Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon: The Case of REDD+

Cambridge University Press, 3/21/2013
EAN 9781107028807, ISBN10: 1107028809

Hardcover, 308 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English

Emerging from the scientific parameters underpinning REDD+ (including the measurement of carbon stocks, reporting and verification), Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon considers the crucial challenges for global and national governance and the legal rights and interests of indigenous people and local communities, all of which have fundamental implications for development and poverty alleviation. With contributions from leading experts in the fields of law, governance, science, development studies and geography, it sheds light on the complexity of REDD+ and offers perspectives on the extent to which REDD+ agreements can be enforced under international law and in concert with new private and public domestic institutions.

Introduction
Part I. Framing the Problem
Perspectives from Law, Science and Governance
1. International legal frameworks for REDD+
ensuring legitimacy Rosemary Lyster
2. Tropical forests
carbon, climate and biodiversity Yadvinder Malhi and Toby R. Marthews
3. Measuring tropical forest carbon stocks Valerio Avitabile
4. The quiet woods
REDD+ in societies with intact rainforests Thomas K. Rudel
5. REDD+ and multi-level governance
governing for what and for whom? Constance L. McDermott
Part II. Operationalising REDD+
6. The financial aspects of REDD+
assessing costs, mobilizing and disbursing funds Charlotte Streck
7. Designing, implementing and enforcing REDD+ schemes Catherine MacKenzie
8. The science of measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) Ben DeVries and Martin Herold
Part III. Securing the Rights of Forest Dwellers
9. Land and resource tenure
the rights of indigenous peoples and forest dwellers Robert Fisher and Rosemary Lyster
10. Payments for ecosystem services and environmental governance in Indonesia Jeff Neilson and Beria Leimona
11. REDD+ and development Leo Peskett
12. Brazil and Indonesia
REaDD+y or not? Simon Butt, Beatriz Garcia, Jemma Parsons and Tim Stephens.