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Large scale land acquisitions and REDD+: a synthesis of conflicts and opportunities

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Title Large scale land acquisitions and REDD+: a synthesis of conflicts and opportunities
 
Creator Carter, Sarah
Manceur, Ameur M.
Seppelt, Ralf
Hermans-Neumann, Kathleen
Herold, Martin
Verchot, Louis V.
 
Subject DEFOSRESTATION
DEFORESTACIÓN
GOVERNANCE
GOBERNANCIA
LAND USE
UTILIZACIÓN DE LA TIERRA
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURA
LAND GRABS
ACAPARAMIENTO DE TIERRAS
 
Description Large scale land acquisitions (LSLA), and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) are both land based phenomena which when occurring in the same area, can compete with each other for land. A quantitative analysis of country characteristics revealed that land available for agriculture, accessibility, and political stability are key explanatory factors for a country being targeted for LSLA. Surprisingly LSLA occur in countries with lower accessibility. Countries with good land availability, poor accessibility and political stability may become future targets if they do not already have LSLA. Countries which high levels of agriculture-driven deforestation and LSLA, should develop interventions which reduce forest loss driven either directly or indirectly by LSLA as part of their REDD+ strategies. Both host country and investor-side policies have been identified which could be used more widely to reduce conflicts between LSLA and REDD+. Findings from this research highlight the need for and can inform the development of national and international policies on land acquisitions including green acquisitions such as REDD+. Land management must be considered with all its objectives—including food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation—in a coherent strategy which engages relevant stakeholders. This is not currently occurring and might be a key ingredient to achieve the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 15 and 16 (related to food security and sustainable agriculture and the protection of forests) among others.
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Date 2017-04-18T16:11:58Z
2017-04-18T16:11:58Z
2017-03-10
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Carter, Sarah; Manceur, Ameur M.; Seppelt, Ralf; Hermans-Neumann, Kathleen; Herold, Martin; Verchot, Louis. 2017. Large scale land acquisitions and REDD+: a synthesis of conflicts and opportunities . Environmental Research Letters . 12(35010)
1748-9326
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80729
 
Language en
 
Format 12(35010)
 
Publisher Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
 
Source Environmental Research Letters