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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
REDD payments as incentive for reducing forest loss
Conservation Letters, Volume 3, No. 2, Year 2010
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Strategies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) could become an important part of a new agreement for climate change mitigation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We constructed a system dynamics model for a cocoa agroforest landscape in southwestern Ghana to explore whether REDD payments are likely to promote forest conservation and what socio-economic implications would be. Scenarios were constructed for business as usual (cocoa production at the expense of forest), for payments for avoided deforestation of old-growth forest only and for payments for avoided deforestation of all forests, including degraded forest. The results indicate that in the short term, REDD is likely to be preferred by farmers when the policy focuses on payments that halt the destruction of old-growth forests only. However, there is the risk that REDD contracts may be abandoned in the short term. The likeliness of farmers to opt for REDD is much lower when also avoiding deforestation of degraded forest since this land is needed for the expansion of cocoa production. Given that it is mainly the wealthier households that control the remaining forest outside the reserves, REDD payments may increase community differentiation, with negative consequences for REDD policies. ©2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sandker, Marieke
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Indonesia, Bogor
Center for International Forestry Research, West Java
Nyame, Samuel K.
Ghana, Accra
International Union for Conservation of Nature (iucn)
Förster, Johannes
Germany, Bayreuth
Universität Bayreuth
French Collier, Neil French
Australia, Darwin
Charles Darwin University
Shepherd, Gill
Switzerland, Gland
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Yeboah, D.
South Korea
Samartex Timber and Plywood Company Ltd
Blas, Driss Ezzine De
France, Paris
Cirad
MacHwitz, Miriam
Germany, Wurzburg
Julius-maximilians-universität Würzburg
Germany, Koln
Deutsches Zentrum Für Luft- Und Raumfahrt Dlr
Vaatainen, Senja
Zambia, Lusaka
International Union for Conservation of Nature (iucn)
Garedew, Efrem
Ethiopia, Shashemene
Wondo Genet College of Forestry
Etoga, Gilles
Unknown Affiliation
Ehringhaus, Christiane
Indonesia, Bogor
Center for International Forestry Research, West Java
Anati, Jacob
South Korea
Ghanaian Ministry of Food and Agriculture (mofa)
Quarm, Osofo Dankama Kwasi
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Campbell, Bruce M.
Indonesia, Bogor
Center for International Forestry Research, West Java
Denmark, Copenhagen
Cgiar Research Program on Climate Change
Statistics
Citations: 47
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00095.x
e-ISSN:
1755263X
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Ghana