Kebec, Philomena --- "REDD+: climate justice or a new face of manifest destiny? Lessons drawn from the indigenous struggle to resist colonization of Ojibwe Forests in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" [2013] ELECD 241; in Abate, S. Randall; Kronk, Ann Elizabeth (eds), "Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) 178

Book Title: Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

Editor(s): Abate, S. Randall; Kronk, Ann Elizabeth

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781001790

Section: Chapter 9

Section Title: REDD+: climate justice or a new face of manifest destiny? Lessons drawn from the indigenous struggle to resist colonization of Ojibwe Forests in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Author(s): Kebec, Philomena

Number of pages: 18

Abstract/Description:

Historically, logging, mining and other forms of natural resource development have meant the loss of lands for indigenous peoples. Reducing Emissions from Forest Degradation and Deforestation (REDD+) is a unique form of natural resource development because it entails conservation, not extraction. REDD+ is an international initiative meant to promote investment in forest conservation and reforestation in tropical regions in order to mitigate climate change by reducing deforestation and forest degradation. As indigenous peoples generally employ economic and cultural institutions that promote the sustainable use of natural resources, one might assume that indigenous peoples are in favor of REDD+. It has even been suggested that REDD+ might be the only way indigenous peoples in tropical forests will survive the tremendous pressure posed by traditional forms of development.