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Ten Years of REDD+: A Critical Review of the Impact of REDD+ on Forest-Dependent Communities

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Bayrak, Mucahid, Marafa, Lawal·2016·Sustainability

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The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program, or REDD+, has been the international community’s first real attempt to create a global forest governance system which would impact countries on national, regional and even local scales. This paper provides an in-depth analysis on the impact of REDD+ on forest-dependent communities. The dimensions which are included in this review are institutions and governance, livelihoods, socio-cultural aspects, and the environment. Many studies confirm that forest-dependent communities are not sufficiently involved in current REDD+ projects. Furthermore, current and potential impacts of REDD+ on communities often disrupt local peoples’ livelihoods and strategies, institutions and socio-cultural systems in various ways, such as unequal benefit sharing, food insecurity, introduction of new powerful stakeholders, illegal land acquisition, unfair free prior and informed consent, and the introduction of monoculture plantations. REDD+ is also perceived as a neoliberal mechanism which renegotiates peoples’ relationship with the natural environment by monetizing nature. The paper concludes with a framework which addresses the potential drivers and threats of REDD+ concerning forest-dependent communities based on the literature review. This framework suggests a holistic approach to REDD+ implementation, which incorporates forest-dependent communities’ often complex relationship with the natural environment, such as incorporation of traditional forest management systems and provision of viable alternatives to loss of agricultural land.

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Authors: Bayrak, M., & Marafa, L.
Affiliations: Harbin Institute of Technology (CN)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author: Marafa, Lawal
ORCID: Bayrak, Mucahid
Marafa, Lawal
Venue: Sustainability
Publisher: MDPI AG
Published: 2016-07-02
Volume: 8
Issue: 7
Pages: 620
ISSN: 2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3390/su8070620
OpenAlex: W2473073106
Cited by: 179
References: 70
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 1
FWCI: 9.64
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders: Worldwide Universities Network
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Forest Management and Policy
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Land Rights and Reforms
Keywords: REDD+, forest-dependent communities, forest governance, livelihoods, free, prior and informed consent, benefit sharing, food insecurity, monoculture plantations, neoliberalism, traditional forest management, community participation, climate change mitigation

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