How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems
Countries participating in the REDD+ scheme are in the readiness phase, designing policy interventions to address drivers of deforestation and forest degradation (DD). In order for REDD+ interventions to be effective, it is essential that they take into account the specific drivers that they aim to...
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| description | Countries participating in the REDD+ scheme are in the readiness phase, designing policy interventions to address drivers of deforestation and forest degradation (DD). In order for REDD+ interventions to be effective, it is essential that they take into account the specific drivers that they aim to address. Moreover it is crucial to design systems that monitor the effectiveness of the planned interventions. In this article we provide a comprehensive and comparative assessment of interventions proposed by 43 REDD+ countries in 98 readiness documents. We summarize the types of interventions and assess if they are formulated referring to the drivers of DD that they are aiming to address. Based on this assessment we consider the implications for systems for monitoring effectiveness of proposed interventions. Most countries reviewed link proposed interventions to specific drivers of DD. The majority of the countries making this link have better driver data quality, in particularly those that present their data in ratio or ordinal terms. Proposed interventions focus not only on activities to reduce deforestation, but also on other forest related REDD+ activities such as sustainable forest management, which reduce forest degradation and enhance forest stocks. Moreover, driver-specific interventions often relate to drivers not only inside but also outside the forest sector. Hence we suggest that monitoring systems need to assess not only deforestation rates through remote sensing, but also degradation and other carbon stock changes within the forest, using more detailed ground level surveys and measurements. In addition, the performance of interventions outside the forest need to be monitored, even if the impacts of these cannot be linked to specific changes in forest carbon stock in specific locations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91caacdc7c3a4288a52d3042d1f1419a2023-08-09T14:43:23ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262014-01-019707400410.1088/1748-9326/9/7/074004How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systemsG Salvini0M Herold1V De Sy2G Kissinger3M Brockhaus4M Skutsch5Laboratory of Geo-Information Science & Remote Sensing, Wageningen University , PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The NetherlandsLaboratory of Geo-Information Science & Remote Sensing, Wageningen University , PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The NetherlandsLaboratory of Geo-Information Science & Remote Sensing, Wageningen University , PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The NetherlandsLexeme Consulting, 3552 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver BC V6R 1Y7, CanadaCIFOR, PO Box 0113 BOCBD, Bogor 16000, IndonesiaCentro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico , MexicoCountries participating in the REDD+ scheme are in the readiness phase, designing policy interventions to address drivers of deforestation and forest degradation (DD). In order for REDD+ interventions to be effective, it is essential that they take into account the specific drivers that they aim to address. Moreover it is crucial to design systems that monitor the effectiveness of the planned interventions. In this article we provide a comprehensive and comparative assessment of interventions proposed by 43 REDD+ countries in 98 readiness documents. We summarize the types of interventions and assess if they are formulated referring to the drivers of DD that they are aiming to address. Based on this assessment we consider the implications for systems for monitoring effectiveness of proposed interventions. Most countries reviewed link proposed interventions to specific drivers of DD. The majority of the countries making this link have better driver data quality, in particularly those that present their data in ratio or ordinal terms. Proposed interventions focus not only on activities to reduce deforestation, but also on other forest related REDD+ activities such as sustainable forest management, which reduce forest degradation and enhance forest stocks. Moreover, driver-specific interventions often relate to drivers not only inside but also outside the forest sector. Hence we suggest that monitoring systems need to assess not only deforestation rates through remote sensing, but also degradation and other carbon stock changes within the forest, using more detailed ground level surveys and measurements. In addition, the performance of interventions outside the forest need to be monitored, even if the impacts of these cannot be linked to specific changes in forest carbon stock in specific locations.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/074004drivers of deforestation and forest degradationmonitoring systemsproposed REDD+ interventionsREDD+readiness documents |
| spellingShingle | G Salvini M Herold V De Sy G Kissinger M Brockhaus M Skutsch How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems Environmental Research Letters drivers of deforestation and forest degradation monitoring systems proposed REDD+ interventions REDD+ readiness documents |
| title | How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems |
| title_full | How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems |
| title_fullStr | How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems |
| title_short | How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems |
| title_sort | how countries link redd interventions to drivers in their readiness plans implications for monitoring systems |
| topic | drivers of deforestation and forest degradation monitoring systems proposed REDD+ interventions REDD+ readiness documents |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/074004 |
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