What is REDD+ achieving on the ground?

Duchelle, A.E.; Simonet, Guillaume; Sunderlin, W.D.; Wunder, Sven

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2018.07.001

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“…To date, many large‐scale land use interventions, such as land sparing or land sharing, are hampered by a lack of reliable evidence on their impact (Latawiec et al, ; Rasmussen et al, ). FLR, as many other large‐scale interventions (e.g., REDD+ —Duchelle, Simonet, Sunderlin, & Wunder, ) and conservation more broadly (Ferraro & Pattanayak, ), has suffered from a lack of effective and useful monitoring systems to evaluate attainment of management objectives and inform further action. The results of regular monitoring, if effectively fed back into decision‐making processes, can inform these and influence changes in approaches (Larson et al, ).…”

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Putting the pieces together: Integration for forest landscape restoration implementation

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The concept of forest landscape restoration (FLR) is being widely adopted around the globe by governmental, non‐governmental agencies, and the private sector, all of whom see FLR as an approach that contributes to multiple global sustainability goals. Originally, FLR was designed with a clearly integrative dimension across sectors, stakeholders, space and time, and in particular across the natural and social sciences. Yet, in practice, this integration remains a challenge in many FLR efforts. Reflecting this lack of integration are the continued narrow sectoral and disciplinary approaches taken by forest restoration projects, often leading to marginalisation of the most vulnerable populations, including through land dispossessions. This article aims to assess what lessons can be learned from other associated fields of practice for FLR implementation. To do this, 35 scientists came together to review the key literature on these concepts to suggest relevant lessons and guidance for FLR. We explored the following large‐scale land use frameworks or approaches: land sparing/land sharing, the landscape approach, agroecology, and socio‐ecological systems. Also, to explore enabling conditions to promote integrated decision making, we reviewed the literature on understanding stakeholders and their motivations, tenure and property rights, polycentric governance, and integration of traditional and Western knowledge. We propose lessons and guidance for practitioners and policymakers on ways to improve integration in FLR planning and implementation. Our findings highlight the need for a change in decision‐making processes for FLR, better understanding of stakeholder motivations and objectives for FLR, and balancing planning with flexibility to enhance social–ecological resilience.

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Putting the pieces together: Integration for forest landscape restoration implementation

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“…Some respondents, especially those from the private sector, stated that there is a gap between the clearness of what REDD+ entails and its implementation in Brazil. Other studies indicated that, to date, the importance of REDD+ in terms of carbon measurement, scope, depth, performance and on-ground implementation has not been measured and properly evaluated (Duchelle et al 2018;Arts et al 2019).…”

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“…To give countries the incentive to protect forests, different mechanisms have been discussed. Although the Paris Agreement has adopted the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism, overall progress has been much slower than expected (Brockhaus et al 2015;Duchelle et al 2018;Korhonen-Kurki et al 2019). Despite this, REDD+ developments have contributed to valuable lessons on how to achieve forest governance and livelihood enhancement goals and have highlighted technical measures to safeguard forests (Angelsen et al 2018).…”

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REDD+ achievements and challenges in Brazil: Perceptions over time (2015-2019)

Gallo¹,

Brites²,

Micheletti³

2020

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• This Infobrief examines and discusses REDD+ achievements and challenges in Brazil for the period 2015-2019, reflecting the opinions of relevant actors within the REDD+ policy domain in the country. • Over time, REDD+ initiatives have promoted changes in Brazilian political articulation, funding possibilities and mobilization of civil society, and brought more visibility to the importance of combating deforestation and forest degradation within the country. • In terms of practical implementation, the national REDD+ framework is still quite limited. • Further development of the national REDD+ strategy is a considerable challenge for Brazil, as it is becoming clearer that the current national political rhetoric does not consider fighting and controlling deforestation and climate change as government priorities. • Several major challenges exist because weak forest resource governance, poor enforcement of the environmental legislation, social inequalities, land use conflicts, and lack of political commitment remain in the country's profile. However, international pressure on Brazil to stop deforestation might provide an opportunity for those actors who until now had little presence in the REDD+ political arena.

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“…In general, commentators see REDD+ as having failed to live up to the initial high expectations following its introduction in international climate change policy discussions in 2005, especially in terms of finance flowing to developing countries to combat tropical deforestation [15]. Notwithstanding such criticisms, recent research points to a reconceptualization of REDD+ in which it is viewed as a conservation and development measure, with more realistic expectations with regard to its performance, rather than being seen as "the" answer to tropical deforestation [26][27][28]. Furthermore, there is also expectation in both policy circles and academic literature that newer REDD+ landscape approaches, particularly those that involve the agri-business sector, will be better able to tackle drivers of deforestation linked to the expansion of large-scale agricultural commodities for export [29], even if their impact on drivers operating at the global level is limited [30].…”

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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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What is REDD+ achieving on the ground?

Cited by 107 publications

References 48 publications

Putting the pieces together: Integration for forest landscape restoration implementation

Putting the pieces together: Integration for forest landscape restoration implementation

REDD+ achievements and challenges in Brazil: Perceptions over time (2015-2019)

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

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