Guinea pig or pioneer: Translating global environmental objectives through to local actions in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia’s REDD+ pilot province

• Published in: Global environmental change Vol. 42; pp. 68 - 81
• Main Authors: Sanders, Anna J.P., Hyldmo, Håkon da Silva, Prasti H., Rut Dini, Ford, Rebecca M., Larson, Anne M., Keenan, Rodney J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2017; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Actor-Network Theory; Borneo; Collective action; Convergence; Decision making; Deforestation; Degradation; Emissions; Emissions control; Environmental governance; Environmental objective; Flexibility; Forest degradation; forests; funding; Guinea pigs; Hogs; Implementation; Indonesia; Land use; land use change; learning; Multi-level governance; Negotiations; planning; REDD; Research subjects; Translation; Central Kalimantan Indonesia; Indonesia; Borneo; Translation; Actor-Network Theory; Environmental governance; Multi-level governance; REDD; Indonesia

•REDD+ pilot projects focussed on community welfare rather than commercial land users.•Different aspirations and competencies shaped variation in responses to REDD+.•Local influence on the upward translation of ideas and preferences was limited.•Narrow interpretation of rules limited the potential o...