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Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+

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Title Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+
 
Creator Larson, A.M.
 
Subject tenure rights
tenure systems
community forestry
redd-plus
climate change
indigenous knowledge
 
Description Numerous authors have stressed the importance of guaranteeing and protecting the tenure and human rights of indigenous and other forest-based communities under schemes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD, or REDD+); and important international indigenous organizations have spoken out strongly against REDD+. This article examines two specific issues that present risks for local communities: rights to forests and rules for resource use. It draws on the findings of a study conducted by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) on forest tenure reforms in selected countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America from 2006 to 2008. The study underlines the numerous obstacles faced by communities after rights are won, in moving from statutory rights to their implementation and to access to benefits on the ground. It argues that there is currently little reason to expect better results from national policies under REDD+ without binding agreements to protect local rights.
 
Date 2011-05
2012-06-04T09:15:04Z
2012-06-04T09:15:04Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Larson, A.M. 2011. Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+. Global Environmental Change 2(21): 540-549. ISSN: 0959-3780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.008
0959-3780
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20675
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/3335
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.008
 
Language en
 
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Open Access
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Global Environmental Change