The institutional complex for REDD+: a 'benevolent jigsaw'?

REDD+ is of undeniable relevance to various international legal regimes, including those for forests, climate change, biological diversity, human rights and trade, reflecting the diverse drivers and impacts of deforestation. In addition, transnational governance arrangements have started to complement intergovernmental efforts to help put REDD+ in practice. This chapter offers a mapping of the institutional complex for REDD+, and discusses the main implications flowing from the interactions of multiple international legal instruments and governance arrangements. Although a greater level of coordination may help to establish a more productive division of labour, the tradeoffs inherent in the very idea of REDD+ limit the degree of coordination which is either possible or even desirable. It concludes that the international legal system for REDD+ is likely to remain pluralistic in the future