Key messages
- As one of the leading countries in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land use, Peru has established a regulatory framework for compensation for emissions reductions through carbon markets.
- Compensation for emissions reductions through mechanisms such as REDD+ can potentially affect the economic and social well-being of the forest-dependent communities that are part of REDD+ projects.
- To assess the implications of REDD+ for local well-being, it is essential to understand local perspectives about what constitutes well-being and how REDD+ has affected it.
- In two REDD+ sites in the Peruvian Amazon, there is consensus that education and health are key dimensions of local well-being. The importance of other dimensions varies across groups, with more pronounced differences between sociocultural groups (rural vs. indigenous populations) than between genders (male-dominated vs. female groups).
- REDD+ did not have a consistent impact on locally identified dimensions of well-being. However, we found a negative impact on subjective well-being at one site, possibly due to a lack of transparency and unmet expectations around local benefits.
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TI - Impacts of REDD+ through a local lens: Perspectives on well-being in the Peruvian Amazon
AU - Cubas-Baez, A.
AU - Sills, E.O.
AB - Key messagesAs one of the leading countries in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land use, Peru has established a regulatory framework for compensation for emissions reductions through carbon markets.Compensation for emissions reductions through mechanisms such as REDD+ can potentially affect the economic and social well-being of the forest-dependent communities that are part of REDD+ projects.To assess the implications of REDD+ for local well-being, it is essential to understand local perspectives about what constitutes well-being and how REDD+ has affected it.In two REDD+ sites in the Peruvian Amazon, there is consensus that education and health are key dimensions of local well-being. The importance of other dimensions varies across groups, with more pronounced differences between sociocultural groups (rural vs. indigenous populations) than between genders (male-dominated vs. female groups).REDD+ did not have a consistent impact on locally identified dimensions of well-being. However, we found a negative impact on subjective well-being at one site, possibly due to a lack of transparency and unmet expectations around local benefits.
PY - 2024
PB - CIFOR-ICRAF
PP - Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya
UR - https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/9088/
DO - https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor-icraf/009088
KW - climate change, finance, forestry, investment, land use, mitigation, policy analysis
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%T Impacts of REDD+ through a local lens: Perspectives on well-being in the Peruvian Amazon
%A Cubas-Baez, A.
%A Sills, E.O.
%D 2024
%I CIFOR-ICRAF
%C Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya
%U https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/9088/
%R https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor-icraf/009088
%X Key messagesAs one of the leading countries in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land use, Peru has established a regulatory framework for compensation for emissions reductions through carbon markets.Compensation for emissions reductions through mechanisms such as REDD+ can potentially affect the economic and social well-being of the forest-dependent communities that are part of REDD+ projects.To assess the implications of REDD+ for local well-being, it is essential to understand local perspectives about what constitutes well-being and how REDD+ has affected it.In two REDD+ sites in the Peruvian Amazon, there is consensus that education and health are key dimensions of local well-being. The importance of other dimensions varies across groups, with more pronounced differences between sociocultural groups (rural vs. indigenous populations) than between genders (male-dominated vs. female groups).REDD+ did not have a consistent impact on locally identified dimensions of well-being. However, we found a negative impact on subjective well-being at one site, possibly due to a lack of transparency and unmet expectations around local benefits.
%K climate change
%K finance
%K forestry
%K investment
%K land use
%K mitigation
%K policy analysis
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CIFOR-ICRAF: Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya
Publication year
2024
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Language
English
Keywords
climate change, finance, forestry, investment, land use, mitigation, policy analysis
Geographic
Peru
