;DR: More than 300 subnational REDD+ initiatives have been launched across the tropics, responding to both the call for demonstration activities in the Bali Action Plan and the market for voluntary carbon offset credits as discussed by the authors.
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Co-benefits, trade-offs, barriers and policies for greenhouse gas mitigation in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector.
Mercedes M. C. Bustamante,Carmenza Robledo-Abad,Richard J. Harper,Cheikh Mbow,Nijavalli H. Ravindranat,Frank Sperling,Helmut Haberl,Helmut Haberl,Alexandre de Siqueira Pinto,Pete Smith +9 more
TL;DR: Sustainability criteria are needed to guide development and implementation of AFOLU mitigation measures with particular focus on multifunctional systems that allow the delivery of multiple services from land, and policies need to be flexible enough to allow such assessments.
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Incorporating land tenure security into conservation.
Brian E. Robinson,Yuta J. Masuda,Allison Kelly,Margaret B. Holland,Charles Bedford,Malcolm Childress,Diana Fletschner,Edward T. Game,Chloe Ginsburg,Thea Hilhorst,Steven Lawry,Daniela A. Miteva,Jessica Musengezi,Lisa Naughton-Treves,Christoph Nolte,William D. Sunderlin,Peter Veit +16 more
TL;DR: A framework is presented that identifies three common ways in which land tenure security can impact human and conservation outcomes, and suggest practical ways to distill tenure and tenure security issues for a given location.
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The context of REDD+ in Cameroon: drivers, agents and institutions.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the contextual conditions into which the REDD+ mechanism is to be received by examining the current, relevant processes, such as discussion or lack of discussion, on the reference scenarios, funding mechanisms, cost/benefit sharing, carbon stocks, MRV (monitoring, reporting and verification) systems, coordination of policies and actions, and political reforms.
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A guide to learning about livelihood impacts of REDD plus projects
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the basic building blocks of careful research design and causal mapping, and make the case that the best way to learn from projects is to use a mixed-methods approach that employs the most rigorous impact evaluation methods to quantify impacts and interprets those impacts in light of a theory of change.
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Pro‐poor payments for environmental services: Challenges for the government and administrative agencies in Vietnam
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