Implementing REDD+ in Africa : A Human Rights Perspective / edited by Ademola Oluborode Jegede.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jegede, Ademola Oluborode, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Human rights.

Conflict of laws.

International law.

Comparative law.

Climatology.

Africa--Politics and government.

Africa.

International Environmental Law.

Human Rights.

Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

Climate Sciences.

African Politics.

Local Subjects:

International Environmental Law.

Human Rights.

Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

Climate Sciences.

African Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This book presents a cohesive collection of contributions representing an African scholarly voice on some of the most burning and emerging topics and experiences regarding the implementation of REDD+ in Africa from a human rights perspective. It addresses the international human rights obligations of states and non-state actors in the context of REDD+ implementation in Africa; how current practices in various African states reinforce or affect human rights standards; and critical issues concerning the rights of vulnerable groups such as women, Indigenous populations, and forest dwellers in the implementation of REDD+ in Africa. Further, it investigates potential gaps in the existing laws, and how they can be addressed from a comparative point of view. The book also sheds light on the roles that different actors can play in fostering change and identifies best practices in the implementation of REDD+ in Africa. The book offers a rich intellectual resource for various actors in the environmental science, climate and environmental law fields who are often confronted with the challenge of how to manage the delicate balance of forests as a development resource; forests as a climate-change mitigation resource; and forests as a catalyst for the rights of vulnerable populations. The book responds to the imbalance and gaps in REDD+ scholarship. Addressing such lacuna in an edited volume of this nature is essential to the present and future work of practitioners, academics and other actors with a sustained interest in REDD+ in Africa.

Contents:

PART I: Introduction

REDD+ and Human Rights: Sketching Historical and Conceptual Contours

PART II: REDD+ and Protection of Human Rights

Forest-dependent Communities and A Rights-based Approach in the Implementation of REDD+ in Nigeria

Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the REDD+ of the Republic of Congo

Customary Land Rights of Local Communities and the Implementation of REDD+ in Cameroon

Village Cores’, Rights and the Implementation of REDD+ in Benin

REDDs+ and the Right of Local Populations to Carbon Payments in Africa

PART III: Gender, Decision Making and REDD+

Gender and REDD+ Governance in Malawi: Enhancing Women’s Right to Participation

Gender and the Implementation of REDD+ in Uganda

The Role of the Parliament in the Implementation of REDD+ in Ghana

The Implementation of REDD+ and the Rights and Forest Crimes mix in Nigeria

Legal and Institutional Frameworks on the Implementation of REDD+ in South Sudan

PART IV: Sustainable Development, REDD+ and New Grounds

REDD+ and Agenda 2030 in Africa: A Green Criminology and Rights-based Perspective

Leveraging SFM-REDD+ Towards Sustainable Development in African Island States

Balancing Interests: The Right to Development and the National REDD+ Strategy in Mozambique

A Case for the Participation in the REDD+ to Address the Natural Resources Use and Governance in Botswana

Towards Implementing REDD+ in South Africa: A Human Rights Perspective.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Jegede, Ademola Oluborode Implementing REDD+ in Africa

ISBN:

3-031-39397-X