Considerable debate has developed in recent years over the potential of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) to either rectify or exacerbate social inequities in tropical forest countries. Despite agreement on the importance of equity issues in REDD+, few studies have considered differences in equity and equitable outcomes as understood at national and local levels, and related context-specific barriers that frustrate the achievement of equitable outcomes. This paper surveys perceptions of REDD+ related challenges to equity and potential solutions of forestry decision-makers and practitioners in three Mekong countries, drawing on responses from two sets of workshops conducted at the national and subnational levels in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam over a two-year period from 2013 to 2015.
This report can also be downloaded from the RECOFTC website.
