The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: Does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity?
Certification standard bodies in climate governance are assumed to function as independent third parties agencies in transactions, providing trust and transparency to ensure that the calculation of carbon credits is reliable. This article investigates the validity of this assumption for the voluntary forest carbon market by analysing the environmental credibility of baseline scenarios of two certified REDD+ projects, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the Maï Ndombe REDD+ Project) and in Madagascar (The CAZ REDD+ Project). Authors show that these two certified REDD+ projects resemble 'virtual emission reduction machines' designed to inflate the production of carbon credits and that they do not structurally change the local economy characteristics which drive deforestation. The design of both REDD+ and certification standards business models leads almost inevitably to the decision to use a baseline scenario with high deforestation rates and to limited interventions in the field. The need to deal with the carbon market's price volatility and to cover the fixed costs of certification exacerbates this trend towards inflated baselines, which also assists in the reduction of land use conflicts with local populations.
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dig-cirad-fr-5806952024-01-28T23:32:09Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/580695/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/580695/ The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: Does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity? Seyller C., Desbureaux Sébastien, Ongolo Symphorien, Karsenty Alain, Simonet Gabriela, Faure Jacques, Brimont Laura. 2016. International Forestry Review, 18 (2) : 231-246.https://doi.org/10.1505/146554816818966273 <https://doi.org/10.1505/146554816818966273> The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: Does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity? Seyller, C. Desbureaux, Sébastien Ongolo, Symphorien Karsenty, Alain Simonet, Gabriela Faure, Jacques Brimont, Laura eng 2016 International Forestry Review K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales K70 - Dégâts causés aux forêts et leur protection P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières P40 - Météorologie et climatologie E14 - Économie et politique du développement E11 - Économie et politique foncières forêt tropicale déboisement réduction des émissions changement climatique séquestration du carbone certification des forêts politique forestière aménagement forestier économie foncière économie de l'environnement utilisation des terres gouvernance protection de la forêt communauté rurale montant compensatoire http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24904 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15590 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331597 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1666 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331583 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1374842419851 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3060 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16129 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_25195 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92350 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4182 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37882 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28075 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6700 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28654 République démocratique du Congo Madagascar http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8500 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4510 Certification standard bodies in climate governance are assumed to function as independent third parties agencies in transactions, providing trust and transparency to ensure that the calculation of carbon credits is reliable. This article investigates the validity of this assumption for the voluntary forest carbon market by analysing the environmental credibility of baseline scenarios of two certified REDD+ projects, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the Maï Ndombe REDD+ Project) and in Madagascar (The CAZ REDD+ Project). Authors show that these two certified REDD+ projects resemble 'virtual emission reduction machines' designed to inflate the production of carbon credits and that they do not structurally change the local economy characteristics which drive deforestation. The design of both REDD+ and certification standards business models leads almost inevitably to the decision to use a baseline scenario with high deforestation rates and to limited interventions in the field. The need to deal with the carbon market's price volatility and to cover the fixed costs of certification exacerbates this trend towards inflated baselines, which also assists in the reduction of land use conflicts with local populations. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/580695/1/REDD%2B%20projects%20Seyller%20et%20al.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1505/146554816818966273 10.1505/146554816818966273 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1505/146554816818966273 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1505/146554816818966273 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/purl/http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1505/146554816818966273 |
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Certification standard bodies in climate governance are assumed to function as independent third parties agencies in transactions, providing trust and transparency to ensure that the calculation of carbon credits is reliable. This article investigates the validity of this assumption for the voluntary forest carbon market by analysing the environmental credibility of baseline scenarios of two certified REDD+ projects, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the Maï Ndombe REDD+ Project) and in Madagascar (The CAZ REDD+ Project). Authors show that these two certified REDD+ projects resemble 'virtual emission reduction machines' designed to inflate the production of carbon credits and that they do not structurally change the local economy characteristics which drive deforestation. The design of both REDD+ and certification standards business models leads almost inevitably to the decision to use a baseline scenario with high deforestation rates and to limited interventions in the field. The need to deal with the carbon market's price volatility and to cover the fixed costs of certification exacerbates this trend towards inflated baselines, which also assists in the reduction of land use conflicts with local populations. |
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Seyller, C. Desbureaux, Sébastien Ongolo, Symphorien Karsenty, Alain Simonet, Gabriela Faure, Jacques Brimont, Laura |
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Seyller, C. Desbureaux, Sébastien Ongolo, Symphorien Karsenty, Alain Simonet, Gabriela Faure, Jacques Brimont, Laura |
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The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: Does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity? |
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The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: Does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity? |
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The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: Does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity? |
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The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: Does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity? |
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The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: Does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity? |
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'virtual economy' of redd+ projects: does private certification of redd+ projects ensure their environmental integrity? |
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