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Subnational-level state and bureaucratic actors 2% Business corporations and trade unions 4%
Indigenous organisations 2%
Intergovernamental organisations and bodies 8%
National-level state and bureaucratic actors 38%
International NGO or ENGO 14%
National/international research centre 14%
Domestic NGO or ENGO 18%
Figure 6. Organisational representation of policy actors Note: This figure represents a simplified version of the data discussed in more disaggregated form in the text.
No outlook 0% Pessimistic 17%
Neutral 27%
Optimistic 56%
Figure 7. Actors’ assessment of the future prospects of REDD+, as expressed to the media
are those who express the view that REDD+ schemes and policies are likely to have mainly negative outcomes. These results show that, generally, actors perceive REDD+ as a positive mechanism for reducing emissions in Brazil. Of course, the main actors
driving the REDD+ discourse in the Brazilian media are also those that have greatest interest in REDD+ implementation, whether as nationallevel representatives (government-related actors) or leaders of national ENGOs engaged in developing subnational projects. Therefore, the predominance of optimistic views is not surprising.