While mainstream academic literature over the past ten years has tended to identify
commercial and industrialized agriculture as the primary driver of deforestation, national …

This paper investigates how three aspects of governance systems, namely the policy
context, the influence of key agents and their discursive practices, are affecting national …

Political transitions often trigger substantial environmental changes. In particular,
deforestation can result from the complex interplay among the components of a system …

This paper argues that the Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
(REDD+) initiatives in Nepal have not adequately understood and considered institutional …

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) has emerged as a
promising climate change mitigation mechanism in developing countries. This article …

Forest ecosystems worldwide are increasingly subjected to human intervention, leading
commentators to argue that forests should be viewed as anthropogenic ecosystems. REDD+ …

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is a financial
mechanism aimed at providing incentives to reduce carbon emissions from forests and …

The UNFCCC requires REDD+ countries wishing to receive results-based payments to
measure, report and verify (MRV) REDD+ impacts; and outlines technical guidelines and …

This article analyzes how and with what possible consequences REDD+ is framed in the
national policy arena in Cameroon, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Tanzania …

Benefit distribution plays a central role in incentivizing action in REDD+ (Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation and forest enhancement). Conceived as a …