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REDD: a reckoning of environment and development implications.

Jaboury Ghazoul1, Rhett A Butler, Javier Mateo-Vega

  • 1Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, CHN G 73.1 Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland. jaboury.ghazoul@env.ethz.ch

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|April 27, 2010
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Financial incentives for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (REDD) may overlook broader economic and social costs. A full accounting of REDD

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental economics
  • Forestry policy
  • Sustainable development

Background:

  • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (REDD) offers financial incentives to curb deforestation.
  • Current REDD compensation models may underestimate true costs by omitting downstream economic and sociopolitical impacts.
  • Forest land use generates employment and wealth in processing and service industries.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the full economic, social, and political costs of REDD.
  • To advocate for comprehensive compensation that includes downstream values and sociopolitical consequences.
  • To ensure REDD implementation benefits, rather than harms, forest communities and regional development.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of opportunity costs in REDD compensation.
  • Assessment of downstream economic contributions of current land uses.
  • Evaluation of sociopolitical impacts, including demographic shifts and government revenue.

Main Results:

  • REDD compensation based solely on opportunity costs can be insufficient.
  • Exclusion from forest lands can lead to demographic changes.
  • Reduced commodity production may decrease tax revenues, impacting public investment and regional development.

Conclusions:

  • REDD's true costs encompass more than direct land-use opportunity costs.
  • Comprehensive compensation must account for lost employment, industry revenue, and sociopolitical stability.
  • Policy adjustments are needed to ensure REDD supports equitable forest community development and regional progress.