Reducing poverty through REDD+? : a study of preconditions for implementing REDD+ in Manokwari Utara, Indonesia.

2011

Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2011 This paper discusses a variety of prerequisites that are needed to reduce poverty through implementation of REDD+. Indonesia has the third largest tropical forest in the world, and is among the highest on deforestation rate. Hence, Indonesia is an important part of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Indonesia is one of the initial pilot-test countries that already have started REDD+ programmes. The main goal of REDD+ is reducing emissions as well as conservation and enhancing carbon stocks, however an important co-benefit of REDD+ is poverty reduction. If the right preconditions are in place and the focus is on a pro-poor RED…