Integration of adaptation and mitigation in climate change and forest policies in Indonesia and Vietnam

Forests play a major role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation, but few policies, if any, integrate these two aspects. Using Indonesia and Vietnam as case studies, we identify challenges at the national level but opportunities at the local level. Although both countries demonstrate polit...

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Main Authors: Pham Thu Thuy, Moeliono, M, Locatelli, Bruno, Brockhaus, Maria, Gregorio, M. di, Mardiah, S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: MDPI 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94543
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author Pham Thu Thuy
Moeliono, M
Locatelli, Bruno
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Mardiah, S.
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description Forests play a major role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation, but few policies, if any, integrate these two aspects. Using Indonesia and Vietnam as case studies, we identify challenges at the national level but opportunities at the local level. Although both countries demonstrate political commitment to integrating adaptation and mitigation in their development plans, guidelines for policy and planning treat the two approaches separately. The main challenges identified are lack of knowledge, lack of political will, lack of financial incentives, and fragmentation of mandates and tasks of different government agencies. In contrast, at the local level, integration of mitigation and adaptation is facilitated by subnational autonomy, where mitigation projects might have adaptation co-benefits, and vice versa. Our results also show that many actors have a dual mandate that could bridge adaptation and mitigation if appropriate political and financial incentives are put in place. Successful integration of mitigation and adaptation policies would not only remove contradictions between policies, but also encourage governments that are designing domestic policies to exploit the potential for positive spillovers and realize the benefits of both approaches.
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spelling CGSpace945432025-06-17T08:23:41Z Integration of adaptation and mitigation in climate change and forest policies in Indonesia and Vietnam Pham Thu Thuy Moeliono, M Locatelli, Bruno Brockhaus, Maria Gregorio, M. di Mardiah, S. mitigation adaptation climate change forestry policies Forests play a major role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation, but few policies, if any, integrate these two aspects. Using Indonesia and Vietnam as case studies, we identify challenges at the national level but opportunities at the local level. Although both countries demonstrate political commitment to integrating adaptation and mitigation in their development plans, guidelines for policy and planning treat the two approaches separately. The main challenges identified are lack of knowledge, lack of political will, lack of financial incentives, and fragmentation of mandates and tasks of different government agencies. In contrast, at the local level, integration of mitigation and adaptation is facilitated by subnational autonomy, where mitigation projects might have adaptation co-benefits, and vice versa. Our results also show that many actors have a dual mandate that could bridge adaptation and mitigation if appropriate political and financial incentives are put in place. Successful integration of mitigation and adaptation policies would not only remove contradictions between policies, but also encourage governments that are designing domestic policies to exploit the potential for positive spillovers and realize the benefits of both approaches. 2014 2018-07-03T11:01:23Z 2018-07-03T11:01:23Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94543 en Open Access MDPI Pham, T.T., Moeliono, M., Locatelli, B., Brockhaus, M., Di Gregorio, M., Mardiah, S. . 2014. Integration of adaptation and mitigation in climate change and forest policies in Indonesia and Vietnam Forests, 5 (8) : 2016-2036. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5082016
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Brockhaus, Maria
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Mardiah, S.
Integration of adaptation and mitigation in climate change and forest policies in Indonesia and Vietnam
title Integration of adaptation and mitigation in climate change and forest policies in Indonesia and Vietnam
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title_short Integration of adaptation and mitigation in climate change and forest policies in Indonesia and Vietnam
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adaptation
climate change
forestry policies
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