Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.

Angelsen, Arild; Brockhaus, Maria; Duchelle, A.E.; Larson, Anne M.; Martius, Christopher; Sunderlin, W.D.; Verchot, Louis; Wong, Grace; Wunder, Sven

doi:10.1111/cobi.12933

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“…Much of the policy process and debate surrounding REDD+ has focused on its potential impacts on local people [1–3]. International guidelines for REDD+ implementation at the sub-national level include safeguards to ensure that the rights and aspirations of local communities affected by REDD+ initiatives are protected [4].…”

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What Is a “Community Perception” of REDD+? A Systematic Review of How Perceptions of REDD+ Have Been Elicited and Reported in the Literature

Atmadja

Sills

2016

PLoS ONE

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Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is expected to generate co-benefits and safeguard the interests of people who live in the forested regions where emissions are reduced. Participatory measurement, reporting and verification (PMRV) is one way to ensure that the interests of local people are represented in REDD+. In order to design and use PMRV systems to monitor co-benefits and safeguards, we need to obtain input on how local people perceive REDD+. In the literature, this is widely discussed as “community perceptions of REDD+.” We systematically reviewed this literature to understand how these perceptions have been assessed, focusing specifically on how individual perceptions have been sampled and aggregated into “community perceptions.” Using Google Scholar, we identified 19 publications that reported community perceptions of REDD+, including perceptions of its design, implementation, impacts, relationship with land tenure, and both interest and actual participation by local people. These perceptions were elicited through surveys of probability samples of the local population and interviews with purposively selected community representatives. Many authors did not provide sufficient information on their methods to interpret the reported community perceptions. For example, there was often insufficient detail on the selection of respondents or sampling methods. Authors also reported perceptions by unquantified magnitudes (e.g., “most people”, “the majority”) that were difficult to assess or compare across cases. Given this situation in the scholarly literature, we expect that there are even more severe problems in the voluminous gray literature on REDD+ not indexed by Google Scholar. We suggest that readers need to be cognizant of these issues and that publication outlets should establish guidelines for better reporting, requiring information on the reference population, sampling methods, and methods used to aggregate individual responses into “community perceptions.”

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What Is a “Community Perception” of REDD+? A Systematic Review of How Perceptions of REDD+ Have Been Elicited and Reported in the Literature

Atmadja

Sills

2016

PLoS ONE

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“…The results of our research raise some concern that REDD+ may be failing to materialize in Indonesia because of financial constraints and the complexities of the Indonesian context. More recently concerns have turned to why REDD+ may not be delivering on its promised benefits (Fletcher et al 2016, Angelsen et al 2017. One way to address this question might be to further investigate the challenges, such as corruption, encroachment, and lack of funding, which have been identified in our research.…”

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“…Questions from the literature reflect key debates and concerns surrounding REDD+, specifically: how REDD+ will translate across scales from international and national discourses to local realities (Peskett et al 2011b, Danielsen et al 2013, Di Gregorio et al 2013, Schroeder and McDermott 2014; whether REDD+ will be able to deliver on its promised benefits (Gardner et al 2012, Murray et al 2014, Lund et al 2017 and if not, why not (Fletcher et al 2016, Angelsen et al 2017; and how REDD+ will actualize, both now and in the future (Turnhout et al 2017). Our research attempts to address some of those questions by describing how three projects have been implemented locally in Indonesia, what promises may or may not be being met, and what challenges these projects are facing as a result of the political, financial, and stakeholder dynamics existing across scales and at the local level.…”

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Challenges for REDD+ in Indonesia: a case study of three project sites

