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REDD+ Politics in the Media: A Case Study from Tanzania

Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2013), vii, 20 pp.

Contains 8 figures

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"The report concluded there was low climate change coverage in Tanzania from 2005 to 2008, but that coverage increased just after 2009; this was mainly due to international negotiations and agreements around the world that played a major role in shaping the REDD+ discourse, including in Tanzania. Most articles published from 2009 touched on how REDD+ will fit into the country in relation to the existing tenure system, benefit sharing and opportunity cost in relation to other land uses and resource ownership rights. There were debates on how REDD+ and conservation will improve economic growth and boost livelihood conditions. As the country was getting more and more of a grip on what REDD+ is all about, the discourse started to shift between scales; media started to get curious about issues such as benefit sharing, the carbon accounting system, and monitoring and verification. This has raised stakes and interest both for and against REDD+. The pro-REDD+ side — mainly civil society organizations (CSOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) — see REDD+ as a game changer, while doubting it could fit with existing policies and the institutional framework of natural resources governance and management in Tanzania." (Executive summary)
1 Introduction, 1
2 Background, 2
3 Methodology: Newspaper selection and coding, 5
4 Results, 7
5 Conclusion, 17