Forest Preservation in a Changing Climate - Redd+ and Indigenous and Community Rights in Indonesia and Tanzania

This book explores how the transnational legal process for REDD+ has affected human rights in developing countries. This title is also available as Open Access.

List of contents

Introduction: grappling with the REDD+ paradox; 1. The transnational legal process for REDD+; 2. Rights and REDD+ in international and transnational law; 3. Rights and jurisdictional REDD+ in Indonesia; 4. Rights and jurisdictional REDD+ in Tanzania; 5. Rights and project-based REDD+ in Indonesia and Tanzania; 6. Comparing rights and REDD+ in Indonesia and Tanzania; Conclusion: REDD+, rights, and law in a transnational perspective.

About the author

Sébastien Jodoin is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at McGill University, Montréal, and is a member of the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. He previously worked for Amnesty International Canada, the United Nations, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and the Canadian Centre for International Justice.

Summary

This book discusses how a global effort to fight climate change by reducing carbon emissions in the forestry sector in developing countries (known as REDD+) have affected the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in Indonesia and Tanzania. This title is also available as Open Access.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastien Jodoin, Sébastien Jodoin, Sebastien (Mcgill University Jodoin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781316638736
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63873-6
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Environmental, Indigenous Peoples, Forestry & related industries, Forests, rainforests, Environment law, Agribusiness and primary industries, Forests and woodland, Nature conservation law, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity