Linking notions of justice and project outcomes in carbon offset forestry projects: Insights from a comparative study in Uganda

Over the last 20 years, Uganda has emerged as a testing ground for the various modes of carbon forestry used in Africa. Carbon forestry initiatives in Uganda raise questions of justice, given that people with comparatively negligible carbon footprints are affected by land use changes initiated by the desire of wealthy people, firms, and countries to reduce their more extensive carbon footprints. This paper examines the notions of justice local people express in relation to two contrasting carbon forestry projects in Uganda, the Mount Elgon Uganda Wildlife Authority – Forests Absorbing Carbon Emissions (UWA-FACE) project and Trees for Global Benefit (TFGB). UWA-FACE closed down its initial operations at Mount Elgon after 10 years as a result of deep controversies and negative international publicity, whereas TFGB is regarded by many as an exemplary design for smallholder carbon forestry in Africa. Our approach builds upon an emerging strand in the literature, of empirical analyses of local people’s notions of justice related to environmental interventions. The main contribution of the paper is to examine how people’s notions of justice have influenced divergent project outcomes in these cases. In particular, we highlight the relative success of TFGB in the way it meets people’s primarily distributional concerns, apparently without significantly challenging prevalent expectations of recognition or procedural justice. In contrast, we illuminate how controversy across the range of justice dimensions in UWA-FACE at Mount Elgon ultimately led to the project’s decline. This paper therefore explores how attention to notions of justice can contribute to a fuller understanding of the reactions of people to carbon forestry projects, as well as the pathways and ultimate outcomes of such interventions

Redefining Stewardship : Public Lands and Rural Communities in the Pacific Northwest

19 p.Can the vision of healthy forests and healthy communities bring together traditional adversaries? This publication tells a story of collaboration that moves beyond the tales of the '90s-era timber wars. We share how four groups across the Pacific Northwest are acting on recent federal stewardship contracting authorities to help manage National Forest lands for watershed and community health. In the process, these innovators are redefining an essential 21st-century value: stewardshi

City Corvallis local wetland inventory : DSL final approval

137 pp. OCR and bookmarks supplied by UO. Charts, tables. Referenced map not included. Published November 16, 2004. Captured April 15, 2009.This Local Wetlands Inventory (LWI) is a part ofthe 2003 Corvallis Natural Resources Inventory. The LWI includes all wetlands within the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) at least 0.5 acres in size and uses the standards and procedures of Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) 14186- 110 through 141-86-240. The LWI also includes an assessment of the quality and function of the inventoried wetlands and a determination of their significance. [From the document

Soorc_MaxNrm_Kdensity_PVC_Jan14_FINAL1.pdf

The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide economic and socio-cultural benefits. One data gap identified was the distribution and spatial extent of commercial, charter, and recreational fisheries. Ecotrust and others engaged in collecting relevant information on these use activities. In the near term, the resulting data set forms the basis for siting decisions for energy projects that minimize impacts to the marine ecosystem and existing human uses. Longer term, these data are also useful for other marine spatial planning processes and form a baseline for subsequent monitoring and evaluation research of management measures. Our research team developed and deployed an interactive, custom computer interview instrument, Open OceanMap, to collect geo-referenced information from commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen about the extent and relative importance of Oregon marine waters. Data collection occurred in two stages: March-May 2009 and December 2009–September 2010. We compiled these data in a geographic information system (GIS) that we delivered to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). This report, which details the approach and methods we used to collect, compile, and analyze the data collected, completes our deliverables. Conducting research in coastal communities is as challenging as it is rewarding. We have learned a tremendous amount from the commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen who participated in this study as well as the countless other community members and observers of this project

