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Brown Michael I
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Titolo: |
Redeeming REDD [[electronic resource]] : policies, incentives, and social feasibility in avoided deforestation / / Michael I. Brown
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Pubblicazione: | Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2013 |
Edizione: | 1st edition |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.75/16 |
Soggetto topico: | Carbon sequestration |
Deforestation - Control | |
Forest conservation | |
Forest protection | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; A tremendous literature to build upon; 1.Grounds for pessimism and optimism; Josephstaal and REDD; The basic controversy; Premises; Climate change urgency; What can (or cannot) be learned from past experience?; Pushback from REDD proponents on feasibility?; Housing bubbles and REDD; Why planners may be optimistic about participation; Winners and losers; REDD's evolution amidst controversy |
Why REDD is seen as a solution to deforestation and forest degradationTaking into account deforestation drivers; Social feasibility: the key for moving forward; Framing REDD; How best practice language enables feasibility to be bypassed; A new social contract is needed; Intellectual inspiration; The two preconditions to success; 2.Theses and theory of change; Current gaps in REDD; Thesis #1: establishing a new social contract is imperative; Thesis #2: empowering local people is key to REDD working; The framework for a theory of change; Rights and REDD; The basic REDD appeal | |
Complications in implementing the initial REDD visionSystemic challenges; Psychological explanations for REDD; Best practice and REDD; Outline for a solution; Communities can demand-drive REDD; Rationale for empowering local managers; Capitalizing on communities: subsidiarity, democraticrepresentation, tenure, and empowerment through capacity building; Strategy for approaching social feasibility in REDD; Better TMAs; Lessons from integrated conservation and development projects; Lessons from CBNRM; Ultimately it will be about bargaining zones and not carbon rights; Bargaining zones | |
What can economic anthropology contribute to understanding REDD?Social science expertise and process issues: engaging people in planning and decision making cannot be substituted for; How past development failure has implications for REDD; 3.REDD's path to date; Climate change debates and REDD as one proposed solution; REDD as a leading mitigation approach; What is REDD+?; REDD+ and the green economy; Why REDD is so politically expedient; Hyperbole around payments under REDD; Arguments pro and con for investing in climate change mitigation; Deforestation drivers | |
International demand and deforestation driversSpecies extinction, protected areas, and REDD; Poverty and REDD; What learning is being generated in the Readiness Phase?; Where conventional wisdom falls apart in REDD: Readiness Plan Idea Notes, Readiness Plans, voluntary standards, consultation, political capital; Readiness Plan Idea Notes; Readiness Plans; Weak political capital and poor R-PIN and R-P results; Norwegian oil and REDD; Other formulations for addressing the underlying problems; REDD and "green grabbing"; The conventional wisdom of carbon trading challenged | |
Alternative models for avoiding deforestation and sequestering carbon | |
Sommario/riassunto: | <P>Public and private initiatives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) have been widely endorsed by policy-makers. This book presents a major critique of the aims and policies of REDD as currently structured, particularly in terms of their social feasibility. </P> |
Titolo autorizzato: | Redeeming REDD ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-136-34060-2 |
0-203-12365-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910462953703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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