ABOUT BOOK

Indonesia’s 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’ 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.