The impact of REDD+ on environmental governance and deforestation: A comparative case study of Peru and two subnational Units
Journal: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA) (University of Bergen)
Year: 2019

Peru adopted a “nested approach” to REDD+ in 2008. The nested approach can teach us a lot about environmental governance and deforestation, because Peru develops REDD+ the on local, regional and national level. The international REDD+ society regard the national approach as more effective for reducing deforestation because it can build capacity and promote policies on the national level. On the other hand, scholars of community based-natural resource management (CBNRM) argue that decentralizatio