Ecotrust_OCZMA_Fishing_Maps_Final-Report_2010_web.pdf

The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide economic and socio-cultural benefits. One data gap identified was the distribution and spatial extent of commercial, charter, and recreational fisheries. Ecotrust and others engaged in collecting relevant information on these use activities. In the near term, the resulting data set forms the basis for siting decisions for energy projects that minimize impacts to the marine ecosystem and existing human uses. Longer term, these data are also useful for other marine spatial planning processes and form a baseline for subsequent monitoring and evaluation research of management measures. Our research team developed and deployed an interactive, custom computer interview instrument, Open OceanMap, to collect geo-referenced information from commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen about the extent and relative importance of Oregon marine waters. Data collection occurred in two stages: March-May 2009 and December 2009–September 2010. We compiled these data in a geographic information system (GIS) that we delivered to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). This report, which details the approach and methods we used to collect, compile, and analyze the data collected, completes our deliverables. Conducting research in coastal communities is as challenging as it is rewarding. We have learned a tremendous amount from the commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen who participated in this study as well as the countless other community members and observers of this project

Astoria-Combined-Charter-Map-FINAL.pdf

The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide economic and socio-cultural benefits. One data gap identified was the distribution and spatial extent of commercial, charter, and recreational fisheries. Ecotrust and others engaged in collecting relevant information on these use activities. In the near term, the resulting data set forms the basis for siting decisions for energy projects that minimize impacts to the marine ecosystem and existing human uses. Longer term, these data are also useful for other marine spatial planning processes and form a baseline for subsequent monitoring and evaluation research of management measures. Our research team developed and deployed an interactive, custom computer interview instrument, Open OceanMap, to collect geo-referenced information from commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen about the extent and relative importance of Oregon marine waters. Data collection occurred in two stages: March-May 2009 and December 2009–September 2010. We compiled these data in a geographic information system (GIS) that we delivered to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). This report, which details the approach and methods we used to collect, compile, and analyze the data collected, completes our deliverables. Conducting research in coastal communities is as challenging as it is rewarding. We have learned a tremendous amount from the commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen who participated in this study as well as the countless other community members and observers of this project

Newport-Rec-Combined-Value-Map-FINAL-Nov2010.pdf

The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide economic and socio-cultural benefits. One data gap identified was the distribution and spatial extent of commercial, charter, and recreational fisheries. Ecotrust and others engaged in collecting relevant information on these use activities. In the near term, the resulting data set forms the basis for siting decisions for energy projects that minimize impacts to the marine ecosystem and existing human uses. Longer term, these data are also useful for other marine spatial planning processes and form a baseline for subsequent monitoring and evaluation research of management measures. Our research team developed and deployed an interactive, custom computer interview instrument, Open OceanMap, to collect geo-referenced information from commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen about the extent and relative importance of Oregon marine waters. Data collection occurred in two stages: March-May 2009 and December 2009–September 2010. We compiled these data in a geographic information system (GIS) that we delivered to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). This report, which details the approach and methods we used to collect, compile, and analyze the data collected, completes our deliverables. Conducting research in coastal communities is as challenging as it is rewarding. We have learned a tremendous amount from the commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen who participated in this study as well as the countless other community members and observers of this project

Depoe-Bay-May2010.pdf

The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide economic and socio-cultural benefits. One data gap identified was the distribution and spatial extent of commercial, charter, and recreational fisheries. Ecotrust and others engaged in collecting relevant information on these use activities. In the near term, the resulting data set forms the basis for siting decisions for energy projects that minimize impacts to the marine ecosystem and existing human uses. Longer term, these data are also useful for other marine spatial planning processes and form a baseline for subsequent monitoring and evaluation research of management measures. Our research team developed and deployed an interactive, custom computer interview instrument, Open OceanMap, to collect geo-referenced information from commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen about the extent and relative importance of Oregon marine waters. Data collection occurred in two stages: March-May 2009 and December 2009–September 2010. We compiled these data in a geographic information system (GIS) that we delivered to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). This report, which details the approach and methods we used to collect, compile, and analyze the data collected, completes our deliverables. Conducting research in coastal communities is as challenging as it is rewarding. We have learned a tremendous amount from the commercial, charter, and recreational fishermen who participated in this study as well as the countless other community members and observers of this project