Implementing REDD+ at the national level: Stakeholder engagement and policy coherences between REDD+ rules and Kenya's sectoral policies

Atela, Joanes; Quinn, Claire H.; Minang, Peter A.; Duguma, Lalisa; Houdet, Joël A.

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2016.01.003

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“…Research on policy integration has mostly been devoted to assessing the extent of integration of international agreements into national policies (Stringer et al, 2009;Nilsson et al, 2012;England, Stringer, Dougill, & Afionis, 2018;Atela, Quinn, Minang, Duguma, & Houdet, 2016), while globally, integration of sectoral and departmental policies remains a common challenge (Oberthur, 2009). There is a critical lack of knowledge on the integration of agricultural considerations and issues at sectoral/sub-sectoral levels (Gomar, Stringer, & Paavola, 2014).…”

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“…at national, sectoral or departmental level) may be either reinforced or undermined by other policies, producing either mutually-supporting or adverse outcomes (Dixon & Stringer, 2015;Lasco, Cruz, R. Pulhin, & J. Puhlin 2006;Soderberg, 2008). Coherence has become a crucial variable in policy analysis considering its importance in determining policy effectiveness (Atela et al, 2016). As national implementation arrangements often involve multiple sectors and stakeholders (Chandra & Idrisova, 2011), outcomes of one policy (e.g.…”

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“…However, research into coherence has mostly focussed on examining policies at ministerial governance levels (e.g. Kalaba et al, 2014;Atela et al, 2016) with little scholarly attention focusing on sub-sectoral/departmental policies at lower governance levels. Exploring coherence is necessary to identify where policy statements or actions in different departments are supporting or conflicting with each other in the context of CA, particularly given that CA is a multi-sectoral technology (Chinsinga & Chasukwa, 2015).…”

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Policy Integration and Coherence for Conservation Agriculture Initiatives in Malawi

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Stringer²,

Dougill³

2018

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In sub-Saharan Africa, development and dissemination of perceived new agricultural innovations dominate the development agenda yet hunger and poverty remain widespread. A conducive policy environment is essential to support these efforts. Despite that national policies are a critical component in the functioning of an agricultural innovation system, studies have often overlooked their relevance in farmers" adoption of agricultural innovations. There is an urgent need to enhance understanding of how policies affect long-term adoption of agricultural innovations aimed at increasing productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers. This study utilises thematic content analysis to examine the extent of integration of Conservation Agriculture (CA) and coherence in Malawi"s national agricultural policies, and their implication for CA adoption among smallholder farmers.Results indicate that inadequate integration of CA in the National Agricultural Policy (NAP), coupled with a lack of coherence of agricultural department policies, undermines farmers" CA adoption. While inadequate integration constrains resource allocation for supporting CA activities, lack of coherence of agricultural policies radiates conflicting and confusing agricultural extension messages to smallholder farmers. We argue that inadequate CA integration and incoherence of policies are institutional constraints which prevent farmers" sustained adoption. To facilitate long-term adoption of CA among smallholders, there is need to: (1) strengthen CA integration in agricultural policies; (2) improve departmental coordination to enhance coherence of agricultural strategies and extension messages disseminated to farmers; and (3) strengthen government"s role in supporting multi-disciplinary research to generate and disseminate best practices capable of sustaining CA adoption.

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Dougill³

2018

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“…The influx of capital from the private sector and other governments flows into the newly created bureaucratic structures for managing climate finance in fragile host governments [44,45]. The emerging effects of this are ministries competing for environmental funding sources [46] and continued forest loss. The logics of a market economy seem to be unequal to the challenges of deforestation and of mitigating its climate changing effects.…”

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Forest Islands and Castaway Communities: REDD+ and Forest Restoration in Prey Lang Forest

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2017

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Climate Change policies are playing an ever-increasing role in global development strategies and their implementation gives rise to often-unforeseen social conflicts and environmental degradations. A landscape approach to analyzing forest-based Climate Change Mitigation policies (CCM) and land grabs in the Prey Lang Forest landscape, Cambodia revealed two Korea-Cambodia partnership projects designed to increase forest cover that are juxtaposed in this paper. Case study data revealed a REDD+ project with little negative impact or social conflict in the project area and an Afforestation/Reforestation (A/R) project that created both social and ecological conflicts. The study concludes that forest-based CCM policies can reduce conflict through efforts at minimal transformation of local livelihoods, maximal attention to the tenure rights, responsibilities, and authority of citizens, and by improving, not degrading, the project landscapes. The paper presents the circumstances under which these guidelines are sidestepped by the A/R project, and importantly reveals that dramatic forest and livelihood transformation had already affected the community and environment in the REDD+ project site. There are deep contradictions at the heart of climate change policies toward which attention must be given, lest we leave our future generations with nothing but forest islands and castaway communities.

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“…For example, examination of existing REDD+ development at national scales has revealed major challenges in coordination across sectors already, with both duplications and gaps in how REDD+ works with other development policies [39][40][41]. Additionally, there are often mismatches between time scales for projects, with mitigation usually being more immediate and adaptation more longer term [19].…”

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Using REDD+ Policy to Facilitate Climate Adaptation at the Local Level: Synergies and Challenges in Vietnam

McElwee

Nguyen

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Attention has recently been paid to how REDD+ mitigation policies are integrated into other sectoral policies, particularly those dealing with climate adaptation at the national level. But there is less understanding of how subnational policy and local projects are able to incorporate attention to adaptation; therefore, we use a case study in Vietnam to discuss how REDD+ projects and policies address both concerns of mitigation and adaptation together at subnational levels. Through stakeholder interviews, focus groups, and household surveys in three provinces of Vietnam with REDD+ activities, our research sought to understand if REDD+ policies and projects on the ground acknowledge that climate change is likely to impact forests and forest users; if this knowledge is built into REDD+ policy and activities; how households in forested areas subject to REDD+ policy are vulnerable to climate change; and how REDD+ activities can help or hinder needed adaptations. Our findings indicate that there continues to be a lack of coordination between mitigation and adaptation policies in Vietnam, particularly with regard to REDD+. Policies for forest-based climate mitigation at the national and subnational level, as well as site-based projects, have paid little attention to the adaptation needs of local communities, many of whom are already suffering from noticeable weather changes in their localities, and there is insufficient discussion of how REDD+ activities could facilitate increased resilience. While there were some implicit and coincidental adaptation benefits of some REDD+ activities, most studied projects and policies did not explicitly target their activities to focus on adaptation or resilience, and in at least one case, negative livelihood impacts that have increased household vulnerability to climate change were documented. Key barriers to integration were identified, such as sectoral specialization; a lack of attention in REDD+ projects to livelihoods; and inadequate support for ecosystem-based adaptation.

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Implementing REDD+ at the national level: Stakeholder engagement and policy coherences between REDD+ rules and Kenya's sectoral policies

Cited by 46 publications

References 32 publications

Policy Integration and Coherence for Conservation Agriculture Initiatives in Malawi

Policy Integration and Coherence for Conservation Agriculture Initiatives in Malawi

Forest Islands and Castaway Communities: REDD+ and Forest Restoration in Prey Lang Forest

Using REDD+ Policy to Facilitate Climate Adaptation at the Local Level: Synergies and Challenges in Vietnam

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