Dear Colleagues,
I'd like to draw your attention to a conference on "Beyond carbon: ensuring
justice and equity in REDD+ across levels of governance".
When & where: 23-24 March 2012, St. Anne's College, Oxford, UK.
Call for Papers
Abstracts are invited for the following four themes:
Ecological dimensions of justice and equity in REDD+
Socio-political dimensions of justice and equity in REDD+
Role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in REDD+
How can REDD+ deliver more than carbon benefits?
Please submit an abstract of up to 400 words for oral presentations, specifying
one of the themes above, at htttp://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/redd/index.php.
The deadline is noon GMT, 4 January 2012. Decisions will be sent by 9 January
2012. Full papers should be uploaded by 19 March 2012. Revised papers submitted
to [email protected] by 15 April 2012 will be considered for submission to
a special issue in a high-impact academic journal.
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has
rapidly become a key pillar of international cooperation on climate change.
Since its inception in 2005, REDD+ has grown in scope from being a cheap
mitigation option and opportunity to address the 15-20% of global GHG emissions
attributed to deforestation into a wider set of activities that reach beyond
the carbon dimension of REDD+. They promote forest carbon stocks, sustainable
management of forests and forest conservation as well as deliver co-benefits
such as biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation. A host of state and
non-state actors at all levels of governance have entered this emerging policy
field. This conference takes stock of these developments to date. It addresses
them from both natural and social science perspectives and discusses the role
of justice and equity in current debates on REDD+. Its particular aim is to
discuss the limits and opportunities in deriving co-benefits from REDD+
activities.
For questions please email Maria Mansfield at [email protected].
Call for papers and agenda:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/news/latest/REDD+conference+2012
Full information on the conference: http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/redd/index.php
Best regards,
Heike Schroeder
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Please note new contact details from June 2011:
Dr. Heike Schroeder
Senior Lecturer in Climate Change and International Development
School of International Development
University of East Anglia
Norwich, NR4 7TJ
Tel. 01603 591036
[email protected]
