Resolving land tenure security is essential to deliver forest restoration
Abstract Tropical countries are making ambitious commitments to Forest Landscape Restoration with the aim of locking up carbon, conserving biodiversity and benefiting local livelihoods. However, global and national analyses of restoration potential frequently ignore socio-legal complexities which im...
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| author | O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo Mirindra Rakotoarisoa H. Manoa Rajaonarivelo Stefana Raharijaona Julia P. G. Jones Neal Hockley |
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| description | Abstract Tropical countries are making ambitious commitments to Forest Landscape Restoration with the aim of locking up carbon, conserving biodiversity and benefiting local livelihoods. However, global and national analyses of restoration potential frequently ignore socio-legal complexities which impact both the effectiveness and equitability of restoration. We show that areas with the highest restoration potential are disproportionately found in countries with weak rule of law and frequently in those with substantial areas of unrecognised land tenure. Focussing on Madagascar, at least 67% of the areas with highest restoration potential must be on untitled land, where tenure is often unclear or contested, and we show how unresolved tenure issues are one of the most important limitations on forest restoration. This is likely to be a bigger problem than currently recognized and without important efforts to resolve local tenure issues, opportunities to equitably scale up forest restoration globally are likely to be significantly over-estimated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fd1223bd25444c4a881dca2491d30a02023-05-28T11:28:31ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352023-05-01411810.1038/s43247-023-00847-wResolving land tenure security is essential to deliver forest restorationO. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo0Mirindra Rakotoarisoa1H. Manoa Rajaonarivelo2Stefana Raharijaona3Julia P. G. Jones4Neal Hockley5École Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, University of AntananarivoÉcole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, University of AntananarivoÉcole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, University of AntananarivoNatural Justice, Lawyers for Communities and the EnvironmentCollege of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Bangor UniversityCollege of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Bangor UniversityAbstract Tropical countries are making ambitious commitments to Forest Landscape Restoration with the aim of locking up carbon, conserving biodiversity and benefiting local livelihoods. However, global and national analyses of restoration potential frequently ignore socio-legal complexities which impact both the effectiveness and equitability of restoration. We show that areas with the highest restoration potential are disproportionately found in countries with weak rule of law and frequently in those with substantial areas of unrecognised land tenure. Focussing on Madagascar, at least 67% of the areas with highest restoration potential must be on untitled land, where tenure is often unclear or contested, and we show how unresolved tenure issues are one of the most important limitations on forest restoration. This is likely to be a bigger problem than currently recognized and without important efforts to resolve local tenure issues, opportunities to equitably scale up forest restoration globally are likely to be significantly over-estimated.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00847-w |
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| title | Resolving land tenure security is essential to deliver forest restoration |
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