Safeguards and Dangerguards: A Framework for Unpacking the Black Box of Safeguards for REDD+

Arhin, Albert A.

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2014.05.003

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“…Others focus on the importance to avoid negative impacts on-or safeguard-non-carbon benefits (see e.g. Arhin, 2014 for an overview). Yet others see great value in REDD+ as a mechanism to also promote the sustainable management of forests or sustainable development more broadly (Chhatre et al, 2012;Levin et al, 2008;McDermott, 2014;Phelps et al, 2012;Nielsen, 2014).…”

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Framing national REDD+ benefits, monitoring, governance and finance: A comparative analysis of seven countries

Vijge

Brockhaus

Gregorio

et al. 2016

Global Environmental Change

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Framing national REDD+ benefits, monitoring, governance and finance: A comparative analysis of seven countries

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Brockhaus

Gregorio

et al. 2016

Global Environmental Change

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“…National climate change and agriculture policies target indigenous populations in research, as leaders of community action plans, or as beneficiaries of projects. Climate change interventions are failing to meet minimum national or international safeguard standards (Arhin 2014;Olawuyi 2016). There have been land acquisitions by governments and companies, physical violence and greater livelihood insecurities.…”

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The relevance of political ecology perspectives for smallholder Climate-Smart Agriculture: a review

Chandra

McNamara

Dargusch

2017

Journal of Political Ecology

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Climate-smart agriculture has emerged as a way of increasing food productivity, building resiliency to climate change and reducing carbon emissions. Despite rapid technical advances, research on climate-smart agriculture has arguably under-theorized the socio-political processes that continue to marginalize vulnerable groups such as smallholder farmers. This review discusses the potential usefulness of political ecology perspectives for improving climate-smart agriculture. Political ecology theory elucidates how three interrelated socio-political processes that perpetuate smallholder farmer vulnerability significantly influence climate-smart responses: inequality, unequal power relations and social injustice. The article discusses these three inter-connected political ecology factors using a number of examples from the Green Revolution, smallholder farming communities, and indigenous farmers. In comparison to conventional technical approaches, our article argues that Climate-Smart Agriculture needs to consider political ecology perspectives at different levels to explore the vulnerability of smallholder farmers to current and future climate change impacts. Interventions to support climate-smart agriculture should examine local risks, specificities and priorities of smallholder farmers. The article concludes with a renewed call for concepts of inequality, unequal power relations and social injustice to be embedded into both the policy and practice of climate smart agriculture. Keywords: climate-smart agriculture, equality, political ecology, power, smallholder, social justice Résumé L'agriculture intelligente face au climat (Climate-Smart Agriculture) est apparue comme un moyen d'accroître la productivité alimentaire, de renforcer la résilience aux changements climatiques et de réduire les émissions de carbone. Malgré les progrès techniques rapides, la recherche sur l'agriculture intelligente au climat a sans doute sous-théorisé les processus sociopolitiques qui continuent à marginaliser les groupes vulnérables tels que les petits agriculteurs. Cet examen traite de l'utilité potentielle des perspectives de «l'écologie politique» pour améliorer l'agriculture intelligente au climat. La théorie de l'écologie politique élucide comment trois processus socio-politiques interdépendants, qui perpétuent la vulnérabilité des petits agriculteurs, influent sur les réponses intelligentes au climat: inégalités, rapports de pouvoir inégaux et injustice sociale. Cet article traite de ces trois facteurs interconnectés en utilisant un certain nombre d'exemples de la «Révolution verte», des petites communautés agricoles et des agriculteurs indigènes. Par rapport aux approches techniques conventionnelles, notre article soutient que l'agriculture intelligente face au climat doit considérer les perspectives d'écologie politique à différents niveaux pour explorer la vulnérabilité des petits exploitants aux impacts actuels et futurs des changements climatiques. Les interventions pour soutenir l'agriculture intelligente au climat...

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“…REDD? safeguards (also known as safeguard information systems) cover a range of environmental and social issues, which include transparent decision-making, participation by local and indigenous communities, the protection of vulnerable people, and the enhancement of social and environmental benefits (Arhin 2014). This element of REDD?…”

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Exploring the agency of Africa in climate change negotiations: the case of REDD+

Atela

Quinn

Arhin

et al. 2016

Int Environ Agreements

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Emerging climate change regimes, such as the mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD?), are increasingly aiming to engage developing countries such as those in Africa, in sustainable development through carbon markets. The contribution of African countries to global climate negotiations determines how compatible the negotiated rules could be with the existing socioeconomic and policy circumstances of African countries. The aim of this paper is to explore the agency of Africa (African States) in the global climate change negotiations and discuss possible implications for implementing these rules using REDD? as a case study. Drawing on document analysis and semi-structured expert interviews, our findings suggest that although African countries are extensively involved in the implementation of REDD? interventions, the continent has a weak agency on the design of the global REDD? architecture. This weak agency results from a number of factors including the inability of African countries to send large and diverse delegations to the negotiations as well lack of capacity to generate and transmit research evidence to the global platform. African countries also perceive themselves as victims of climate change who should be eligible for support rather than sources of technological solutions. Again, Africa's position is & Joanes Odiwuor Atela fragmented across negotiation coalitions which weakens the continent's collective influence on the REDD? agenda. This paper discusses a number of implementation deficits which could result from this weak agency. These include concerns about implementation capacity and a potential lack of coherence between REDD? rules and existing policies in African countries. These findings call for a rethink of pathways to enhancing Africa's strategies in engaging in multilateral climate change negotiations, especially if climate change regimes specifically targeted at developing countries are to be effective.

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Safeguards and Dangerguards: A Framework for Unpacking the Black Box of Safeguards for REDD+

Cited by 45 publications

References 17 publications

Framing national REDD+ benefits, monitoring, governance and finance: A comparative analysis of seven countries

Framing national REDD+ benefits, monitoring, governance and finance: A comparative analysis of seven countries

The relevance of political ecology perspectives for smallholder Climate-Smart Agriculture: a review

Exploring the agency of Africa in climate change negotiations: the case of REDD+

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