Tropical Forests in the Context of Climate Change: From Drivers, Policies to REDD+ Actions and Intensity Analysis – A Review
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How to cite: Koglo, Y.S.; Agyare, W.A.; Villamor, G.; Kokou, K.; Gaiser, T.; Sogbedji, J.M.; Neya, T.; Moussa, S. Tropical Forests in the Context of Climate Change: From Drivers, Policies to REDD+ Actions and Intensity Analysis – A Review. Preprints 2018, 2018050198. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201805.0198.v1 Koglo, Y.S.; Agyare, W.A.; Villamor, G.; Kokou, K.; Gaiser, T.; Sogbedji, J.M.; Neya, T.; Moussa, S. Tropical Forests in the Context of Climate Change: From Drivers, Policies to REDD+ Actions and Intensity Analysis – A Review. Preprints 2018, 2018050198. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201805.0198.v1
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General Comments
The introduction offered extensive information on climate change. However, the authors may want to focus on tropical forests; why they are important, what the problem is, how it is being addressed locally, nationally and internationally, why this review adds critical information on the discussion.
REDD and REDD+ are widely criticized because they ignore the role of local people in curbing deforestation. For example, REDD+ policies suggest people to give up farmland for forests and also ignores indigenous knowledge systems. The authors should critically engage the policies by identifying the recommendations made through REDD+ and evaluating their implications on the context of developing countries. Importantly, there are several studies on perceptions, impact, and challenges of REDD+ in developing nations that the authors may want to engage.
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Line 43-85: The authors should probably remove these two passages because they do not contribute much to the discussion on climate change and forests. A single or two sentences are probably adequate.
Line 86-88: Add reference to substantiate the claim.
Line 92-95: Vermeulen et al. (2012) reported that the global GHG emissions from agriculture and food systems was 19-29%. However, deforestation, forest degradation, and peat land degradation accounted for 12% of the GHG emissions due to agriculture and food systems. Therefore, the maximum GHG emissions contribution of deforestation is less than 3.5% and not 15-25% as suggested by the authors.
Line 100-102: What role does the authors envisage for the communities in which the forests are located? Local people live in proximity to the forests and probably have a better understanding of the forest processes.
Line 158-177: What is the role of indigenous knowledge systems in the preservation of forests?