Governance, forests and REDD+ in Latin America
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REDD+ is a potentially significant financial mechanism for shifting the incentives from deforestation and land use change to forest conservation and sustainability. Even though REDD+ is not primarily a governance instrument, it will affect or be affected by forest governance: it can either improve forest governance or be undermined by its failures. REDD+ depends on good forest governance if it is to be efficient, effective and equitable.
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