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Research
The Politics of Environmental Governance
Forestry Policy Reforms in Developing Countries
Two research efforts related to forest policy reforms in developing countries are underway. The first study focuses on the institutional underpinnings for successful decentralized natural resource management. The second research initiative is an over-time study of the relationships between rural communities and forest resources. With its thirteen research partners in eleven different countries, the International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) network studies 200 forest-dwelling communities according to a shared data collection protocol, which includes carrying out repeat visits every five years.
Two books are underway on this theme:
- Book prospectus 1: "Central Policies and Local Politics"
- Book prospectus 2 "Sustainability and Equity in Environmental Governance: Decentralization in the Developing World"
International Climate Change Mitigation Strategies
In collaboration with Professor Kenneth Richards at Indiana University, I work on issues related to the implementation of international trading systems for greenhouse gas emission offset credits. Focusing on credits from land use change and forestry activities, we approach this topic through the theoretical lenses of new institutional economics.
Publications
Andersson, K. and K. Richards. 2001. "Implementing an International Carbon Sequestration Program: Can the Leaky Sink Be Fixed?" Climate Policy 1 (2001): 173-188.
Richards, K. and K. Andersson. 2000. "The Leaky Sink: Persistent Obstacles to a Forest Carbon Sequestration Program Based on Individual Projects." Climate Policy 1(2001): 41-54.
Work in Progress
Andersson, K. Evans, T., and Richards, K. National Forest Carbon Inventories: Policy Needs and Assessment Capacity. Submitted to Climatic Change.
Richards, K. and Andersson, K. "Protocols for Carbon Sequestration Project Certification: Rhetoric and Practice".