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Author: Thuy Pham Thu Moeliono Moira Locatelli Bruno Brockhaus Maria Di Gregorio Monica Mardiah Sofi
Publisher: MDPI
E-ISSN: 1999-4907|5|8|2016-2036
ISSN: 1999-4907
Source: Forests, Vol.5, Iss.8, 2014-08, pp. : 2016-2036
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Abstract
Forests play a major role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation, but few policies, if any, integrate these two aspects. Using Indonesia and Vietnam as case studies, we identify challenges at the national level but opportunities at the local level. Although both countries demonstrate political commitment to integrating adaptation and mitigation in their development plans, guidelines for policy and planning treat the two approaches separately. The main challenges identified are lack of knowledge, lack of political will, lack of financial incentives, and fragmentation of mandates and tasks of different government agencies. In contrast, at the local level, integration of mitigation and adaptation is facilitated by subnational autonomy, where mitigation projects might have adaptation co-benefits, and
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