REDD +: When land issues get into the mix!
"The drive to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is at risk of losing momentum due to issues of land ownership and economic viability". This is an excerpt from the report of the CIFOR study conducted as part of the Global Comparative Study on REDD + and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, trees and agroforestry, with the support of NORAD , USAID, DFID and the European Commission , entitled ‘The Challenge of establishing REDD + on the ground : Insights from 23 sub-national initiatives in six countries.’
The study comes at a time when REDD + initiatives have long been considered as potential income sources for forest managers, and as such constitute a form of compensation for their efforts to reduce emissions or sequester carbon stocks through forest conservation and preservation and this trend has equally made carbon financially valuable.
It is clear that after almost a decade of implementation of REDD + processes, incentive programmes to reduce carbon emissions are losing steam due to land tenure insecurity caused by the influx of foreigners seeking to develop agriculture. Thus, CIFOR researchers, pondering the relevance and impact of these initiatives, have delved into the intricacies of the various projects related to REDD + in order to identify the main constraints to the achievement of its assigned objectives namely, generating revenue to compensate forest managers for their efforts. Another aim of the study was to draw attention to a crucial factor undermining these efforts: land tenure insecurity.
According to the study, tenure insecurity currently stands as the greatest challenge facing proponents of REDD + projects. Details of the findings of the study can be found here: The challenge of establishing REDD + on the ground: insights from 23 sub-national initiatives in six countries or by contacting
♦ CIFOR: www.cifor.org
♦ Forest news: http://blog.cifor.org/fr/
♦ Information Portal on Forests and Climate Change: www.forestsclimatechange.org
♦ CGIAR research programme on forests, trees and agroforestry: www.foreststreesagroforestry.org
Kindly find the CIFOR press release below (in French only)
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE
Une étude mondiale fait la lumière sur les défis liés au programme de changement climatique pour les forêts
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Le Centre de Recherche Forestière Internationale (CIFOR) œuvre pour le bien-être humain, la préservation de l'environnement et l'équité en menant des recherches pour éclairer les politiques et les pratiques qui affectent les forêts dans les pays en développement. Le CIFOR aide à assurer que la prise de décision qui affecte les forêts est basée sur une science solide, des principes de bonne gouvernance et reflète les points de vue des pays moins développés et des personnes dépendantes des forêts. Le CIFOR est un des 15 membres du Consortium CGIAR. CIFOR: www.cifor.org Nouvelles des forêts: http://blog.cifor.org/fr/ Portail d'information sur les forêts et le changement climatique: www.forestsclimatechange.org Programme de recherche du CGIAR sur les forêts, les arbres et l'agroforesterie:www.foreststreesagroforestry.org |
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