Jonas I. Hein

Indonesia‚Äôs commitment to reducing land-based greenhouse gas emissions  significantly includes the expansion of conservation areas, but these developments  are not free of conflicts. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of agrarian  conflicts in the context of the implementation of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions  from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and forest carbon offsetting in  Indonesia, a country where deforestation is a major issue.  The author analyzes new kinds of transnational agrarian conflicts which  have strong implications for global environmental justice in the REDD+ pilot  province of Jambi on the island of Sumatra. The chapters cover: the rescaling of  the governance of forests; privatization of conservation; and the transnational  dimensions of agrarian conflicts and peasants‚Äô resistance in the context of  REDD+. The book builds on an innovative conceptual approach linking  political ecology, politics of scale and theories of power. It fills an important  knowledge and research gap by focusing on the socially differentiated impacts  of REDD+ and new forest carbon offsetting initiatives in Southeast Asia,  providing a multi-scalar perspective.  It is aimed at scholars in the areas of political ecology, human geography,  climate change mitigation, forest and natural resource management, as well as  environmental justice and agrarian studies.

Political Ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia

Jonas I. Hein

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