How is REDD+ unfolding in southern Africa’s dry forests?: a snapshot from Mozambique
| dc.creator | Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Shiela | |
| dc.creator | Sitoe, A. | |
| dc.creator | Salomão, A. | |
| dc.date | 2011 | |
| dc.date | 2012-06-04T09:15:08Z | |
| dc.date | 2012-06-04T09:15:08Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T14:10:54Z | |
| dc.description | Mozambique has high forest cover, a high deforestation rate and severe forest degradation. It is also one of the poorest and most vulnerable countries in the world. Therefore, Mozambique requires a pro-poor REDD+ model that progressively widens its scope to include agriculture and adaptation. Mozambican experts have drafted a national REDD+ strategy, which is currently undergoing government consultation, with public dissemination to follow later in 2011. The main REDD+ initiatives in Mozambique include a Norwegian-funded South–South cooperation programme with Brazil designed to support REDD+ strategy development, and a Japanese-funded readiness initiative on monitoring, reporting and verification and reference levels. Mozambique has a tradition of stakeholder consultation and relatively inclusive processes. However, to improve the content and acceptance of the REDD+ strategy and subsequent related legislation, greater capacity-building efforts and consultations are needed, especially at subnational levels, amongst communities and in the private sector. Important lessons for REDD+ benefit sharing can be drawn from Mozambique’s innovative—yet still underimplemented—20% timber royalty distribution mechanism, as well as the two ongoing carbon forestry payments for environmental services schemes. Securing financing for REDD+ will be a challenge, and funding REDD+ implementation phases will require pooling resources from different sources. Implementation of a solid, well-developed REDD+ strategy can serve as a powerful framework to attract and coordinate such long-term financing for REDD+. | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20741 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/76339 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Center for International Forestry Research | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S., Sitoe, A., Salomão, A. 2011. How is REDD+ unfolding in southern Africa’s dry forests?: a snapshot from Mozambique . CIFOR Infobrief No.37. Bogor, Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). 8p | |
| dc.subject | redd-plus | |
| dc.subject | climate change | |
| dc.subject | mitigation | |
| dc.subject | payment schemes | |
| dc.subject | payments for environmental services | |
| dc.subject | governance | |
| dc.title | How is REDD+ unfolding in southern Africa’s dry forests?: a snapshot from Mozambique | |
| dc.type | Brief |