The context for REDD+ - Drivers, agents and institutions

For participating REDD+ countries, many questions still remain. What are the political implications of a REDD+ mechanism?  How could it be implemented successfully on the ground?  Understanding the complex relationships between the actors, structures and policy process within the national context is vital to ensuring that REDD+ is implemented effectively.

The Global Comparative Study on REDD+ is conducting national country profiles in 12 countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Mozambique, Nepal, Papua New Guinea Peru, Tanzania and Vietnam, to understand the context in which REDD+ policies and processes emerge. The case studies will provide contextual analysis on reference scenarios; mechanisms for funding; costs and benefits; carbon levels; monitoring, reporting, and verification; policy and action coordination; and political reforms.

The case studies examine four areas:

• Drivers of deforestation
• Institutional environment and revenue distribution mechanisms
• Political economy of deforestation and forest degradation
• Political environment of REDD+: actors, events and processes
• The profile of REDD+ on the basis of the 3E+ criteria.

The aim of these country profiles is to inform decision makers, practitioners and donors of opportunities and challenges in implementing a REDD+ mechanism, in order to support evidence-based REDD+ decision-making processes.