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REDD+ Governance in
Papua New Guinea Sophie Pascoe
Australian Volunteer for International Development
PNG Update 18-19 June, 2015
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Introduction
• Background on REDD+
• Research Question
• Analytical Framework
• Politics of Scale Analysis of REDD+ in PNG
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What is REDD+?
• ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’
• Market based mitigation measure that pays developing countries to reduce emissions from deforestation
• Promoted as effective and cost efficient solution to climate change
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History of REDD+
REDD+ proposed
to UNFCCC
April-Salumei
pilot project
initiated
2005 2007 2008 2009 2010
REDD+ accepted
by UNFCCC
PNG chosen as pilot
country for UN-REDD
OCCES replaced
with OCCD
Bali Climate
Talks
OCCES established
in PNG
Reports of
‘carbon cowboys’
McKinsey & Co draft national REDD+ policies
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Research Question
• From a politics of scale perspective, what inequalities are produced by the current governance system of REDD+ in Papua New Guinea?
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Politics of Scale
Global
National
Local
• Scale seen as socially and politically constructed
• Response to globalisation, growing networks of global governance, new transnational threats
• Challenges traditional hierarchy between the global, national and local scales
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Politics of Scale Framework
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April-Salumei Case Study
• Initiated in 2009
• 521,000ha in the East Sepik Province
• FMA established in 1996 for logging
• Population of 20,000
• 163 Incorporated Land Groups
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Global Priorities vs. Local Concerns
Global Priorities
• Global emissions reductions • Validation and certification
to commodify carbon
Local Concerns
• Land and carbon tenure • Livelihoods: subsistence
agriculture, cultural practices
Local voices excluded
from negotiations
Global managerial priorities dominate
REDD+ program
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National Objectives vs. Local Aspirations
National Objectives
• Economic growth: project revenue, increased investment, reduced spending
• National conservation goals
Local Aspirations
• Burden placed on communities • Danger of no financial or
service additionality
Limited opportunity
for local participation
in policy process
National agencies and
policies govern
development of REDD+
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Local Elites vs. Marginalised Groups
Local Elites
• Current benefit distribution system susceptible to elite capture
Marginalised Groups
• Uncertainties over land and carbon tenure can produce inequalities
Global and national
governance overshadow
local inequalities
Risk of elite capture of
benefits at the local scale
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Conclusion
• REDD+ presents an important development opportunity for PNG
• An integrated approach to the governance of REDD+ needs to be developed
• Global priorities, national objectives and local concerns must be balanced
• Communities should be enabled to meaningfully participate in decision making
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“For the developed countries it is carbon, but for us it is life. Forest is life and so REDD should be seen from how the indigenous people and how the local communities will be affected because most of their life is dependent on that.”
- Customary Landowner