TY - JOUR
T1 - REDD-plus, forest people's rights and nested climate governance
AU - Sikor, Thomas
AU - Stahl, Johannes
AU - Enters, Thomas
AU - Ribot, Jesse C.
AU - Singh, Neera
AU - Sunderlin, William D.
AU - Wollenberg, Lini
PY - 2010/8/1
Y1 - 2010/8/1
N2 - At Copenhagen, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) was ready to endorse REDD-plus and to make explicit reference to the “rights of indigenous peoples and members of local communities” (UNFCCC, 2009). The reference is important because it acknowledges the historical background from which REDD-plus is developing: the historical dispossession, political exclusion and cultural marginalization of indigenous peoples and members of local communities (hereafter referred to as “forest people”). Recent experience with the recognition of forest people's rights suggests three broad principles for operationalizing rights under REDD-plus: participation in political decision-making, equitable distribution of forest benefits, and recognition of forest people's particular identities. In addition, the emphasis on rights requires the development of decision-making processes at multiple scales and related across scales. Global-scale institutions will be important but not sufficient in themselves. Effective and equitable REDD-plus requires nested forest and climate governance.
AB - At Copenhagen, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) was ready to endorse REDD-plus and to make explicit reference to the “rights of indigenous peoples and members of local communities” (UNFCCC, 2009). The reference is important because it acknowledges the historical background from which REDD-plus is developing: the historical dispossession, political exclusion and cultural marginalization of indigenous peoples and members of local communities (hereafter referred to as “forest people”). Recent experience with the recognition of forest people's rights suggests three broad principles for operationalizing rights under REDD-plus: participation in political decision-making, equitable distribution of forest benefits, and recognition of forest people's particular identities. In addition, the emphasis on rights requires the development of decision-making processes at multiple scales and related across scales. Global-scale institutions will be important but not sufficient in themselves. Effective and equitable REDD-plus requires nested forest and climate governance.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77954657478&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.04.007
M3 - Article
VL - 20
SP - 423
EP - 425
JO - Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions
JF - Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions
SN - 0959-3780
IS - 3
ER -