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

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dc.contributor.authorDanielsen, Finn
dc.contributor.authorSkutsch, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Neil D
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Per Moestrup
dc.contributor.authorAndrianandrasana, Herizo
dc.contributor.authorKarky, Bhaskar
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Richard
dc.contributor.authorLovett, Jon C
dc.contributor.authorNgaga, Yonika
dc.contributor.authorPhartiyal, Pushkin
dc.contributor.authorPoulsen, Michael Køie
dc.contributor.authorSingh, S. P
dc.contributor.authorSolis, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Marten
dc.contributor.authorTewari, Ashish
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Richard
dc.contributor.authorZahabu, Eliakimu
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-11T06:09:51Z
dc.date.available2022-05-11T06:09:51Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractReduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) is a policy mechanism now agreed under the United Na- tions 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 conserva- tion and livelihood support. Implementation challenges include linking remote sensing and national forest inventories of carbon stocks, to local implementa- tion 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4101
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectREDDen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectForest degradationen_US
dc.subjectLocally based monitoringen_US
dc.subjectGovernanceen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-based managementen_US
dc.subjectCo-benefitsen_US
dc.titleAt the heart of REDD+: a role for local people in monitoring forests?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urldoi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00159.xen_US

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