Vijge, MJ, Brockhaus, M, Di Gregorio, M orcid.org/0000-0003-2545-217X et al. (1 more author) (2016) Framing national REDD+ benefits, monitoring, governance and finance: A comparative analysis of seven countries. Global Environmental Change, 39. pp. 57-68. ISSN 0959-3780
Abstract
This article analyzes how and with what possible consequences REDD+ is framed in the national policy arena in Cameroon, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Tanzania, and Vietnam. It analyzes the most prominent views and storylines around key REDD+ design features among policy actors and in policy documents. We focus on storylines related to four questions, namely: (1) What should REDD+ achieve: carbon or also non-carbon objectives? (2) Who should monitor REDD+ outcomes: only technical experts or also local communities? (3) At what level should REDD+ be governed: at national or sub-national level? and (4) How should REDD+ be financed: through market- or fund-based sources? The vast majority of policy actors and policy documents frame REDD+ as a mechanism that should also realize non-carbon benefits, yet non-carbon monitoring receives very little attention. In all but one country, policy documents contain plans to involve local communities in the design and/or execution of measuring, reporting and verifying REDD+ outcomes. With regard to the level at which REDD+ should be governed, while most policy documents contain elements of a nested approach to accounting, almost all countries envision a long-term transition to national accounting and benefit distribution. We found strikingly little discussion among policy actors and in policy documents of how to finance REDD+ and acquire results-based payments. In the conclusion we reflect on possible consequences of the prominence of REDD+ storylines in the seven countries, and argue that carbonization and centralization of forest governance are possible outcomes given the limited attention to non-carbon monitoring and the envisioned centralized approaches to REDD+.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Global Environmental Change. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | REDD+; Comparative discourse analysis; Co-benefits; Market-based approach; MRV; Centralization |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number CIFOR Center for Int. Forestry Res No External Ref |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2016 14:50 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2019 08:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.04.002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:100293 |