Ashwin Ravikumar

Jazmin Gonzales Tovar

Anne M. Larson

Laura F. Kowler

Key points Local governments, indigenous organizations, producer groups and government agriculture offices are noticeably absent from broad regional REDD+ discussions about benefit sharing.The legitimacy of project-level benefit-sharing arrangements may be compromised if existing locally recognized institutions and actors are not integrated into both the design and implementation of benefit-sharing schemes.Non-monetary benefits are currently more important than direct cash payments in existing benefit-sharing arrangements in Peru, especially because of the absence or delay of carbon payments.

REDD+ and other low emissions options in Peru

The legitimacy of multilevel governance structures for benefit sharing

Laura Kowler

In this guide, the elaboration of alternative future scenarios is followed by the application of a simplified tool to model the carbon emissions patterns and outcomes of each option; this tool will be provided separately on the project web site and does not necessarily need to be included in the workshop activities. Finally, the workshop concludes with a discussion of pathways for reaching desirable scenarios, including of multilevel governance and the development of criteria and indicators for change. Any part of the methods can be adapted for particular needs.

Governance, land use and carbon management at the landscape scale

Building future scenarios

Laura F Kowler

Anne M Larson

Dawn Rodriguez-Ward

Carol Burga

Who makes land use decisions, how are decisions made, and who influences whom, how and why? This working paper is part of a series based on research studying multilevel decision-making institutions and processes. The series is aimed at providing insight into why efforts to keep forests standing, such as initiatives like Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), are still so far from altering development trajectories. It underlines the importance of understanding the politics of multilevel governance in forest, land and climate policy and practice, and identifies potential ways forward.

Analyzing multilevel governance in Peru: Lessons for REDD+ from the study of land-use change and benefit sharing in Madre de Dios, Ucayali and San Martin

Jazmin Gonzales Tovar

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