CONSERVING CARBON IN THE EXTRACTIVE FRONTIERS OF INSULAR SOUTHEAST ASIA: RISKS OR OPPORTUNITIES?
Grant number: FT130100950 | Funding period: 2014 - 2018
Completed
Abstract
Increasingly global climate change governance uses market-based mechanisms to offer forest users financial incentives to maintain forest carbon in the frontiers of Southeast Asia. At the same time, these forest landscapes are rapidly being converted for ‘boom crop’ production such as oil palm and rubber. However, little is known about how carbon governance intersects with such monocropping to affect local livelihoods, property rights and social relations. This project examines how the global market-driven approach, REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Environmental Degradation and Deforestation+), governs forest carbon vis-à-vis commodity production, how this impacts rural livelihoods, and influenc..
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