Jurisdictional approaches to sustainable development hold tremendous potential for advancing holistic, durable solutions to the intertwined issues of tropical deforestation, rural livelihoods, and food security. With many jurisdictional “experiments” underway around the world, the time is ripe for a systematic assessment.
Earth Innovation Institute (EII), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF-TF) are collaborating on a comprehensive study of these experiments across the Tropics to draw on early lessons. More specifically, the study evaluates progress towards low-emission, sustainable development, including goals and commitments, monitoring and reporting systems, multi-stakeholder governance platforms, and innovative policies and initiatives that are core elements of jurisdictional sustainability. The assessment also includes an in-depth analysis of deforestation and emissions (including drivers and agents of deforestation and forest degradation) and examines the potential implications of low-emission rural development (LED-R) strategies for future emission reductions. It also explores barriers to and opportunities for fostering jurisdictional sustainability.
The report includes analytical briefs about each jurisdiction, as well as an overall synthesis of jurisdictional sustainability across the Tropics. The full report will be published in September 2018, ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit and the Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force Meeting in San Francisco, California.This study focuses on 39 primarily first-level subnational political and administrative divisions (e.g., province, state, etc.) in 12 tropical countries. In 2017-18 we compiled secondary data and conducted interviews with key stakeholders in all jurisdictions on the themes described above. In several jurisdictions, we also implemented the Sustainable Landscapes Rating Tool (SLRT) of the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance to assist in our assessment of jurisdictions’ progress towards LED-R.
Download profiles for the following jurisdictions:
Earth Innovation Institute (EII), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF-TF) are collaborating on a comprehensive study of these experiments across the Tropics to draw on early lessons. More specifically, the study evaluates progress towards low-emission, sustainable development, including goals and commitments, monitoring and reporting systems, multi-stakeholder governance platforms, and innovative policies and initiatives that are core elements of jurisdictional sustainability. The assessment also includes an in-depth analysis of deforestation and emissions (including drivers and agents of deforestation and forest degradation) and examines the potential implications of low-emission rural development (LED-R) strategies for future emission reductions. It also explores barriers to and opportunities for fostering jurisdictional sustainability.
The report includes analytical briefs about each jurisdiction, as well as an overall synthesis of jurisdictional sustainability across the Tropics. The full report will be published in September 2018, ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit and the Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force Meeting in San Francisco, California.This study focuses on 39 primarily first-level subnational political and administrative divisions (e.g., province, state, etc.) in 12 tropical countries. In 2017-18 we compiled secondary data and conducted interviews with key stakeholders in all jurisdictions on the themes described above. In several jurisdictions, we also implemented the Sustainable Landscapes Rating Tool (SLRT) of the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance to assist in our assessment of jurisdictions’ progress towards LED-R.
Download profiles for the following jurisdictions:
- Brazil: Acre, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Amazonas, Maranhão, Amapa, Tocantins
- Indonesia: Aceh, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Sintang District, West Papua, Gorontalo
- Colombia: Caquetá, Putumayo
- Malaysia: Sabah
- Côte d'Ivoire: Bélier, and Cavally
- Mexico: Campeche, Chiapas, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatán
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Maï Ndombe
- Mozambique: Zambezia
- Nigeria: Cross River
- Ethiopia: Oromia
- Peru: Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali, Amazonas, Huánuco
- Ecuador: Pastaza
- Kenya: Nandi, Nakuru
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Publication year
2018
Authors
Stickler, C.; Duchelle, A.E.; Ardila, J.P.; Nepstad, D.; David, O.; Chan, C.; Rojas, J.G.; Vargas, R.; Bezzera, T.; Pritchard, L.; Simmonds, J.; Durbin, J.; Simonet, G.; Peteru, S.; Komalasari, M.; DiGiano, M.; Warren, M.
Language
English
Keywords
deforestation, livelihoods, food security, sustainable development, policy, climate change
