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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.02.015
	Messiness of forest governance: How technical approaches suppress politics in REDD+ and conservation projects
	Myers R.; Larson A.M.; Ravikumar A.; Kowler L.F.; Yang A.; Trench T.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	0959-3780
起始页码	314
结束页码	324
卷号	50
英文摘要	Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) was originally conceived to address the global problem of climate change by reducing deforestation and forest degradation at national and subnational levels in developing countries. Since its inception, REDD+ proponents have increasingly had to adapt global ideas to local demands, as the rollout process was met with on-the-ground realities, including suspicion and protest. As is typical in aid or ‘development’ projects conceived in the global North, most of the solutions advanced to improve REDD+ tend to focus on addressing issues of justice (or ‘fairness’) in distributive terms, rather than addressing more inherently political objections to REDD+ such as those based on rights or social justice. Using data collected from over 700 interviews in five countries with both REDD+ and non-REDD+ cases, we argue that the failure to incorporate political notions of justice into conservation projects such as REDD+ results in ‘messiness’ within governance systems, which is a symptom of injustice and illegitimacy. We find that, first, conservation, payment for ecosystem services, and REDD+ project proponents viewed problems through a technical rather than political lens, leading to solutions that focused on procedures, such as ‘benefit distribution.’ Second, focusing on the technical aspects of interventions came at the expense of political solutions such as the representation of local people's concerns and recognition of their rights. Third, the lack of attention to representation and recognition justices resulted in illegitimacy. This led to messiness in the governance systems, which was often addressed in technical terms, thereby perpetuating the problem. If messiness is not appreciated and addressed from appropriate notions of justice, projects such as REDD+ are destined to fail. © 2018 The Authors
英文关键词	Anti-politics; Conservation; Environmental justice; Legitimacy; REDD+; Technical and political solutions
学科领域	climate change; conservation status; deforestation; developing world; environmental economics; environmental justice; global climate; governance approach; project assessment; questionnaire survey
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; conservation status; deforestation; developing world; environmental economics; environmental justice; global climate; governance approach; project assessment; questionnaire survey
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117153
作者单位	Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), C/O Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), Av. La Molina 1895, La Molina, Lima 12, Peru; Dala Institute, Grand Slipi Tower 9G floor, Jl. Letjend S. Parman Kav 22-24, Jakarta Barat, 11480, Indonesia; School of International Development, University of East Anglia: Global Environmental Justice Group, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom; University of Gadjah Mada, Faculty of Forestry, Jl Agro 1, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Department of Environmental Studies, Amherst College. 220 S. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002, United States; Thuenen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics, Leuschnerstraße 91, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 21031, Germany; Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Postgraduate Programme in Regional Rural Development, Diego de Mazariegos #85, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, 29240, Mexico
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Myers R.,Larson A.M.,Ravikumar A.,et al. Messiness of forest governance: How technical approaches suppress politics in REDD+ and conservation projects[J],2018,50.
APA	Myers R.,Larson A.M.,Ravikumar A.,Kowler L.F.,Yang A.,&Trench T..(2018).Messiness of forest governance: How technical approaches suppress politics in REDD+ and conservation projects.Global Environmental change,50.
MLA	Myers R.,et al."Messiness of forest governance: How technical approaches suppress politics in REDD+ and conservation projects".Global Environmental change 50(2018).