Making global initiatives local realities: carbon mitigation projects in Chiapas, Mexico

Nelson, Kristen C.; Jong, Bernardus Hendricus jozeph De

doi:10.1016/s0959-3780(02)00088-2

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“…It has some environmental benefits [increase in biodiversity, sources of water, recreational value] to the FUG in Champadevi. This support to the idea of Nelson and De Jong (2003) for social, economical and environmental reasons, it would be best to support 'Community Forestry Program'.…”

Section: Payment To Ecosystem Services: a Win-win Strategy For Sustaimentioning

confidence: 73%

Additional Benefits of Community Managed Forest: A Case Study of Champadevi Community Forest

Panthi

2012

Nepal Journal of Science and Technology

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This research attempts to identify the existing condition of the community managed forest based on the assumption that it will serve as a proxy for the condition of other forests in the mid hills region of Nepal. The research area has an atypical variation in altitude and diverse pattern of vegetation. This study mainly focuses on estimating carbon content in the forest and identifying the species that has more carbon storage capacity. The research signifies the role of forests in mitigation of 'Global warming' and 'Climate change' by storing carbon in tree biomass. These types of community based forest management programs are significant for their additional carbon sequestration through the avoidance of deforestation and degradation. The carbon sequestration have a significant contribution to environmental benefits, any shrinkage of forests have an enormous impact on CO2 emission with long term consequences. Thus, the development and expansion of community managed forests provide many benefits to the adjacent community and globally at large.

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Section: Payment To Ecosystem Services: a Win-win Strategy For Sustaimentioning

confidence: 73%

Additional Benefits of Community Managed Forest: A Case Study of Champadevi Community Forest

Panthi

2012

Nepal Journal of Science and Technology

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“…1). Indeed, this lack of association is itself an important finding because it suggests that the divergent assertions in existing studies about trade-offs or synergies in forest outcomes may be an artifact of the particular samples and single-country focus of many studies (16,18,(28)(29)(30). Given the observed distribution of carbon storage and livelihood benefits, we suggest that for advancing a theoretical and policy-relevant understanding of trade-offs and synergies it is necessary to examine how the two outcomes are associated with social and institutional factors (Fig.…”

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Trade-offs and synergies between carbon storage and livelihood benefits from forest commons

Chhatre

Agrawal

2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Forests provide multiple benefits at local to global scales. These include the global public good of carbon sequestration and local and national level contributions to livelihoods for more than half a billion users. Forest commons are a particularly important class of forests generating these multiple benefits. Institutional arrangements to govern forest commons are believed to substantially influence carbon storage and livelihood contributions, especially when they incorporate local knowledge and decentralized decision making. However, hypothesized relationships between institutional factors and multiple benefits have never been tested on data from multiple countries. By using original data on 80 forest commons in 10 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, we show that larger forest size and greater rule-making autonomy at the local level are associated with high carbon storage and livelihood benefits; differences in ownership of forest commons are associated with trade-offs between livelihood benefits and carbon storage. We argue that local communities restrict their consumption of forest products when they own forest commons, thereby increasing carbon storage. In showing rule-making autonomy and ownership as distinct and important institutional influences on forest outcomes, our results are directly relevant to international climate change mitigation initiatives such as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and avoided deforestation. Transfer of ownership over larger forest commons patches to local communities, coupled with payments for improved carbon storage can contribute to climate change mitigation without adversely affecting local livelihoods.climate change ͉ mitigation ͉ decentralization ͉ institutions ͉ REDD

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“…This outcome contrasts strongly with the trajectory of the Scolel-Té project of Chiapas Mexico [81], a project that started with 43 participants who reforested 77.5 ha and 10 years later, in 2015, reached 2437 participants for 9645 ha. A possible explanation for the marked difference in trajectory between the two projects is that, while both were initiated as "ways to advance community development and provide environmental services" [82], Scolel-Té evolved in response to new possibilities offered by the carbon market whereas the Emberá project remained a community-development strategy.…”

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Early REDD+ Implementation: The Journey of an Indigenous Community in Eastern Panama

Holmes

Potvin

Coomes

2017

Forests

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Abstract:Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) offers developing countries an opportunity to engage in global climate change mitigation through the sale of carbon credits for reforestation, avoided deforestation and forest conservation projects. Funding for REDD+ projects has increased in recent years and REDD+ projects have proliferated, but relatively few studies have, as yet, examined their implementation. Here, we present a synthesis of the challenges and lessons learned while implementing a REDD+ project in an Emberá community in Panama. Our case study, documented in four cycles of collaborative action research over 11 years, examines how local communities sought to reduce emissions from deforestation and benefit from carbon offset trading while improving local livelihoods. Through semi-structured interviews and participatory methods, we found that success with REDD+ hinges on broader issues than those widely discussed in the literature and in policy circles. Though economic incentives for participants and the equitable distribution of benefits remain important to project participants, our study finds that, in adapting REDD+ strategies to best suit community needs, the role of a support system for implementation ("bridging institutions") and REDD+'s potential as a conflict resolution mechanism for tenure issues deserve more attention as key factors that contribute to meaningful participation in REDD+.

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Making global initiatives local realities: carbon mitigation projects in Chiapas, Mexico

Cited by 70 publications

References 8 publications

Additional Benefits of Community Managed Forest: A Case Study of Champadevi Community Forest

Additional Benefits of Community Managed Forest: A Case Study of Champadevi Community Forest

Trade-offs and synergies between carbon storage and livelihood benefits from forest commons

Early REDD+ Implementation: The Journey of an Indigenous Community in Eastern Panama

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