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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.02.002
	Building the evidence base for REDD+: Study design and methods for evaluating the impacts of conservation interventions on local well-being
	Sills E.O.; de Sassi C.; Jagger P.; Lawlor K.; Miteva D.A.; Pattanayak S.K.; Sunderlin W.D.
发表日期	2017
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	43
英文摘要	Climate change mitigation in developing countries is increasingly expected to generate co-benefits that help meet sustainable development goals. This has been an expectation and a hotly contested issue in REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) since its inception. While the core purpose of REDD+ is to reduce carbon emissions, its legitimacy and success also depend on its impacts on local well-being. To effectively safeguard against negative impacts, we need to know whether and which well-being outcomes can be attributed to REDD+. Yet, distinguishing the effects of choosing particular locations for REDD+ from the effects of the interventions themselves remains a challenge. The Global Comparative Study (GCS) on REDD+ employed a quasi-experimental before-after-control-intervention (BACI) study design to address this challenge and evaluate the impacts of 16 REDD+ pilots across the tropics. We find that the GCS approach allows identification of control groups that represent the counterfactual, thereby permitting attribution of outcomes to REDD+. The GCS experience belies many of the common critiques of the BACI design, especially concerns about collecting baseline data on control groups. Our findings encourage and validate the early planning and up-front investments required to evaluate the local impacts of global climate change mitigation efforts with confidence. The stakes are high, both for the global environment and for local populations directly affected by those efforts. The standards for evidence should be concomitantly high. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Climate change mitigation; Conservation and development; Impact evaluation; REDD+; Well-being
学科领域	baseline survey; carbon emission; climate change; conservation; design; emission control; environmental impact assessment; experimental study; global climate; mitigation; sustainable development
语种	英语
scopus关键词	baseline survey; carbon emission; climate change; conservation; design; emission control; environmental impact assessment; experimental study; global climate; mitigation; sustainable development
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117264
作者单位	Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States; Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, 16000, Indonesia; Department of Public Policy and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC 27599, United States; Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at AshevilleNC 28804, United States; Department of Agricultural, Environmental, Development Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States; Sanford School of Public Policy and Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sills E.O.,de Sassi C.,Jagger P.,et al. Building the evidence base for REDD+: Study design and methods for evaluating the impacts of conservation interventions on local well-being[J],2017,43.
APA	Sills E.O..,de Sassi C..,Jagger P..,Lawlor K..,Miteva D.A..,...&Sunderlin W.D..(2017).Building the evidence base for REDD+: Study design and methods for evaluating the impacts of conservation interventions on local well-being.Global Environmental Change,43.
MLA	Sills E.O.,et al."Building the evidence base for REDD+: Study design and methods for evaluating the impacts of conservation interventions on local well-being".Global Environmental Change 43(2017).