The political economy of Readiness for REDD+

Minang, Peter A.; Noordwijk, Meine van

doi:10.1080/14693062.2014.912979

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“…It can contribute in various ways to mitigation and adaptation to climate change [70]. For example in mitigation, agroforestry can contribute directly to effective, efficient and equitable REDD+, though perhaps best as a part of complementary landscape-level actions [71]. In terms of adaptation, trees and agroforestry seem to enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate impacts because of their ability to perform both biophysical and socio-economic roles.…”

Section: Sustainable Intensification Under Climate Variablitymentioning

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“…Yet, there will be other changes to contend with where agroforestry can help. For example, coupled with climate change, growth in demand for commodities will accelerate intensification [64], but intensification through agroforestry can help address some of the drivers of deforestation [71]. In light of the high potential of agroforestry for food security [72], climate change adaptation and mitigation, tree-based agricultural systems are currently being promoted in many parts of Africa [72], and they have successfully been established in many regions [73].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cocoa Farming System in Indonesia and Its Sustainability Under Climate Change

Witjaksono¹

2016

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The Indonesian cocoa sector has experienced tremendous growth in the past twenty five years with massive growth, driven by rapid expansion of smallholder farmer participation. Cocoa production provides the main source of income of millions smallholder farmers and their families in Indonesia. Smallholders contribute more than ninety percent of national production; the remainder comes from state-owned plantations and private estates. In parts of Indonesia, cocoa is responsible for the opening up of primary forests and the establishment of settlements in these previously forested areas. Cocoa intensification system, which increases the fragmentation of primary forests and is considered agriculturally unsustainable, is becoming common in Indonesia. This paper presents the synthesis that resulted from this review as well as the researcher's critical appraisal of the state of the research field of intensification system and its effect under climate change which the objective remaining stakeholder relevant to the sustainable intensification of farming practices of the poor smallholder farmers in Indonesia.

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Section: Sustainable Intensification Under Climate Variablitymentioning

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Cocoa Farming System in Indonesia and Its Sustainability Under Climate Change

Witjaksono¹

2016

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“…In this third, landscape-centered conceptualization of REDD+, the linkages between forests and other forms of land use, particularly agriculture, come to the fore, with concurrent extensive focus on engaging relevant stakeholders beyond traditional forest-related multilevel decision-making arrangements. [95][96][97] This implies that REDD+ decision-making has to go beyond forest-related ministries and departments 8,98 and become integrated with other policy areas that affect stocks and flows of forest carbon, including drivers of deforestation. 53,65 The most important direct driver of tropical deforestation is commercial agriculture, in particular large-scale industrial agriculture.…”

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Envisioning REDD+ in a post‐Paris era: between evolving expectations and current practice

Turnhout

Gupta

Weatherley-Singh

et al. 2016

WIREs Climate Change

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From its advent in 2005 within global climate change negotiations, reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and other forest-related activities (so-called REDD+) has been experimented with in developing country contexts for over a decade now, with a wide array of expectations coming to be associated with it. Three consecutive conceptualizations are identifiable: carbon-centered, where REDD+ is primarily a climate mitigation strategy; co-benefits-centered, where REDD+ becomes a triple win solution for climate, biodiversity and communities; and landscape-centered, where REDD+ activities are embedded in integrated sustainable land-use approaches. In assessing such evolving expectations against existing REDD+ experiences, a mixed picture emerges. Some expectations, specifically relating to forest carbon financing, are not being adequately met, while others, notably the delivery of co-benefits, hold out more promise. Yet this also highlights a potential paradox facing REDD+. While there is growing recognition that co-benefit generation is key, and that piece-meal, forest-carbon focused REDD+ interventions are unlikely to address the complex causes of tropical forest loss, forest carbon is still being foregrounded in measuring and reporting on REDD+ performance, and in generating results-based payments (even as these aspects remain challenging). This implies, however, that the future of REDD+ may lie not in one conceptualization coming to dominate, but rather in coexistence of heterogeneous practices. REDD+ may end up as a patchwork of projects and practices with different foci and financing mechanisms. Although this cannot prevent trade-offs, such a heterodox REDD+ may provide building blocks for the polycentric governance of the world's remaining tropical forests. © 2016 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. How to cite this article:WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e425. doi This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. INTRODUCTIONI n the collective global challenge posed by climate change, the idea of reducing or avoiding carbon emissions through forest conservation and sustainable use has attracted considerable attention. The global mechanism REDD+ has been, arguably, the most prominent site of multilateral political negotiations and activities on the ground with regard to mitigating forest-related carbon emissions. REDD+ stands for 'reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries.' 1 It has been negotiated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since 2005, as a mechanism to compensate developing countries for their efforts to reduce forest-related emi...

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“…There is also consensus that REDD+ programs and actions can fall short in terms of their legitimacy [14,15], as well as result in social conflicts, unexpected and counterproductive tenure arrangements [16] or limited wellbeing gains [17,18]. However, it is also true that the short shelf life of REDD+, coupled with the fact that forest and land-use governance reform require long-term thinking and a profound change in national and international political economies [19], increases the risk that both scholars and the international policy community might throw "the baby out with the bathwater". This special issue is an attempt to contribute to this burgeoning research on REDD+, providing theoretically grounded and empirical evidence on three analytical domains: the politics of REDD+ design; the lessons from REDD+ early actions; and REDD+ policy interplays.…”

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REDD+ Crossroads Post Paris: Politics, Lessons and Interplays

Corbera

Schroeder

2017

Forests

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This article introduces the special issue "REDD+ crossroads post Paris: politics, lessons and interplays". The contributions to the special issue suggest, first, that REDD+ design in the studied countries has generally lacked social legitimacy and sidelined key actors who can considerably influence land-use sector dynamics. Second, they show that REDD+ early actions have tended to oversimplify local realities and have been misaligned and local needs. Third, REDD+ efforts have remained constrained to the forestry or climate mitigation policy sectors and have thus suffered from a lack of policy harmonization. As REDD+ moves from its preparedness to its implementation phase, more research efforts should be aimed at analysing the power relations that underpin and determine the design and implementation of REDD+ policies and actions, the potential for and limits to the vertical and horizontal coordination of land-use policies and management, and the processes of resistance to or accommodation of REDD+ practices on the ground. In doing so, we advocate for multi-and transdisciplinary research that does not take for granted the benefits of REDD+ and which critically scrutinizes the multiple goals of this ambitious international policy framework, and where it sits within the broader Paris Agreement implementation agenda.

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The political economy of Readiness for REDD+

Cited by 13 publications

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Cocoa Farming System in Indonesia and Its Sustainability Under Climate Change

Cocoa Farming System in Indonesia and Its Sustainability Under Climate Change

Envisioning REDD+ in a post‐Paris era: between evolving expectations and current practice

REDD+ Crossroads Post Paris: Politics, Lessons and Interplays

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