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Identifying and Working with Beneficiaries When Rights Are Unclear : Insights for REDD+ Initiatives

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dc.contributor.authorBruce, John
dc.contributor.otherNielsen, Robin
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-11T15:40:05Z
dc.date.available2013-03-11T15:40:05Z
dc.date.issued2012-02
dc.description.abstractExpert statements indicate that annually approximately 20 billion dollars will be needed to prevent 90 percent deforestation in tropical countries. Development practitioners are eager to see the benefits from REDD plus initiatives shared with local partners. Equally important to understanding how local partners might benefit are questions such as, who should derive benefits from REDD plus initiatives, and how to ensure these initiatives reach the affected households, individuals, communities, companies, and government units. Getting benefit-sharing rights is fundamental, as it will determine how REDD plus initiatives serve a broader development agenda and prevent them from centralizing decision making and enabling elite capture. This paper examines how to address this challenge by adopting a legal pluralism framework and discussing the potential role of legal instruments such as contracts. While the analysis focuses largely on REDD plus activities that involve land, forests, and carbon sequestration, many of the principles suggested are applicable in a broad sense to REDD plus projects dealing with energy and other matters. This paper explores the substantive legal issues and procedural options for identifying beneficiaries in such contexts and ways of working with them despite the legal uncertainty. It gives considerable attention to process, an approach reflecting the diversity of the situations on the ground. To explore these issues, the paper draws upon several relevant bodies of learning on forestry projects and programs, including the literatures on land, tree and forest tenure, legal pluralism, forest project design and implementation, the protection of indigenous peoples, and resettlement issues associated with development projects. The paper also explores how contracts or agreements could be used to work with the beneficiaries and clearly capture the different parties' rights and responsibilities. It examines experiences discussed in the literature, and reviews three good practice projects. Lessons are drawn from both those projects and earlier relevant experiences.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16561275/identifying-working-beneficiaries-rights-unclear
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/12621
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherProgram on Forests (PROFOR), Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACTIONS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAPPLICABLE LAW
dc.subjectAUTHORITY
dc.subjectBENEFIT STREAMS
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCARBON CREDITS
dc.subjectCARBON MARKET
dc.subjectCARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subjectCARBON SINKS
dc.subjectCARBON STORAGE
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectCIVIL LAW
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCOMMON LAW
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTY
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY FOREST
dc.subjectCOMPENSATION
dc.subjectCOMPENSATIONS
dc.subjectCONDITIONALITY
dc.subjectCONSERVATION SOCIETY
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCOURT
dc.subjectCOURTS
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY LAW
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY PRACTICES
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM
dc.subjectEMINENT DOMAIN
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
dc.subjectEUROPEAN UNION
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFISHING
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST CARBON
dc.subjectFOREST CARBON STOCKS
dc.subjectFOREST COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectFOREST CONSERVATION
dc.subjectFOREST DEGRADATION
dc.subjectFOREST EDGE
dc.subjectFOREST LAND
dc.subjectFOREST LANDS
dc.subjectFOREST LAW
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFOREST OWNERS
dc.subjectFOREST OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectFOREST POLICY
dc.subjectFOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subjectFOREST PROJECT
dc.subjectFOREST REGENERATION
dc.subjectFOREST RESERVE
dc.subjectFOREST RESOURCE
dc.subjectFOREST RESOURCES
dc.subjectFOREST USE
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectFORESTRY PROJECTS
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectHETEROGENEITY
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS FOREST
dc.subjectINHERITANCE
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectINTERNAL CONFLICTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subjectISLAMIC LAW
dc.subjectJURISPRUDENCE
dc.subjectLAND ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectLAND GRABBING
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAW ENFORCEMENT
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGAL AUTHORITY
dc.subjectLEGAL CHANGES
dc.subjectLEGAL ENTITY
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLEGAL INSTRUMENTS
dc.subjectLEGAL ISSUES
dc.subjectLEGAL PLURALISM
dc.subjectLEGAL POSITION
dc.subjectLEGAL REFORMS
dc.subjectLEGAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectLEGAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLEGITIMACY
dc.subjectLITIGATION
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEGISLATION
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectORGANIZATIONAL FORMS
dc.subjectOWNERSHIP OF LAND
dc.subjectOWNERSHIP RIGHTS
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPOSSESSION
dc.subjectPRIVATE OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHT
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC LAND
dc.subjectREDUCING EMISSIONS
dc.subjectREFUGEE
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS LAW
dc.subjectRESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectRIVER
dc.subjectROUTE
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSACRED GROVES
dc.subjectSOIL
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE FOREST
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTIMBER
dc.subjectTRADABLE CARBON
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectVIOLATIONS
dc.subjectWILL
dc.titleIdentifying and Working with Beneficiaries When Rights Are Unclear : Insights for REDD+ Initiativesen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.date.disclosure2012-07-31
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Energy-Environment Review
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16561275/identifying-working-beneficiaries-rights-unclear
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid205701468149394677
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000356161_20120801010515
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum16561275
okr.identifier.report71577
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.topicLaw and Development::Legal Products
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicRural Development::Common Property Resource Development
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.unitEnvironment Department (ENV)
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