What have we learned from 15 years of REDD+ policy research? (analysis)

Prof. Maria Brockhaus, Dr. Grace Wong and Dr. Moira Moeliono analyse the success of REDD+ in shifting away from “business-as-usual” deforestation in the tropics in a popular article published by Mongabay.

The REDD+ program was designed to incentivize forest conservation in the Global South, but power imbalances among its many stakeholders may hinder meaningful change. Drawing on over a decade of research, their analysis explores how certain actors may be co-opting sustainability efforts to maintain the status quo. As deforestation persists, the research community must continue questioning who truly benefits from proposed reforms—and whether they bring real transformation or simply reinforce existing power structures.

Read the full article at Mongabay.