MainDB: Pro-poor analysis of REDD+ activities in the Yucatan Peninsula

Title: Pro-poor analysis of REDD+ activities in the Yucatan Peninsula
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NWPGeographicRegion: North America
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Good practices and lessons learned: The limitation of REDD+’s contribution to poverty alleviation in the Yucatan Peninsula is that it is not the local poor who are causing carbon emissions, but primarily better-off groups. Hence it is probable that compensation for reduced emissions will in the first instance target the less poor, thus increasing income gaps between the poor and better-off groups.
 
An initial condition to promote a pro-poor approach to benefit sharing is to involve vulnerable groups in this planning process. REDD+ interventions should include individuals, households, and collective groups.
 
Activities increasing the productivity of subsistence farming without increasing forest degradation could benefit a large number of the relatively poor.
 
Enhanced local management and governance would benefit all, including the poor.
 
Subsidies focusing on households (rather than collectively through representatives of local communities, as it is common practice in some programmes) and not requiring land rights (as is the case with many agricultural subsidies) can benefit poorer groups more effectively.
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Adaptation element: Adaptation planning and practices; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme: Agriculture; Biodiversity
Climate hazard: Land and forest degradation; Loss of biodiversity
Country: Mexico
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Description: The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential for pro-poor REDD+ benefit sharing in the region known as Yucatan Peninsula (comprising the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatan) in Mexico, considering the prevalent drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and the possible alternatives to address them, and assessing the impacts of each of these strategies on different local social groups. The evaluation of these impacts is based on a brief description of the livelihoods and living standards of different social groups of rural communities. The analyses presented here consider the identification of local poorer groups and their prototypical involvement in the main drivers of emissions and potential engagement in REDD+ activities. 
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Further information: Find more information here: https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/49249

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NWPJoinDate: 06/08/2021
NWPPartner: International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Target group: Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
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NWPOutcome: The information generated can be used as “cross-reference” tools for the analysis and the design of pro-poor interventions that can be replicated and adapted to a specific condition. A pro-poor approach implies that REDD+ benefits flow to both the poorer and the better-off groups of rural areas. If REDD+ activities are to be pro-poor they would have to improve productivity, technology transfer, and access to markets for poorer groups. These actions will add economic value to sustainable practices allowing reinvestment and recapitalization.
 
The preparation of climate-effective land use plans can be particularly beneficial for the poor if they receive access to land, if collective parcels are defined or if they are included in economic activities.
 
The household is the smallest and most critical economic organizational unit in rural economies where decisions on how to allocate labor and other resources are made; it is also the primary institution and safety network in rural economies, particularly for the poor. It will be difficult for REDD+ to prevent long-term decapitalisation linked to land sales given its voluntary nature and large opportunity costs. Nevertheless, strengthening social capital at the household scale and financing sustainable development plans may reduce this process, particularly if REDD+ is able to promote the inclusion of social and environmental values and costs in supply chains and industries, the financial sector, and consumer behavior.
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NWPReferences: Balderas Torres, A., Skutsch, M. and de los Rios Ibarra, E. (2020). Pro-poor analysis of REDD+ activities in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Technical Series: Forest Governance and Economics, No. 8. San Jose, Costa Rica: IUCN and CIGA. xvii + 125pp. Available at: https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/49249
Implementing partners: Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental (CIGA) of UNAM. Conducting data collection and analysis.
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