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It is now well accepted that deforestation is a key source of
greenhouse gas emissions and of climate change, with forests
representing major sinks for carbon. As a result, public and
private initiatives for reducing emissions from deforestation and
forest degradation (REDD) have been widely endorsed by
policy-makers. A key issue is the feasibility of carbon trading or
other incentives to encourage land-owners and indigenous people,
particularly in developing tropical countries, to conserve forests,
rather than to cut them down for agricultural or other development
purposes. This book presents a major critique of the aims and
policies of REDD as currently structured, particularly in terms of
their social feasibility. It is shown how the claims to be able to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as enhance people's
livelihoods and biodiversity conservation are unrealistic. There is
a naive assumption that technical or economic fixes are sufficient
for success. However, the social and governance aspects of REDD,
and its enhanced version known as REDD+, are shown to be
implausible. Instead to enhance REDD's prospects, the author
provides a roadmap for developing a new social contract that puts
people first.
It is now well accepted that deforestation is a key source of
greenhouse gas emissions and of climate change, with forests
representing major sinks for carbon. As a result, public and
private initiatives for reducing emissions from deforestation and
forest degradation (REDD) have been widely endorsed by
policy-makers. A key issue is the feasibility of carbon trading or
other incentives to encourage land-owners and indigenous people,
particularly in developing tropical countries, to conserve forests,
rather than to cut them down for agricultural or other development
purposes. This book presents a major critique of the aims and
policies of REDD as currently structured, particularly in terms of
their social feasibility. It is shown how the claims to be able to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as enhance people's
livelihoods and biodiversity conservation are unrealistic. There is
a naive assumption that technical or economic fixes are sufficient
for success. However, the social and governance aspects of REDD,
and its enhanced version known as REDD+, are shown to be
implausible. Instead to enhance REDD's prospects, the author
provides a roadmap for developing a new social contract that puts
people first.
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