Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes
Community-based forest monitoring is seen as a way both to improve community engagement and participation in national environmental payment schemes and climate mitigation priorities and to implement reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and foster conservation, sustainable man...
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| author | Kowler, L.F. Pratihast, A.K. Pérez Ojeda del Arco, A. Larson, A.M. Braun, C. Herold, M. |
| author_browse | Braun, C. Herold, M. Kowler, L.F. Larson, A.M. Pratihast, A.K. Pérez Ojeda del Arco, A. |
| author_facet | Kowler, L.F. Pratihast, A.K. Pérez Ojeda del Arco, A. Larson, A.M. Braun, C. Herold, M. |
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| description | Community-based forest monitoring is seen as a way both to improve community engagement and participation in national environmental payment schemes and climate mitigation priorities and to implement reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and foster conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+). There is a strong assumption among community-based monitoring advocates that community monitoring is a desirable approach. However, it is unclear why community members would want to participate in their own surveillance or be involved in a program likely to limit livelihood uses of forest areas and possibly even sanction them based on the data provided. This paper explores these issues by examining three communities involved in Peru’s Conditional Direct Transfer Program, in which indigenous communities are compensated for protecting communal forests through various mechanisms, including forest monitoring. The case studies focus specifically on communities that received smartphones and were trained in their use for monitoring. The results affirm the importance that benefits outweigh the costs of local participation to sustain motivation. They also point to key factors supporting the legitimacy of the program, specifically to overcome historical tensions between the state and indigenous communities. These include the nature of engagement by program implementers and the importance of building trust over time. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1121372025-02-19T13:42:33Z Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes Kowler, L.F. Pratihast, A.K. Pérez Ojeda del Arco, A. Larson, A.M. Braun, C. Herold, M. community forestry ecosystem services climate change monitoring Community-based forest monitoring is seen as a way both to improve community engagement and participation in national environmental payment schemes and climate mitigation priorities and to implement reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and foster conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+). There is a strong assumption among community-based monitoring advocates that community monitoring is a desirable approach. However, it is unclear why community members would want to participate in their own surveillance or be involved in a program likely to limit livelihood uses of forest areas and possibly even sanction them based on the data provided. This paper explores these issues by examining three communities involved in Peru’s Conditional Direct Transfer Program, in which indigenous communities are compensated for protecting communal forests through various mechanisms, including forest monitoring. The case studies focus specifically on communities that received smartphones and were trained in their use for monitoring. The results affirm the importance that benefits outweigh the costs of local participation to sustain motivation. They also point to key factors supporting the legitimacy of the program, specifically to overcome historical tensions between the state and indigenous communities. These include the nature of engagement by program implementers and the importance of building trust over time. 2020-04-15 2021-03-08T08:19:15Z 2021-03-08T08:19:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112137 en Open Access MDPI Kowler, L.F. Pratihast, A.K. Pérez Ojeda del Arco, A. Larson, A.M. Braun, C. Herold, M. 2020. Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes. Forests, 11 (4): 444. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040444 |
| spellingShingle | community forestry ecosystem services climate change monitoring Kowler, L.F. Pratihast, A.K. Pérez Ojeda del Arco, A. Larson, A.M. Braun, C. Herold, M. Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes |
| title | Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes |
| title_full | Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes |
| title_fullStr | Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes |
| title_short | Aiming for Sustainability and Scalability: Community Engagement in Forest Payment Schemes |
| title_sort | aiming for sustainability and scalability community engagement in forest payment schemes |
| topic | community forestry ecosystem services climate change monitoring |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112137 |
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