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Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): game changer or just another quick fix?
- Source :
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; Feb2012, Vol. 1249 Issue 1, p137-150, 14p, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) provides financial compensation to land owners who avoid converting standing forests to other land uses. In this paper, we review the main opportunities and challenges for REDD+ implementation, including expectations for REDD+ to deliver on multiple environmental and societal cobenefits. We also highlight a recent case study, the Norway-Indonesia REDD+ agreement and discuss how it might be a harbinger of outcomes in other forest-rich nations seeking REDD+ funds. Looking forward, we critically examine the fundamental assumptions of REDD+ as a solution for the atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gas emissions and tropical deforestation. We conclude that REDD+ is currently the most promising mechanism driving the conservation of tropical forests. Yet, to emerge as a true game changer, REDD+ must still demonstrate that it can access low transaction cost and high-volume carbon markets or funds, while also providing or complimenting a suite of nonmonetary incentives to encourage a developing nation's transition from forest losing to forest gaining, and align with, not undermine, a globally cohesive attempt to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LANDOWNERS
LAND use
CASE studies
FOREST conservation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00778923
- Volume :
- 1249
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 71965014
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06306.x