Implementing REDD+ in Africa

Ademola Oluborode Jegede is a full Professor of Law and an NRF rated researcher in the Ismail Mahomed Centre for Human and Peoples’ Rights, School of Law, Faculty of Management Commerce and Law, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa. He holds degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, University of Ibadan and the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. He was a research visitor at the Centre for International Environmental Law in the United States and at the Human Rights Institute at Abo Akademi in Finland. His research focuses on the intersection of climate change and biodiversity loss and the human rights of vulnerable groups. Writings include the co-edited volumes "Human Rights and the Environment under African Union Law", and "Climate change justice and human rights: An African perspective", and the book "The climate change regulatory framework and indigenous peoples’ lands in Africa: Human rights implications".

• PART I:  Introduction.- REDD+ and Human Rights: Sketching Historical and Conceptual Contours.- PART II:  REDD+ and  Protection of Human Rights.- Forest-dependent Communities and A Rights-based Approach in the Implementation of REDD+ in Nigeria.- Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the REDD+  of the Republic of Congo.- Customary Land Rights of Local Communities and the Implementation of REDD+ in Cameroon.- Village Cores’, Rights and the Implementation of  REDD+ in Benin.- REDDs+ and the Right of Local Populations to Carbon Payments in Africa.- PART III: Gender, Decision Making and REDD+.- Gender and REDD+ Governance in Malawi: Enhancing Women’s Right to Participation.- Gender and the Implementation of REDD+ in Uganda.- The Role of the Parliament in the Implementation of REDD+ in Ghana.- The Implementation of REDD+ and the Rights and Forest Crimes mix in Nigeria.- Legal and Institutional Frameworks on the Implementation of REDD+ in South Sudan.- PART IV: Sustainable Development,  REDD+  and New Grounds.- REDD+ and Agenda 2030 in Africa: A Green Criminology and Rights-based Perspective.- Leveraging SFM-REDD+ Towards Sustainable Development in African Island States.- Balancing Interests: The Right to Development and the National REDD+ Strategy in Mozambique.- A Case for the Participation in the REDD+ to Address the Natural Resources Use and Governance in Botswana.- Towards Implementing REDD+ in South Africa: A Human Rights Perspective.