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Title (Primary) Stakeholders’ incentives for land-use change and REDD: the case of Indonesia
Author Irawan, S.; Tacconi, L.; Ring, I.
Source Titel APNEG Working Paper
Year 2011
Department OEKON
Volume 2
Page To 33
Language englisch
Keywords REDD+, Deforestation, Opportunity Costs, Discount rates, Decentralisation, Indonesia
Abstract

The opportunity costs of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) accruing to different stakeholders in Indonesia, including companies and the national, provincial and district level governments, are estimated, with particular emphasis on the influence of alternative discount rates. An analysis of the opportunity costs of avoided deforestation is conducted. The three major land-use activities considered are commercial logging, timber and oil palm plantation. The opportunity cost of oil palm plantations on mineral soil preceded by logging of degraded forest is prohibitively high. REDD+ measures that impose restrictions on the development of those land-use activities would lead to a substantial loss of public revenues at the various government levels. The design of a national REDD+ scheme needs, therefore, to take into account the opportunity costs faced by subnational governments. To influence their behaviour towards land-use change, REDD+ schemes need to create a direct link between the distribution of public revenues and district governments’ decisions on land-use activities in their localities.

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Irawan, S., Tacconi, L., Ring, I. (2011):
Stakeholders’ incentives for land-use change and REDD: the case of Indonesia
APNEG Working Paper 2
Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Governance, The Australian National University, 33 pp.