In a new response to the ‘Eliasch Review’, the London-based Overseas Development Institute has warned that ‘capacity strengthening’ of long-neglected forestry institutions in order to undertake REDD programmes could take ‘decades’. ODI states that the challenge of overcoming bad forest governance in the tropics has been understated, as ”recent attempts by the international community to support sustainable forest management do not give much cause for optimism. Twenty years of experience shows that international funding does not necessarily secure improved, sustainable outcomes”. ODI has also warned that the review is “over-optimistic” concerning the problem of measuring and monitoring ‘avoided deforestation’.
As this short article concisely covers many of the key issues at stake in the current REDD debate, we include it here in full.
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