Evaluating Safeguards in a Conservation Incentive Program: Participation, Consent, and Benefit Sharing in Indigenous Communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Critics suggest that Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) may not generate improvements in well-being for participating stakeholders, and may in fact undermine indigenous rights. To ensure positive social benefits from REDD+ projects, the United Nations REDD Programme...

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Main Authors: Torsten Krause, Wain Collen, Kimberly A. Nicholas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2013-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss4/art1/