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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/aba924
	Making incremental progress: Impacts of a REDD+ pilot initiative in Nepal
	Sharma B.P.; Karky B.S.; Nepal M.; Pattanayak S.K.; Sills E.O.; Shyamsundar P.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:10
英文摘要	Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) encompasses a range of incentives for developing countries to slow, halt and reverse forest loss and associated forest carbon emissions. Where there is high dependence on biomass energy, cleaner cooking transitions are key to REDD+'s success. Given the poor track record of efforts to promote clean cooking, more evidence is needed on the potential for REDD+ to reduce unsustainable extraction of biomass energy. We present a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of REDD+ in Nepal. Unsurprisingly, we find little evidence of impacts on forest carbon in just two years. We do find that REDD+ reduced forest disturbance as measured by four plot-level indicators (signs of forest fire, soil erosion, encroachment and wildlife) that are predictive of future changes in net carbon emissions and reflective of reduced extraction pressure by households. While our analysis of household survey data does not show that REDD+ reduced harvest of forest products, we find some evidence that it reduced household dependence on firewood for cooking, possibly by increasing use of biogas. Thus, communities in Nepal appear to have improved conditions in their forests without undermining local benefits of those forests. To secure progress towards reduced emissions and improved livelihoods, interventions must be designed to effectively meet household energy needs. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd
英文关键词	Biomass energy; Forest carbon; Impact evaluation; Livelihoods; REDD+
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biomass; Deforestation; Developing countries; Extraction; Surveys; Carbon emissions; Extraction pressure; Forest degradation; Forest disturbances; Household energy; Household surveys; Impact evaluation; Reducing emissions; Carbon; carbon emission; deforestation; developing world; emission control; environmental economics; forest ecosystem; forest edge; Nepal
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153659
作者单位	Tribhuvan University, TU Rd, Kirtipur, 44618, Nepal; International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Lalitpur, 44700, Nepal; South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Lalitpur, 44700, Nepal; Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States; NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States; Nature Conservancy, Arlington County, VA 22203-1606, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sharma B.P.,Karky B.S.,Nepal M.,et al. Making incremental progress: Impacts of a REDD+ pilot initiative in Nepal[J],2020,15(10).
APA	Sharma B.P.,Karky B.S.,Nepal M.,Pattanayak S.K.,Sills E.O.,&Shyamsundar P..(2020).Making incremental progress: Impacts of a REDD+ pilot initiative in Nepal.Environmental Research Letters,15(10).
MLA	Sharma B.P.,et al."Making incremental progress: Impacts of a REDD+ pilot initiative in Nepal".Environmental Research Letters 15.10(2020).