How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+

This paper investigates the adoption of discourses on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) across different national contexts. It draws on institutional theories to develop and test a number of hypotheses on the role of shared beliefs and politico-economic institution...

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Autores principales: Gregorio, M. di, Gallemore, C., Brockhaus, Maria, Fatorelli, L., Muharrom, E.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95336
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author Gregorio, M. di
Gallemore, C.
Brockhaus, Maria
Fatorelli, L.
Muharrom, E.
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description This paper investigates the adoption of discourses on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) across different national contexts. It draws on institutional theories to develop and test a number of hypotheses on the role of shared beliefs and politico-economic institutions in determining the discursive choices of policy actors. The results show that win–win ecological modernization discourse, embraced by powerful government agencies and international actors, dominates national REDD+ policy arenas. This discourse is challenged primarily by a minority reformist civic environmentalist discourse put forward primarily by domestic NGOs. We find evidence that countries with a less democratic political system and large-scale primary sector investments facilitate the adoption of reconciliatory ecological modernization discourse, which may not directly challenge the drivers of deforestation. Policy actors who believe in and are engaged in market-based approaches to REDD+ are much more likely to adopt ecological modernization discourses, compared to policy actors who work on community development and livelihoods issues.
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spelling CGSpace953362025-06-17T08:24:21Z How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+ Gregorio, M. di Gallemore, C. Brockhaus, Maria Fatorelli, L. Muharrom, E. climate change institutions governance mitigation forest management policies This paper investigates the adoption of discourses on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) across different national contexts. It draws on institutional theories to develop and test a number of hypotheses on the role of shared beliefs and politico-economic institutions in determining the discursive choices of policy actors. The results show that win–win ecological modernization discourse, embraced by powerful government agencies and international actors, dominates national REDD+ policy arenas. This discourse is challenged primarily by a minority reformist civic environmentalist discourse put forward primarily by domestic NGOs. We find evidence that countries with a less democratic political system and large-scale primary sector investments facilitate the adoption of reconciliatory ecological modernization discourse, which may not directly challenge the drivers of deforestation. Policy actors who believe in and are engaged in market-based approaches to REDD+ are much more likely to adopt ecological modernization discourses, compared to policy actors who work on community development and livelihoods issues. 2017-07 2018-07-03T11:02:48Z 2018-07-03T11:02:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95336 en Open Access Elsevier Di Gregorio, M., Gallemore, C., Brockhaus, M., Fatorelli, L., Muharrom, E.. 2017. How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse : Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+. Global Environmental Change, 45 : 133-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.05.006
spellingShingle climate change
institutions
governance
mitigation
forest management
policies
Gregorio, M. di
Gallemore, C.
Brockhaus, Maria
Fatorelli, L.
Muharrom, E.
How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+
title How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+
title_full How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+
title_fullStr How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+
title_full_unstemmed How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+
title_short How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+
title_sort how institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse evidence from an eight country survey on redd
topic climate change
institutions
governance
mitigation
forest management
policies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95336
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