Explaining REDD+ Effectiveness

Abstract

Abstract The chapter undertakes an analysis of the implementation of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) of the UN climate change regime in Tanzania and Uganda. This includes a review of patterns of donor support for REDD+ before passing to an analysis of the evaluation framework for REDD+ being pursued in each country and, finally, concluding with analysis of the strategic coordination of REDD+ across the state apparatus. While Tanzania was a recipient of considerable donor support, Tanzania’s development policy paradigm predisposed the central government to not treat REDD+ as a genuine development opportunity. In contrast, a convergence in Uganda of state development interests in the forest sector and a development policy paradigm of liberal neodevelopmentalism has seen the Ugandan central government slowly build an innovative REDD+ program that is integrated in its national development planning process.