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Forest Tenure and Multi-level Governance in Avoiding Deforestation under REDD+

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  • Emma Doherty

    (Emma Doherty currently works as an editor for the Business Innovation Facility, a PricewaterhouseCoopers sustainable development project. Prior to that she worked on EU climate policy in DG Climate Action at the European Commission, where she focused on international and inter-institutional relations. This paper was initially written as part of her MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy, completed at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford in 2009.)

  • Heike Schroeder

    (Heike Schroeder is a Senior Lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia. Prior to this she was an Oxford Martin Senior Fellow at the Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography & the Environment, University of Oxford. She is also a coordinator of the governance theme in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Earth System Governance Project (ESGP) under the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). Her research interests include multilevel governance and institutions, the international climate change negotiations, forest governance and urban climate governance.)

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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 different tenure systems will lead to improved tenure security and ensure that REDD+ does not disenfranchise local communities. By bringing to light the ways in which local tenure could shape the implementation of REDD+, this paper provides insights that can contribute to the design of a sustainable, effective and equitable REDD+ agreement. The findings suggest that a more nuanced and locally specific understanding of tenure security and ownership are required in order to create favourable grounds for REDD+ implementation. © 2011 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Emma Doherty & Heike Schroeder, 2011. "Forest Tenure and Multi-level Governance in Avoiding Deforestation under REDD+," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 11(4), pages 66-88, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:11:y:2011:i:4:p:66-88
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