At the heart of REDD+: a role for local people in monitoring forests?

Conservation Letters

Finn Danielsen⁶  Margaret Skutsch¹  Neil D. Burgess⁷  Per Moestrup Jensen⁸  Herizo Andrianandrasana²  Bhaskar Karky⁹  Richard Lewis²  Jon C. Lovett⁴  John Massao¹²  Yonika Ngaga¹⁰  Pushkin Phartiyal^5,6  Michael Køie Poulsen⁶  S. P. Singh^3,6  Silvia Solis¹  Marten Sørensen⁸  Ashish Tewari^6,11  Richard Young² 

[1]  CIGA-UNAM, Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de La Huerta, Carretera Antigua a Patzcuaro 8701, CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico; Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Madagascar Programme, B.P. 8511, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar; H. N. B. Garhwal University, Srinagar-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India; CSTM - Twente Centre for Studies in Technology and Sustainable Development, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands; CHEA, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India; Nordisk Fond for Miljø og Udvikling, Skindergade 23-III, Copenhagen DK-1159, Denmark; Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Biology Department, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark; International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, P.O. Box 3226, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal; Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3151 Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania; Kumaun University, Nainital, India; District, Land and Natural Resources Office, Iringa, Tanzania

关键词: Climate change;    co‐benefits;    community‐based management;    governance;    locally based monitoring;    forest degradation;    REDD+;   

DOI  :  10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00159.x

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Abstract

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) is a policy mechanism now agreed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from developing countries through the sustainable management of forests, while providing co-benefits of biodiversity conservation and livelihood support. Implementation challenges include linking remote sensing and national forest inventories of carbon stocks, to local implementation and measuring carbon loss from forest degradation. Community-based forest monitoring can help overcome some of these challenges. We show that local people can collect forest condition data of comparable quality to trained scientists, at half the cost. We draw on our experience to propose how and where local REDD+ monitoring can be established. Empowering communities to own and monitor carbon stocks could provide a rapid and cost-effective way of absorbing carbon dioxide emissions, while potentially contributing to local livelihoods and forest biodiversity conservation.

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