Implementing redd+: Evaluations of options for national governance structures
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Samson Osadolor [1]
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[1] Universidad de Lisboa
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- Localización: XI young researchers meeting on conservation and sustainable use of forest systems / coord. por Elena Hidalgo Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Dorado Reyes, Ainhoa Iñiguez Soto, Diego A. Damián Carrión, Samuel Gato Martín, Guillermo Jové Alcalde, Raúl Arcadio Fernández González, 2017, ISBN 978-84-617-9574-1, pág. 32
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
REDD+ is seen by many as a low cost climate mitigation option. Hence, there is interest in the North for paying the South to reduce deforestation with the aim of reducing carbon emissions. This demands the establishment of institutions – both at the international and national level – to generate and transfer the necessary financial resources in ways realizing REDD+ activities. While the obligations for reductions of green-house gases will be set in international negotiations, the national governance structures for REDD+ willinfluence who will be involved in defining national responsibilities and how policies ‘on the ground’ will be formed and implemented. This study analyses a set of generic options for national REDD+ governance structures – i.e., (a) a market/ project based architecture; (b) a system with national REDD+ funds outside existing national administrations; (c) a national REDD+ fund organized under the present administration; and (d) conditional budget support. The analysis is based on both input (process) legitimacy and output legitimacy, which includes their effectiveness, efficiency and capacity to deliver on co-benefits. While a solution with a market/project based structure has been favored by many, we conclude that this is the most problematic alternative. Concerning the other three, the national/local conditions will be of importance for their functioning. If REDD+ policies involve a large part of a country’s forested area, establishing a good link to the general forest and other sector policies will be necessary.
