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Linking forests and food production in the REDD+ context [1]

In order for REDD+ carbon emission mitigation targets to be reached, the primary driver of forest clearing globally, agriculture, must be fundamentally addressed by governments implementing REDD+ Programmes. This paper evaluates the extent to which countries
participating in the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) readiness activities are actively linking REDD+ and agriculture policies, programmes, and institutional and governance arrangements. Based on 20 current country readiness proposals (R-PPs) submitted to the FCPF, the analysis reveals that overall, REDD+ strategies and actions generally fail to address agricultural drivers. The paper poses a general roadmap for how countries can more adequately address agricultural drivers in their REDD+ strategies, including: identifying clear strategies to address demand-side and market pressures, and how government action can influence those; sorting out tenure and land access rights;
strengthening cross-sectoral policies; linking mitigation to adaption; boosting efficiency and production of agricultural systems; and incorporating agricultural carbon measurement in national MRV systems.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Gabrielle Kissinger [2]
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change [3]
Tags:
REDD [4], Agriculture [5], Deforestation [6], Forest Policy [7], Governance [8], Global [9], India [10], Climate Adaptation [11], Climate Mitigation [12], Land Tenure [13], Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV) [14], Climate Change [15]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/linking-forests-and-food-production-redd-context

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