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An Introduction to Forest Governance, People and REDD+ in Latin America: Obstacles and Opportunities

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Title An Introduction to Forest Governance, People and REDD+ in Latin America: Obstacles and Opportunities
 
Creator Larson, A.M.
Petkova, E.
 
Subject climate change
community forestry
redd-plus
governance
 
Description REDD+ is a potentially significant financial mechanism for shifting the incentives from deforestation and land use change to forest conservation and sustainability. Even though REDD+ is not primarily a governance reform, it will affect or be affected by forest governance, it can improve forest governance or be undermined by its failures and, therefore, it depends on good forest governance if it is to be efficient, effective and equitable. This article provides an overview of key issues in forest governance in Latin America and discusses the risk and opportunities for REDD+. Though progress has been made in some areas, there is still much to be done, and REDD+ could reinforce or be undermined by problematic governance tendencies that affect its effectiveness, ability to decrease carbon emissions, and/or its legitimacy. The article recommends priority investments in institutional capacity, inter-institutional negotiation mechanisms, citizen participation and safeguards for forest-based populations.
 
Date 2011
2012-06-04T09:15:04Z
2012-06-04T09:15:04Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Larson, A.M., Petkova, E. 2011. An Introduction to Forest Governance, People and REDD+ in Latin America: Obstacles and Opportunities. Forests 2 (1) :86-111. ISSN: 1999-4907. https://doi.org/10.3390/f2010086
1999-4907
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20667
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/3327
https://doi.org/10.3390/f2010086
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher MDPI AG
 
Source Forests