Essays about: "REDD"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the word REDD.

  1. 16. REDD+ : A case study of the challenges weak land rights in Indonesia pose for equitable distribution of benefits from activities to mitigate climate change

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Malin Lindblom Petersson; [2015]
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  3. 17. To care about the environment : Technologies of government in forest conservation - Khasi Hills, India

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Andervad; [2014]
    Keywords : political ecology; environmental subjectivities; governmentality; forest conservation; community management; REDD ; India;

    Abstract : Involvement of communities in forest conservation and other forms of environmental governance isproliferating. Reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) is one mechanism,designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by reversing deforestation trends in low-incomecountries. READ MORE

  4. 18. 'Benefits beyond carbon' : for whom? : gender analysis of communal forest governance and forest resource use in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Larissa Stiem; [2014]
    Keywords : REDD ; women; sustainable forest management; feminist political ecology; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In an effort to mitigate global climate change, the REDD+ mechanism (an acronym for ‘Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stock’) continues to be put forward as an attractive carbon sequestration and forest conservation tool. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hosting more than 63% of the Congo Basin rainforests, is the biggest receiver for REDD+ funding in Africa. READ MORE

  5. 19. Can REDD+ deliver forest protection in Malaysia?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Dayang Nor Izan Binti Abang Halil; [2013]
    Keywords : theory of incentives; sustainability science; tropical deforestation; forest conservation; economic development; federal-state system; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identified deforestation as the main cause of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases in developing countries and since then the mechanism on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) has been developed and discussed at the international level. In Malaysia, deforestation is prevailing. READ MORE

  6. 20. Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Yaw Yeboah; [2013]
    Keywords : gender; forest policy; climate change; REDD ; policy process; environment;

    Abstract : There is a growing discourse on ‘climate change’ resulting in consciousness of a world seen through the lens of climate. This has led to the development of new structures, actors as well as policies and programs at international, national and local levels with the aim of managing the implications that global warming and climate change might pose to the environment and humankind. READ MORE