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REDD+ and the Reconfiguration of Public Authority in the Forest Sector : A Comparative Case Study of Indonesia and Brazil

Höhne, Chris ; Fuhr, Harald ; Hickmann, Thomas LU orcid ; Lederer, Markus and Stehle, Fee (2018) p.203-241
Abstract
Since the 1980s, central governments have decentralized forestry to local governments in many countries of the Global South. More recently, REDD+ has started to impact forest policy-making in these countries by providing incentives to ensure a national-level approach to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Höhne et al. analyze to what extent central governments have rebuilt capacity at the national level, imposed regulations from above, and interfered in forest management by local governments for advancing REDD+. Using the examples of Brazil and Indonesia, the chapter illustrates that while REDD+ has not initiated a large-scale recentralization in the forestry sector, it has supported the reinforcement and pooling... (More)
Since the 1980s, central governments have decentralized forestry to local governments in many countries of the Global South. More recently, REDD+ has started to impact forest policy-making in these countries by providing incentives to ensure a national-level approach to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Höhne et al. analyze to what extent central governments have rebuilt capacity at the national level, imposed regulations from above, and interfered in forest management by local governments for advancing REDD+. Using the examples of Brazil and Indonesia, the chapter illustrates that while REDD+ has not initiated a large-scale recentralization in the forestry sector, it has supported the reinforcement and pooling of REDD+ related competences at the central government level. (Less)
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Global Forest Governance and Climate Change : Interrogating Representation, Participation, and Decentralization - Interrogating Representation, Participation, and Decentralization
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Nuesiri, Emmanuel O.
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39 pages
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Palgrave Macmillan
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978-3-319-71946-7
978-3-030-10133-6
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English
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  abstract     = {{Since the 1980s, central governments have decentralized forestry to local governments in many countries of the Global South. More recently, REDD+ has started to impact forest policy-making in these countries by providing incentives to ensure a national-level approach to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Höhne et al. analyze to what extent central governments have rebuilt capacity at the national level, imposed regulations from above, and interfered in forest management by local governments for advancing REDD+. Using the examples of Brazil and Indonesia, the chapter illustrates that while REDD+ has not initiated a large-scale recentralization in the forestry sector, it has supported the reinforcement and pooling of REDD+ related competences at the central government level.}},
  author       = {{Höhne, Chris and Fuhr, Harald and Hickmann, Thomas and Lederer, Markus and Stehle, Fee}},
  booktitle    = {{Global Forest Governance and Climate Change : Interrogating Representation, Participation, and Decentralization}},
  editor       = {{Nuesiri, Emmanuel O.}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-319-71946-7}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{203--241}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  title        = {{REDD+ and the Reconfiguration of Public Authority in the Forest Sector : A Comparative Case Study of Indonesia and Brazil}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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