Considering land tenure in REDD+ participatory measurement, reporting, and verification: A case study from Indonesia.

ABSTRACT: Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems are thought to be essential for effective carbon accounting and joint REDD+ carbon, conservation, and social development goals. Community participation in MRV (PMRV) has been shown to be both cost effective and accurate, as well as a method to potentially advance stakeholder empowerment and perceptions of legitimacy. Recognizing land tenure as a long-standing point of tension in REDD+ planning, we argue that its engagement also has a key role to play in developing a legitimate PMRV. Using household surveys, key informant interviews, and participatory mapping exercises, we present three 'lived' land tenure contexts in Indonesia to highlight their socially and ecologically situated natures and to consider the role of tenure pluralism in

SUBMITTER: Felker ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5390967 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature