REDD policy impacts Flashcards
Dressler et al
2012
2012
Dressler et al
What does the paper look at
REDD Policy Impacts on Indigenous Property Rights Regimes on Palawan Island, the Philippines
Where has REDD been adopted
In many southeast Asian states
What is the aim
to reduce climate change
What issues emerge
issues through tenure regimes, property rights and local livelihoods
incomes on forest based livelihoods
- reinforcing socio-economic inequality
- limiting effective maintenance of stored carbon
impact on indigenous people
it influences how they can access and use forests with carbon stocks as livelihood dynamics unfold
argument
there are a lot of complexities surrounding the success and delivery of REDD+ programmes
who created the REDD programme
UN and World Bank
How does the scheme work
people get money from not cutting down forests, they can then sell forest carbon credits to industrial and polluting companies
Link to land rights
it Is less likely local people will gain land rights, It doesn’t strengthen the land rights of the people historically linked to the land
