Resources tagged "indigenous people"
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Perceptions of access and rights to forest land in indigenous and mestizo communities at the agricultural frontier: lessons for REDD+ governance in the BOSOWAS Biosphere reserve, NicaraguaThis REDD-net article provides a qualitative analysis of the perception and knowledge of representatives of mestizos and indigenous populations on the formal and informal rights to access and use of forest land in the Biosphere Reserve BOSA WAS (RBB) in Nicaragua.
The reality of REDD+ in Peru: Between theory and practice - Indigenous Amazonian peoples' analyses and alternativesThis report compiled by AIDESEP, FENAMAD, CARE (regional and national indigenous organisations) and FPP collates the experiences of indigenous peoples’ organisations with REDD+ policies and projects in Peru. The report analyses the policies and strategies of the Peruvian government, examines the roles of international agencies and scrutinises pilot REDD+ initiatives already underway in indi...
Connecting Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Report of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate ChangeThis report explores how biodiversity is related to both climate change adaptation and mitigation, including a section on REDD and other land-use management activities.
Market and non-market costs of REDD+ perceived by local communities: a case study in East CambodiaForest dependent communities’ perceptions of non-market costs should be included when assessing the costs associated with REDD+, as they are the actors who will largely bear these costs. This case study uses opportunity cost analysis to measure the market costs of avoiding deforestation as well as contingent valuation to estimate the non-market costs of REDD+ through direct interviews with ...
REDD+ and promoting synergies for climate change mitigation and adaptationA blog entry by Climate Himalaya on how REDD+ fits into India's Forest Right Act (FRA) Committee and how FRA should be implemented in order to protect local communities.
REDD+ and the Indigenous question: A Case Study from EcuadorThis case study explores the challenge of constructing a strong legal, financial, and institutional framework in Ecuador for the implementation of REDD+ which indigenous peoples will accept, and which will not infringe their forest rights.
REDD-plus, forest people's rights and nested climate governance This draft paper discusses how forest people's rights can be operationalised under REDD-plus, citing the importance of participation in political decision making, equitable distribution of forest benefits, and recognition of forest people’s particular identities as importance principles under which to achieve this. In addition the paper emphasises a need for nested forest and climate govern...
Capturing the value of Forest Carbon for Local LivelihoodsIn the context of assigning "carbon rights," this article discusses the need to first assign land rights to indigenous populations-something that has yet to be done for a great number of people in Indonesia, according to RRI Coordinator Andy White
REDD & Indigenous Peoples in the Chaco: A toolkit to avoid negative impactsThis publication discusses the potential impacts of REDD on indigenous people, the expected impacts of REDD on indigenous peoples in the Chaco (Paraguay) and lists legal and institutional mechanisms that can be used as a toolkit to prevent against the negative impacts of REDD on indigenous peoples for the area as well as other Latin-American countries.
Entendiendo REDD a través del derecho de los Pueblos Indígenas. Apuntes Conceptuales para los países Andino AmazónicosNo cabe duda que el cambio climático es una de las principales preocupaciones desde el siglo pasado. Para remediarlo o reducirlo se han previsto distintas medidas como los Pagos por Servicios Ambientales y muy especialmente REDD (Reducción de Emisiones causadas por la Deforestación y Degradación de los Bosques). Los países andino-amazónicos no son ajenos a esta preocupación y muy por e...