benefit sharing
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Governance, not just carbon accounting, is key to jurisdictional REDD+ success
Evidence from Indonesia, Brazil and Peru shows that jurisdictional REDD+ is more likely to succeed when Indigenous Peoples and local…
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Are community rights being upheld in REDD+ safeguards processes and landscapes in East Kalimantan?
This blog presents preliminary findings of our research on REDD+ safeguards in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. The results were validated…
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Benefit-sharing mechanisms: Barking up the wrong tree?
As the quest to protect and restore forests advances and evolves, the age-old question of “who gets what?” seems as…
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Justice glitches and technical fixes in conservation projects
In the last decade, ambitious initiatives have been launched to address climate change and development – the Paris Agreement and…
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COP23 Special: Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Burkina Faso
As Burkina Faso’s dry forest landscapes come under the dual pressures of climate change and land-use change, REDD+ has been…
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Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Indonesia
After its introduction in Indonesia more than five years ago, REDD+, originally conceived as a carbon emissions reduction scheme has…
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Indonesia not ready to bury REDD+
Two years have passed since Indonesia’s REDD+ Agency and the National Council on Climate Change merged into the Ministry of…
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Benefits do not always equal cash
When Amazonian communities in Peru conserve their forests, they recognize both economic and non-monetary benefits, researchers have found. But they…
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Why social safeguards matter for managing trade-offs under REDD+
Local people can benefit from climate change mitigation schemes to keep tropical forests standing and enhance forest cover — if…
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Can REDD+ shift the tide against elite capture of forest benefits? Probably not
REDD+ is the largest coordinated international attempt to reverse the trend of deforestation and forest degradation globally. It remains one…
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A price tag on the environment? That will be $125 trillion a year
BOGOR, Indonesia — Although not a particularly romantic idea, putting a price tag on the natural world is something conservation…
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REDD+: The implementation challenge in the Congo Basin
REDD+ is now moving into countries’ implementation arenas after final agreements by parties over its modalities during the 42nd session…
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How and why should equity be addressed within the REDD+ framework?
“Why should countries care about equity in REDD+? Donors are primarily concerned with the effectiveness of the instrument for reducing…
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Mind the ‘stick’: How ‘carrots’ can make conservation fairer in Brazil’s Amazon
BOGOR, Indonesia—In the world of forest law enforcement, it was hailed as a historic breakthrough. Brazil’s arrest in February of…
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For sharing REDD+ benefits in Peru, consensus more important than cash
LIMA, Peru—For REDD+ benefit-sharing arrangements to function well, their design must be consultative and seen as legitimate by communities on…
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