Beyond “Landscape” in REDD+: The Imperative for “Territory”

Michael K. McCall

World Development, 2016, vol. 85, issue C, 58-72

Abstract: This paper problematizes the use of the “landscape” concept as the perspective in forest governance and REDD+ discourse, especially as it affects ownership claims and management of forest space. This study advocates the contrasting concept of “territory” as essential to spatial justice in community-held forest lands and for effectivity in REDD+ projects. Whereas landscape in REDD+ discourse is a basic unit of resolution for biophysical, especially conservationist, analysis; territory refers to spatial units embedded in tenurial entitlements, and thus in governance and the execution of management.

Keywords: REDD+; landscape; territorialization; forest governance; indigenous local communities; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.05.001

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