Enrici¹,

Hubacek²

2018

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is a global initiative aimed at curbing carbon emissions from forest cover change. Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet with the third largest extent of tropical forest, has been extensively involved in REDD+. Despite commitments from the government of Indonesia and the international community, the deforestation rate has not stabilized or decreased in the years since REDD+'s introduction in 2007. As of 2012, it was arguably the highest in the world. Although there is an extensive body of literature on REDD+, the need for grounded observations from the field could clarify existing challenges and inform future pursuits. We present the results of a case study of three REDD+ project sites to identify important criteria at the root of success or failure: finance, community, boundary enforcement, monitoring, and outcomes of attempted carbon sequestration and biodiversity preservation. Challenges identified for each criteria include a lack of sufficient funding opportunities, inability to enforce boundaries due to corruption, and lack of a solid plan for involving communities. Carbon sequestration and biodiversity preservation results were mixed because of a lack of monitoring and problems with encroachment. We argue that changes must be made to Indonesian policy to help enable enforcement of project boundaries, monitoring technologies should be utilized, and stakeholders, particularly at the national level, need to address some of the challenges discussed to achieve effective REDD+ outcomes in the future.

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“…Fenomena perubahan iklim ini dihadapi dunia melalui adaptasi (upaya untuk menyesuaikan dengan perubahan iklim dan lingkungan) dan mitigasi (upaya untuk menurunkan emisi GRK). Salah satu upaya mitigasi perubahan iklim yang kemudian digagas oleh banyak pihak adalah melalui pendekatan REDD+ (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus), yang mencakup penurunan emisi melalui upaya penurunan laju deforestasi dan degradasi hutan, pengelolaan hutan lestari, peningkatan cadangan karbon hutan, serta upaya konservasi hutan (Angelsen, Brockhaus, Sunderlin, & Verchot, 2013). Secara umum deforestasi dunia menyumbang hingga 18% emisi GRK, atau sekitar 5,8 triliun ton CO ekuivalen tiap tahunnya (Angelsen ., 2009).…”

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Sinergi Tata Ruang Terhadap Pelaksanaan Redd+: Studi Kasus Di Kabupaten Katingan, Kalimantan Tengah

Utomo

Sitorus

2016

JPSEK

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ABSTRAKSalah satu upaya mitigasi perubahan iklim adalah REDD+, yang mencakup penurunan emisi melalui upaya penurunan laju deforestasi dan degradasi hutan, pengelolaan hutan lestari, peningkatan cadangan karbon hutan, serta upaya konservasi hutan. Kabupaten Katingan terletak di wilayah Provinsi Pilot Percontohan REDD+, Kalimantan Tengah. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pola perubahan penggunaan lahan hutan, inkonsistensi penggunaan lahan, isi kebijakan perencanaan daerah dengan elemen dasar dan proses REDD+, pendapat stakeholder atas inisiatif REDD+, dan merumuskan arahan RTRW. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis perubahan dan inkonsistensi penggunaan lahan, analisis isi, Analisis Proses Bertingkat ( ), serta analisis Analytical Hierarchy Process deskriptif. Hasilnya adalah penggunaan lahan hutan mencapai 60,47% dan pola perubahan penggunaan lahan hutan terjadi dari hutan menjadi semak belukar/tanah terbuka kemudian menjadi tanaman perkebunan, pertanian dan pemukiman. Analisis inkonsistensi menunjukkan tingkat inkonsistensi kecil. Sementara itu elemen dasar dan proses REDD+ terkandung di dalam dokumen perencanaan daerah; dan tertarik akan inisiatif REDD+ untuk stakeholder memperoleh manfaat langsung. Inisiatif REDD+ dapat berjalan di Kabupaten Katingan dengan penyempurnaan RTRW, melalui upaya sinkronisasi inisiatif REDD+ dan RTRW Kabupaten serta upaya akomodasi ruang inisiatif REDD+ pada kawasan lindung dan sebagian kawasan budi daya.Kata kunci: Penggunaan lahan; penataan ruang; preferensi ; REDD+; Katingan.

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Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.

Cited by 96 publications

References 9 publications

What Is a “Community Perception” of REDD+? A Systematic Review of How Perceptions of REDD+ Have Been Elicited and Reported in the Literature

What Is a “Community Perception” of REDD+? A Systematic Review of How Perceptions of REDD+ Have Been Elicited and Reported in the Literature

Challenges for REDD+ in Indonesia: a case study of three project sites

Sinergi Tata Ruang Terhadap Pelaksanaan Redd+: Studi Kasus Di Kabupaten Katingan, Kalimantan Tengah

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