TY - JOUR
T1 - Indigenous benefits and carbon offset schemes
T2 - An Australian case study
AU - Robinson, Catherine J
AU - Renwick, Anna R
AU - May, Tracey
AU - Gerrard, Emily
AU - Foley, Rowan
AU - Battaglia, Michael
AU - Possingham, Hugh P
AU - Griggs, David John
AU - Walker, Daniel
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The nexus between human rights and the environment is a key issue for climate policymakers and Indigenous peoples around the world. We combine national spatial, social and biological datasets from Australia to describe where Indigenous carbon projects are happening, why Indigenous people are participating, and how effective these schemes might be at marrying Indigenous co-benefit, biodiversity and carbon emission mitigation goals. Our study shows that many Indigenous people engage in carbon offset schemes as part of their broader cultural responsibility for landscapes, and that they seek to grow the relationship between social and ecological benefits. It also highlights the challenges associated with designing carbon offset schemes that address the impacts of climate change and respond to Indigenous peoples’ world views about what is required to sustain cultural-social-ecological systems.
AB - The nexus between human rights and the environment is a key issue for climate policymakers and Indigenous peoples around the world. We combine national spatial, social and biological datasets from Australia to describe where Indigenous carbon projects are happening, why Indigenous people are participating, and how effective these schemes might be at marrying Indigenous co-benefit, biodiversity and carbon emission mitigation goals. Our study shows that many Indigenous people engage in carbon offset schemes as part of their broader cultural responsibility for landscapes, and that they seek to grow the relationship between social and ecological benefits. It also highlights the challenges associated with designing carbon offset schemes that address the impacts of climate change and respond to Indigenous peoples’ world views about what is required to sustain cultural-social-ecological systems.
UR - http://goo.gl/szr1Qz
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.11.007
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.11.007
M3 - Article
SN - 1462-9011
VL - 56
SP - 129
EP - 134
JO - Environmental Science and Policy
JF - Environmental Science and Policy
ER -