TY - JOUR
T1 - Will REDD+work? The need for interdisciplinary research to address key challenges
AU - Visseren-Hamakers, I.J.
AU - Gupta, A.
AU - Herold, M.
AU - Peña Claros, M.
AU - Vijge, M.J.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this article, we draw on the contributions to this issue to address the question ‘Will REDD+ work?’. We do so by differentiating between how, where and when REDD+ might work. The article shows how issues of scope, scale and pace of REDD+ are related, and how interdisciplinary research can help to distill the lessons learned from REDD+ efforts currently underway. Important research areas include the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, monitoring, reporting and verification, co-benefits, governance capacity, linkages with related policies, and the environmental and social impacts of REDD+. In concluding, we highlight the role of interdisciplinary research in supporting the different actors involved in REDD+ to cope with the inherent heterogeneity and complexity of REDD+.
AB - In this article, we draw on the contributions to this issue to address the question ‘Will REDD+ work?’. We do so by differentiating between how, where and when REDD+ might work. The article shows how issues of scope, scale and pace of REDD+ are related, and how interdisciplinary research can help to distill the lessons learned from REDD+ efforts currently underway. Important research areas include the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, monitoring, reporting and verification, co-benefits, governance capacity, linkages with related policies, and the environmental and social impacts of REDD+. In concluding, we highlight the role of interdisciplinary research in supporting the different actors involved in REDD+ to cope with the inherent heterogeneity and complexity of REDD+.
KW - carbon
KW - forests
KW - climate
KW - deforestation
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.10.006
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 4
SP - 590
EP - 596
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
IS - 6
ER -
