Implementing REDD+: Learning from Forest Conservation Policy and Social Safeguards Frameworks in Cameroon

In the past a wide spectrum of conservation strategies has been used to manage forests and recently a country-driven policy instrument known as REDD+ has been proposed as a new tool for forest protection. This paper reviews a set of Cameroon policy instruments alongside 86 relevant publications in t...

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Published in:The international forestry review 2017-06, Vol.19 (2), p.209-223
Main Authors: Ngendakumana, S., Feudjio, M.P., Speelman, S., Minang, P.A., Namirembe, S., Damme, P. Van
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution control
Cameroon
community rights
consents
effectiveness
Forest conservation
institutions
Laws, regulations and rules
Methods
stakeholders
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Summary:In the past a wide spectrum of conservation strategies has been used to manage forests and recently a country-driven policy instrument known as REDD+ has been proposed as a new tool for forest protection. This paper reviews a set of Cameroon policy instruments alongside 86 relevant publications in the conservation area to feed the existing REDD+ debate. Two specific shortcomings are identified: (1) incoherence between existing forestry policy instruments with regard to community forest concept and REDD+ rules and (2) locally over-constraining approaches used in forest management which would provide guidelines and caution about the REDD+ implementation. These shortcomings, if not considered, may lead to ineffectiveness of emission reduction programs as well as to social disconnection at the local level. This means that effective implementation of REDD+ will require further policy actions mainly dealing with actors' consents within developed equitable instruments while setting up efficient conflict management systems.
ISSN:1465-5489
2053-7778
DOI:10.1505/146554817821255187