Territorialization of the REDD + strategy in the Bribri indigenous people, Talamanca, Costa Rica

Abstract This article explores how the attempt of implementing REDD+ affects livelihoods and nature valuation Bribri indigenous people in Talamanca, Costa Rica. The analysis is done using a case study, discourse collective hermeneutics documents interviews produced by international, national, local social actors. Controversies strategy have been manifested initiative’s de/re/territorialization processes. These processes are legitimized technocratic discursive strategies associated with climate change mitigation, multilateral negotiations, adapted national institutions for purposes not aligned interests communities. It concluded that implementation REDD + territories Rica gives way to i) commoditization nature, participation traditional forms governance; ii) consolidation eco-governmentality based on fragmentation nature; iii) building representations vulnerable impoverished people, thus justifying intervention their territories.