How is global climate policy interpreted on the ground? Insights from the analysis of local discourses about forest management and REDD plus in Indonesia
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Milne, Sarah; Milne, Mary; Nurfatriani, Fitri; Tacconi, Luca
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The implementation of “reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation” (REDD+) will inevitably be affected by local social and political dynamics, with the potential for success depending significantly on cooperation from a range of stakeholders at the subnational level. Building on recent critical research on REDD+, we look at how global policy is interpreted locally by actors who are likely to be involved in REDD+ implementation. We do this by examining local stakeholder...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Milne, Sarah | |
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dc.contributor.author | Milne, Mary | |
dc.contributor.author | Nurfatriani, Fitri | |
dc.contributor.author | Tacconi, Luca | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-29T22:55:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-29T22:55:47Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1708-3087 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/153284 | |
dc.description.abstract | The implementation of “reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation” (REDD+) will inevitably be affected by local social and political dynamics, with the potential for success depending significantly on cooperation from a range of stakeholders at the subnational level. Building on recent critical research on REDD+, we look at how global policy is interpreted locally by actors who are likely to be involved in REDD+ implementation. We do this by examining local stakeholder perceptions of REDD+ and forest management in two contrasting provinces of Indonesia, Riau and Papua, where deforestation rates are high and low, respectively. Using data collected from stakeholder workshops, we conduct a discourse analysis that reveals how subnational actors perceive and position themselves around REDD+ and forest governance. The results reveal six discourses common to both case-study provinces, which variously conflict and converge as they are employed by different actors. Seen together, these discourses provide critical insights into the subnational policy environment, which is largely a product of Indonesia’s underlying land and forest politics, and they indicate in turn how REDD+ in practice is likely to be interpreted and reconstituted at the local level. A key finding is that local discourses can be grouped around two divergent positions on REDD+: one that supports forest exploitation and sees limited prospects in forest carbon, and one that embraces sustainable forest management and expresses conditional support for REDD+ subject to benefit-sharing and property arrangements. REDD+ practitioners will therefore need to craft policies and project processes that account for these discursive dynamics. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.publisher | Resilience Alliance | |
dc.source | Ecology and Society | |
dc.title | How is global climate policy interpreted on the ground? Insights from the analysis of local discourses about forest management and REDD plus in Indonesia | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 21 | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160507 - Environment Policy | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u5366479xPUB118 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Milne, Sarah, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Milne, Mary, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Nurfatriani, Fitri, Forest Research and Development Agency, Indonesia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Tacconi, Luca, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 6 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 6 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.5751/ES-08363-210206 | |
dc.date.updated | 2018-11-29T08:08:20Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84976582269 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000380049100020 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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