Drivers of deforestation and REDD+ benefit-sharing: A meta-analysis of the (missing) link

Weatherley-Singh, Janice; Gupta, Aarti

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2015.06.017

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“…The WSFA's support for the implementation of SF schemes was also included as part of forest lands (especially state forest) that had been converted into agricultural lands. Some studies also supported such arguments as Mulyanto & Jaya (2004) and Weatherley-Singh & Gupta (2015), each of which show that these schemes only covered a single perspective through land use change analysis. Even, Hosonuma et al (2012) concluded that 33% of the deforestation rate was due to utilizing forested lands for subsistence agricultural practices.…”

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Mainstreaming community-based forest management in West Sumatra: Social forestry arguments, support, and implementation

Asmin¹,

Darusman

Ichwandi

et al. 2019

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Although social forestry in Indonesia is envisioned as a policy for recognizing local practices to forest management, research is still limited. This research describes conditions of social forestry policy in West Sumatra Province as a form of mainstreaming community-based forest management. This paper provides the context of social forestry arguments, its support, and subsequent implementation. The research approach is qualitative, using a case study method. Data collection was conducted through unstructured interviews, field observations, and document studies. The analysis used categorization and coding, historical analysis, document analysis, and descriptive policy analysis. The findings revealed that the arguments for social forestry schemes were based on the persistence of state forest conflicts, forest degradation and deforestation threats, as well as human resource limitations of forestry officers. The Provincial government then initiated stakeholder support, mainly from non-governmental organizations. Social forestry implementation at the site in West Sumatra thus focused on providing development assistance programs after granting management rights to local people, as well as initiating similar schemes in other villages. Our discussions considered challenges that should be addressed, including the approach to granting management rights to secure a management area, the process of developing participatory institutions, synchronizing provincial government policies to overcome forest degradation and deforestation, and initiating activities for strengthening community solidarity and agency.

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Mainstreaming community-based forest management in West Sumatra: Social forestry arguments, support, and implementation

Asmin¹,

Darusman

Ichwandi

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“…These include project-level initiatives, aiming to deliver co-benefits for biodiversity and communities in specific local contexts [16]; performance-based carbon payments [17,18]; and, more recently, sustainable landscape approaches that often involve the private sector [19,20]. REDD+ projects and sub-national initiatives have been shown to be responsive to some drivers operating at local and national levels, but are largely unable to tackle drivers of tropical forest loss operating at the international level [21,22], particularly those linked to agricultural production [23]. In addition to its focus on local as opposed to national or international drivers, REDD+ has also been criticised because of negative socio-economic impacts, such as fuelling inequality through restrictions on access to forests and the commodification of carbon [24,25].…”

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“Embodied Deforestation” as a New EU Policy Debate to Tackle Tropical Forest Loss: Assessing Implications for REDD+ Performance

Weatherley-Singh

Gupta²

2018

Forests

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The need to tackle international drivers of deforestation has long been acknowledged; but remains little addressed via policy measures. In the European Union (EU), a new policy debate is emerging around the concept of "embodied deforestation", which targets EU agricultural commodity imports as drivers of deforestation. The notion views deforestation as an externality generated by EU imports associated with tropical deforestation. Our article examines whether this concept represents a shift in tackling international-level drivers of tropical deforestation within EU policy. We also examine, from a networked governance perspective, whether this new debate fuels further fragmentation or rather a move towards a more integrated approach to combating tropical forest loss within EU policy, and what the implications are for other initiatives, such as the climate change related "reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation" (REDD+). Our analysis draws on an extensive analysis of EU policy documents and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and EU decision-makers. We find that, despite growing debate around the concept of embodied deforestation, policy measures necessary to reduce the impact of EU consumption of agricultural commodities associated with tropical deforestation have not yet been developed. We conclude that "embodied deforestation" remains more an idea than reality within EU policy to date, with the burden of responsibility for addressing international deforestation drivers still largely remaining on developing countries. There is still potential, however, for this debate to lead to a more integrated approach to tackling tropical deforestation within EU policy, if it comes to be seen, together with REDD+, as one of a number of linked approaches to EU efforts to combat deforestation.

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“…outcomes depends on addressing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, which in many countries requires a shift in rural economic engines of growth (e.g., commercial agriculture, mining, infrastructure development) toward more low carbon pathways (Kissinger et al 2012). Addressing drivers requires that countries seek national policy adjustments as well as ''non-carbon benefits'' while securing reduced GHG emissions from the forest sector (Visseren-Hamakers et al 2012a;Den Besten et al 2014;Weatherley-Singh and Gupta 2015).…”

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The Sustainable Development Goals and REDD+: assessing institutional interactions and the pursuit of synergies

Lima

Kissinger²,

Visseren-Hamakers

et al. 2017

Int Environ Agreements

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This paper analyzes potential synergies between two recent sustainable development initiatives, namely the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD?), a climate mitigation mechanism negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The paper elaborates a conceptual framework based on institutional interactions and distinguishes core, complementary, and supplementary synergies that may be realized between the SDGs and REDD?. Potential synergies are analyzed at the global level, as well as within two national-level contexts: Indonesia, with its long-standing REDD? programme, and Myanmar, which is in the early stages of implementing REDD?. Both are now also engaging nationally with the SDG implementation process. Our research draws on literature review and document analysis, direct observations of global policy processes relating to REDD? and SDGs, as well as extensive engagement (of one author) 123Int Environ Agreements (2017) 17:589-606 DOI 10.1007 at national level in Indonesia and Myanmar. Our analysis reveals that there are currently significant opportunities to pursue synergies in the implementation of these international initiatives at the national level, although pro-active interaction management is necessary, especially to achieve complementary synergies.

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Drivers of deforestation and REDD+ benefit-sharing: A meta-analysis of the (missing) link

Cited by 54 publications

References 52 publications

Mainstreaming community-based forest management in West Sumatra: Social forestry arguments, support, and implementation

Mainstreaming community-based forest management in West Sumatra: Social forestry arguments, support, and implementation

“Embodied Deforestation” as a New EU Policy Debate to Tackle Tropical Forest Loss: Assessing Implications for REDD+ Performance

The Sustainable Development Goals and REDD+: assessing institutional interactions and the pursuit of synergies

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