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Title Implementing REDD plus: learning from forest conservation policy and social safeguards frameworks in Cameroon
Full text https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8558177; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8558177; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8558177/file/8558178
Date 2017
Author(s) Ngendakumana, Serge; Feudjio, M. P.; Speelman, Stijn; Minang, P. A.; Namirembe, S.; Van Damme, Patrick
Abstract In the past a wide spectrum of conservation strategies has been used to manage forests and recently a country-driven policy instrument known as REDD+ has been proposed as a new tool for forest protection. This paper reviews a set of Cameroon policy instruments alongside 86 relevant publications in the conservation area to feed the existing REDD+ debate. Two specific shortcomings are identified: (1) incoherence between existing forestry policy instruments with regard to community forest concept and REDD+ rules and (2) locally over-constraining approaches used in forest management which would provide guidelines and caution about the REDD+ implementation. These shortcomings, if not considered, may lead to ineffectiveness of emission reduction programs as well as to social disconnection at the local level. This means that effective implementation of REDD+ will require further policy actions mainly dealing with actors' consents within developed equitable instruments while setting up efficient conflict management systems.
Subject(s) ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; LEVEL; stakeholders; institutions; community rights; consents; effectiveness
Language eng
Publisher Commonwealth Forestry Assoc
Type of publication journalArticle; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Source INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW; ISSN: 1465-5489; ISSN: 2053-7778
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Repository Gent - University of Gent
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