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

Danielsen, Finn; Skutsch, Margaret; Burgess, Neil D; Jensen, Per Moestrup; Andrianandrasana, Herizo; Karky, Bhaskar; Lewis, Richard; Lovett, Jon C; Ngaga, Yonika; Phartiyal, Pushkin; Poulsen, Michael Køie; Singh, S. P; Solis, Silvia; Sørensen, Marten; Tewari, Ashish; Young, Richard; Zahabu, Eliakimu

dc.creator	Danielsen, Finn
dc.creator	Skutsch, Margaret
dc.creator	Burgess, Neil D
dc.creator	Jensen, Per Moestrup
dc.creator	Andrianandrasana, Herizo
dc.creator	Karky, Bhaskar
dc.creator	Lewis, Richard
dc.creator	Lovett, Jon C
dc.creator	Ngaga, Yonika
dc.creator	Phartiyal, Pushkin
dc.creator	Poulsen, Michael Køie
dc.creator	Singh, S. P
dc.creator	Solis, Silvia
dc.creator	Sørensen, Marten
dc.creator	Tewari, Ashish
dc.creator	Young, Richard
dc.creator	Zahabu, Eliakimu
dc.date	2022-05-11T06:09:51Z
dc.date	2022-05-11T06:09:51Z
dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:50:17Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:50:17Z
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4101
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90006
dc.description	Reduced 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.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject	REDD
dc.subject	Climate change
dc.subject	Forest degradation
dc.subject	Locally based monitoring
dc.subject	Governance
dc.subject	Community-based management
dc.subject	Co-benefits
dc.title	At the heart of REDD+: a role for local people in monitoring forests?
dc.type	Article