@conference {2085,
	title = {Interdependencies between Ethnic Inequality and the Success of Climate Change Policy Making {\textendash} the Case of Guyana},
	booktitle = {Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity},
	year = {2014},
	address = {Leipzig},
	abstract = {to the national scale by presenting empirical findings about the implementation process of the UNFCCC mechanism Redd+ in forest-rich and multiethnic Guyana. By applying a structuralistic perspective, it is argued, that persistent ethnic inequalities are significantly impacting the outcomes of Redd+ and - at the same time - are reproduced by the implementation process within Redd+. The mechanism is identified in the areas of decision-making, resource distribution and in relation to the incooperated land issues between Indo-Guyanese government and Amerindian communities. As many forest-rich states in the global South are facing ethnic situations, a redesign of the Redd+ implementation is suggested. The paper aims to contribute to the conference by addressing the phenomena of ethnic inequality, which became more relevant under the condition of globalization. Second, it raises awareness for the persistence of that phenomena,which is rooted in the colonial division of labor and still inscribed in postcolonial institutions. Third, the presentation illustrates, that ethnic inequality plays a significant role in seemingly unrelated areas of research,e.g.global environmental problems.},
	author = {Constanze Weiske}
}
