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SUMMARY:Carbon\, Forests and the REDD Paradox - Dr Chris Sandbrook (Univer
 sity of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Xinyi Liu
DESCRIPTION:The institutional arrangements governing forests\nwill be a cr
 itical factor in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradat
 ion (REDD) as part of the global effort to mitigate climate change. A grow
 ing body of empirical research demonstrates how local forest governance ca
 n be as\, if not more\, effective than centralized state-based regimes. Lo
 cal forest governance can secure improvements in multiple forest outcomes 
 such as biomass and carbon storage and livelihoods contributions for the p
 oor\, and it can do so at lower cost than is possible through\ncentralized
  governance. Many national governments have\nimplicitly recognized these f
 indings in their pursuit of decentralized forest governance and in strengt
 hening local rights and capacities to use and manage forests. However\, su
 ch reforms are often politically resisted\, particularly where the value o
 f forest resources is high and central government bodies are able to captu
 re the majority of benefits. Ongoing negotiations related to the design an
 d delivery of REDD policy and practice must take into\naccount both the im
 portance of local forest governance\narrangements and the political–econ
 omic barriers to devolving secure rights over forests to local communities
 . These political dimensions of forest tenure and policy create a paradox 
 for REDD: increasing the value of forest resources through global carbon m
 arkets without attending to local governance and rights will create politi
 cal incentives\ntowards centralized governance\, which could lead to\ngrea
 ter forest loss and lower forest-related benefits for the poor.\n
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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