Resources tagged "land rights"
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Lessons on land tenure, governance and REDD+: Case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America This volume of case studies collates publications resulting from the Oct. 21-22, 2011 Land Tenure and Forest Carbon Management Workshop hosted by the University of Wisconsin/Madison’s Land Tenure Center (LTC), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Geography Dept. Emerging from these case studies and workshop discussion is the theme that REDD revenues s...
Forest Tenure and Multi-level Governance in Avoiding Deforestation under REDD+This paper investigates the role of forest tenure in creating a sustainable and effective mechanism on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). It draws together existing knowledge and experience of forest tenure issues as they play out in real contexts, and evaluates their implications for REDD+. In particular, it challenges the argument that simply harmonising d...
REDD Realities: Learning from REDD pilot projects to make REDD workStakeholders in Tanzania are working on REDD through national programme development, awareness raising, advocacy and project implementation. Nine REDD pilot projects have been implemented and cover different regions of Tanzania. Some primarily focus on REDD readiness activities, such as establishing permanent monitoring plots and carbon baselines, and training government staff and community m...
Challenges of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) on the African continentREDD+ offers developing countries an opportunity to reduce emissions from the forest sector, financial benefits through trading of REDD+ offset credits, improved livelihood of local people adjacent to forests, and contributions towards biodiversity conservation. Despite these potential benefits, there are challenges associated with the development and implementation of REDD+ mechanisms...
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.
Rights, Authorities and Power: Forest Tenure Transition in Indonesia in relation to REDDThis presentation covers the general situation and history of forest tenure in Indonesia before considering how REDD and the concept of carbon rights can transform forest tenure in Indonesia. It considers the challenges that including REDD and carbon rights in national law could create and the problems that REDD could cause for forest tenure in Indonesia.
REDD+ and Tenure: A Review of the Latest Developments in Research, Implementation and Debate This report presents the latest developments in the discussion on forest tenure and REDD+ by analysing and reviewing recent REDD+ literature. The review shows that most researchers and others interested in REDD+ seem to agree that tenure reform is an important element of REDD+ preparations. This report proposes several recommendations and issues for consideration for further work on tenure an...
Statutory and Customary Forest Rights and their Governance Implications: The case of VietnamPublished by the International Union for Conservation in Nature (IUCN) in Vietnam as part of the Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC), this document aims to promote the adoption of improved forest governance arrangements in Viet Nam and five other tropical forest countries in Asia, Africa and South America. These arrangements cover policy, legal, institutional and economic structure...
Rights to Land, Forests and Carbon in REDD+: Insights from Mexico, Brazil and Costa RicaThis paper looks at tenure regimes and carbon rights issues in Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica. It is effectively shown that complex bundles of rights over forest resources have distinct implications for REDD+ design and implementation, and that REDD+ strategies in selected countries have to date failed in procedurally addressing land-use conflicts and carbon rights entitlements and liabilities...
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