Looking at scholarly analysis and a case study we want to look at the issues that lie in the overarching problems of land tenure within the REDD program. This will determine whether or not REDD is a realistic initiative to mitigate climate change in the necessary short term while still protecting indigenous groups’ rights and liberties.
Welcome to our blog that revolves around Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD). REDD has been proposed as one possible solution to our increasing global warming dilemma. Currently the forestry section accounts for about 17% of CO2 emissions, mostly due to deforestation (FAO, UNDP, and UNEP, 2008). REDD was pioneered “at the Conference of the Parties in December 2005 by the governments of Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica, supported by eight other parties” (United Nations Development Group, n.d.). Their intentions are to include REDD as a international finance mechanism in the post-2012 global climate change framework.
The purpose of REDD is to promote sustainable management of forestry activities in order to protect the economic, social and environmental interest of developing countries. At the same time, these programs work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions leading to climate change and foster reforestation activities since forests are one of the world’s largest carbon sinks (United Nations Development Group, n.d.)
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The purpose of this blog is to explore the General Issues with REDD, specifically focusing on tenure related to government policies, and customary land rights of indigenous groups. In order to give people a better understanding of these issues and how they can clearly be seen we decided to include a Case Study which focuses on Indonesia. Indonesia has been selected to participate in REDD programs funded by the World Bank. Then we proceed with the Analysis where we share our opinions based on the research and information we presented in our blogs.
This research was completed by students in the Globalization course at the University of Richmond. The findings reflect the opinions of student co-authors.