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Tracking the Fault Lines of P ro‐ P oor Carbon Forestry
Author(s) -
Paladino Stephanie
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
culture, agriculture, food and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2153-9561
pISSN - 2153-9553
DOI - 10.1111/j.2153-9561.2011.01059.x
Subject(s) - business , deforestation (computer science) , revenue , equity (law) , community forestry , indigenous , property rights , corporate governance , politics , carbon offset , forestry , natural resource economics , climate change , forest management , political science , economics , finance , geography , ecology , computer science , law , biology , programming language
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation ( REDD ) has been given a principal role in post‐ K yoto, climate change agreements. Resulting markets and mechanisms for carbon forestry offsets could generate considerable global revenues for both forest conservation and sustainable rural development; or they may impose political and economic pressures on forest governance that threaten indigenous and rural peoples’ rights. Some inherent challenges to developing carbon forestry projects that support rural peoples’ welfare are reviewed. The experience of S colel T e’, a carbon forestry project for M exican indigenous farmers, suggests how projects can be adapted for smallholder provision of carbon services on benign terms and still meet the demands of carbon markets. However, carbon sales alone have not supported investments in knowledge development, institutional learning, and strategic farmer participation needed for significant political or economic change. This supports critiques that policies based on economic valuations of environmental services are unlikely to support social and equity objectives.