The Impact of Climate Change Mitigation on Indigenous and Forest Communities Hardcover

Maureen Frances Tehan

The international legal framework for valuing the carbon stored in forests, known as 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation'(REDD+), will have a major impact on indigenous peoples and forest communities. The REDD+ regime contains many assumptions about the identity, tenure and rights of indigenous and local communities who inhabit, use or claim rights to forested lands. The authors bring together expert analysis of public international law, climate change treaties, property law, human rights and indigenous customary land tenure to provide a systemic account of the laws governing forest carbon sequestration and their interaction. Their work covers recent developments in climate change law, including the Agreement from the Conference of the Parties in Paris that came into force in 2016. The Impact of Climate Change Mitigation on Indigenous and Forest Communities is a rich and much-needed contribution to contemporary understanding of this topic. Book Description: An examination of REDD+ impact on indigenous and forest communities, and its interaction with international and domestic law including biodiversity, tenure and human rights. The book provides an in-depth analysis of indigenous peoples and local forest-dependent community rights affected by international climate change law scholarship, appealing to scholars, students and professionals in the field.

1107074266

English

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

2017