Benefit Sharing in REDD+

International policies to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) envisage the creation of financial incentive mechanisms that reward forest protection efforts and adequately compensate those actors that face new costs. I...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION BENEFIT FLOWS BENEFIT SHARING CARBON CARBON BENEFITS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FORESTRY CARBON MARKETS CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CARBON RIGHTS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY GROUP COMMUNITY GROUPS COMPENSATION CONSULTATION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTION PURCHASE EMISSIONS REDUCTION PURCHASE AGREEMENT EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS CREDITS EMPOWERMENT FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FORESTS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INTERNATIONAL LAWS LAND MANAGEMENT LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TENURE LAND USE LANDLESS PEOPLE LEGISLATION LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MULTIPLIER EFFECTS OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS SEQUESTERED CARBON TRANSPARENCY VILLAGE LEVEL VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WILL WOMEN BENEFICIARIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/205941468340252680/Benefit-sharing-in-REDD-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27163

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Summary:	International policies to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) envisage the creation of financial incentive mechanisms that reward forest protection efforts and adequately compensate those actors that face new costs. In order for REDD+ to achieve these objectives, effective benefit sharing systems will need to be implemented. Benefit sharing in REDD+ could take a wide variety of forms depending on the policies used to achieve REDD+ objectives. However, common to all approaches is the need for clear processes to determine actors' eligibility, the scale of benefits (and costs) and the governance arrangements. While many of the general concerns about benefit sharing within communities are widely referenced (e.g., elite capture), relatively less is known about how benefits are actually shared within communities and the implications in terms of economic opportunities, empowerment and vulnerability. There is also surprisingly little empirical evidence on the implications of different benefit sharing approaches for the poor in the different examples reviewed; for example, in terms of questions about whether benefits have actually compensated people adequately, helped to lift people out of poverty or deal with temporary shocks. These issues need to be much better understood within emerging REDD+ projects and programs, which in many cases have an objective to benefit those affected by REDD+ implementation.

Benefit Sharing in REDD+

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