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The role of discourses in governing forests to combat climate change.
- Source :
- International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law & Economics; Sep2014, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p265-280, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Reducing emissions from forest degradation and deforestation, conserving and enhancing forest carbon stocks, and sustainably managing forests (REDD+) has emerged as one of the most anticipated climate change mitigation tools. This paper aims to understand and identify the underlying discourses that have dominated the emergence of REDD+, by identifying the key story lines in the policy and academic debates on REDD+. As such, this paper takes a step away from the 'fine-tuning' of policy recommendations and instead studies REDD+ from a more theoretical approach with the intent to provide a critical analysis of the ideational structures that shape the policies that have emerged around REDD+. The analysis shows that ecological modernization and its accompanying story lines constitute a dominant notion of REDD+ as being able to manage the complexities of forest in a synergetic way, combining cost-efficient and effective mitigation with sustainable development. The paper also identifies the critical counter discourse of civic environmentalism, which criticizes this notion of REDD+ and instead promotes issues such as equity, the importance of local knowledge, and the participatory process. It argues that reducing deforestation involves trade-offs between economic, ecological, and social dimensions, also arguing that REDD+ fits overwhelmingly with the interest of the global North. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15679764
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law & Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97321057
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-013-9223-4