Adelman, Sam (2015) Tropical forests and climate change : a critique of green governmentality. International Journal of Law in Context, Volume 11 (Special Issue 2). pp. 195-212. doi:10.1017/S1744552315000075

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Abstract

This paper contains three main arguments. First, tropical forests have become objects of climate and environmental governance under the REDD+ mechanism in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that combines legal, market and scientific rationalities with measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) technologies in a neoliberal green governmentality regime. Second, the current structures and institutions of governance are contradictory and international environmental law provides inadequate means for regulating and protecting forests. Third, these deficiencies point to the need for imaginative alternative forms of governance to prevent further deforestation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Law in Context
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1744-5523
Official Date:	June 2015
Dates:	Date Event 12 May 2015 Available June 2015 Published 13 March 2015 Accepted
Volume:	Volume 11
Number:	Special Issue 2
Page Range:	pp. 195-212
DOI:	10.1017/S1744552315000075
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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