Keywords: REDD+, Deforestation, Climate Change, Economic Development, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, Public Policy, Political Economy JEL: O19, Q01, Q23, Q28, P48 Acknowledgments This paper benefited substantially from comments received from Frances Seymour. I also appreciate the support and encouragement I received from Frances Seymour, Jonah Busch, and Michele de Nevers in this and earlier research collaborations. I am indebted to Liliana Lozano, Tim Laing, Chip Fay and So Denduangrudee for their detailed case studies of Peru, Guyana and Indonesia. I would furthermore like to thank Emily Foecke-Munden who provided extensive research support, including a detailed systematic review of the literature, and Mallika Snyder who provided additional research assistance as the paper reached its conclusion. Any errors or omissions which remain in the paper are my sole responsibility. Competing or Complementary Strategies? Protecting Indigenous Rights and Paying to Conserve Forests By William Savedoff, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development VERSION: June 22, 2018. review for publication as a CGD Working Paper. Please do not cite without informing the author, William Savedoff (). Comments and corrections would be greatly appreciated. Introduction: Two movements, two strategies Indigenous peoples and tropical forests REDD+ and tropical forests Competing or complementary strategies? Risk and opportunities of REDD+ for indigenous peoples Which risks and opportunities have materialized? Conclusions
Keywords: REDD+, Deforestation, Climate Change, Economic Development, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, Public Policy, Political Economy JEL: O19, Q01, Q23, Q28, P48 Acknowledgments This paper benefited substantially from comments received from Frances Seymour. I also appreciate the support and encouragement I received from Frances Seymour, Jonah Busch, and Michele de Nevers in this and earlier research collaborations. I am indebted to Liliana Lozano, Tim Laing, Chip Fay and So Denduangrudee for their detailed case studies of Peru, Guyana and Indonesia. I would furthermore like to thank Emily Foecke-Munden who provided extensive research support, including a detailed systematic review of the literature, and Mallika Snyder who provided additional research assistance as the paper reached its conclusion. Any errors or omissions which remain in the paper are my sole responsibility. Competing or Complementary Strategies? Protecting Indigenous Rights and Paying to Conserve Forests By William Savedoff, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development VERSION: June 22, 2018. review for publication as a CGD Working Paper. Please do not cite without informing the author, William Savedoff (). Comments and corrections would be greatly appreciated. Introduction: Two movements, two strategies Indigenous peoples and tropical forests REDD+ and tropical forests Competing or complementary strategies? Risk and opportunities of REDD+ for indigenous peoples Which risks and opportunities have materialized? Conclusions