Deforestation and land use under insecure property rights

Amacher, Gregory S.; Koskela, Erkki; Ollikainen, Markku

doi:10.1017/s1355770x0800483x

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“…These transition zones represent dynamic environments characterized by pervasive land use and land cover change [2], usually from forest to agriculture, but also following complex nonlinear patterns [3][4][5]. Frontiers share common characteristics that include an abundance of unsettled land, low human population densities, remoteness from major urban and industrial centres, limited labour and capital, land tenure insecurity, poor technical and social infrastructure and market conditions and limited presence of research, extension or other services [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Moreover, most current agricultural frontiers are located in areas where diverse, tropical habitats are undergoing anthropogenic conversion.…”

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Pesticide use and biodiversity conservation in the Amazonian agricultural frontier

Schiesari

Waichman

Brock

et al. 2013

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Agricultural frontiers are dynamic environments characterized by the conversion of native habitats to agriculture. Because they are currently concentrated in diverse tropical habitats, agricultural frontiers are areas where the largest number of species is exposed to hazardous land management practices, including pesticide use. Focusing on the Amazonian frontier, we show that producers have varying access to resources, knowledge, control and reward mechanisms to improve land management practices. With poor education and no technical support, pesticide use by smallholders sharply deviated from agronomical recommendations, tending to overutilization of hazardous compounds. By contrast, with higher levels of technical expertise and resources, and aiming at more restrictive markets, large-scale producers adhered more closely to technical recommendations and even voluntarily replaced more hazardous compounds. However, the ecological footprint increased significantly over time because of increased dosage or because formulations that are less toxic to humans may be more toxic to other biodiversity. Frontier regions appear to be unique in terms of the conflicts between production and conservation, and the necessary pesticide risk management and risk reduction can only be achieved through responsibility-sharing by diverse stakeholders, including governmental and intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, financial institutions, pesticide and agricultural industries, producers, academia and consumers.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pesticide use and biodiversity conservation in the Amazonian agricultural frontier

Schiesari

Waichman

Brock

et al. 2013

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…Additionally, migration brings to the forest edge areas a more abundant supply of laborers, which ultimately diminishes worker wages. The over-abundance of laborers and the ensuing lowered wages at the forest edge, in turn, tends to increases profitability of agricultural production and leads to further land clearing and deforestation [21].…”

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“…Future deforestation lies not with the location of existing farms, but instead, it hinges on where future farms will be established or where farming land practices will be expanding [21]. The land use planning and the land cover change monitoring should be established and monitored by all governmental spheres, but the design of land management strategies should be developed principally at the municipal or community level.…”

Section: E Improvement Of the Governance Of Land Usementioning

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Deforestation across the World: Causes and Alternatives for Mitigating

Silva¹,

Rodgers²

2018

IJESD

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Abstract-We underline the main causes of deforestation and present a framework for mitigating the continual loss of forest habitat around the world. The causes of deforestation are complex and they operate at multiple spatial and temporal scales, yet they are related to societal and political factors. Societal factors consist of human migration within rural settings and poverty. Political factors include ineffective land management and negligence of monitoring and protecting forest commodities. Combined, these factors present arduous challenges to protecting forest habitats. In turn, there are at least three strategies to reduce further forest loss. The first strategy involves the cessation of timber cutting and extraction of other forest products. But just as important is the second strategy of creating and maintaining more Environmental Protected Areas. The third strategy is perhaps the greatest challenge, and it involves the adoption of the "green nudge principle", whereby individuals are educated to modify individual behaviors related to patterns of consumption and to the conservation of remaining forests. This is especially true for the increasingly endangered primary forests. An adoption of these mitigation strategies will help reduce deforestation and will help improve global environments.

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“…Deforestation is explained as conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use, degradation that reduces forest quality, decreases in overall forest cover and clearing native forest land for different purposes (FAO 2003(FAO , 2007Amacher 2008;UNRISD1994). Deforestation (VOLWOOD) was used as dependent variable in Heckman two-step estimation.…”

Section: Definition Of Deforestationmentioning

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Determinants of deforestation in Western Oromia region of Ethiopia: The case of Komto Forest

Daksa¹,

Kotu²

2015

J. Hortic. For.

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Deforestation and poverty are challenging problems in Ethiopia. The deforestationpoverty nexus is complicated by the institutional failures related to management of natural resources. This study was conducted to analyse the determinants of deforestation in Ethiopia, Western Oromia the case of Komto forest in East Wollega Zone employing primary cross-sectional data on the sampled households. Multistage sampling technique was used in selecting 150 household head respondents. Volume of woody biomass consumed and sold in meter cube was used to measure deforestation. The result of the Heckman maximum likelihood model estimates showed that large landholding size reduces deforestation significantly. It was also found that forest product sale, and corruption behaviour of households and staff of institution aggravates deforestation. Probability of forest product use is negatively related to kerosene use and positively to road access, purpose of use, and corruption perception significantly. The study showed that poverty and institutional failure related to the forest management are key factors determining deforestation /forest degradation in the study area. Thus solving poverty and institutional failures would help solve deforestation problem of the study area.

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Deforestation and land use under insecure property rights

Cited by 68 publications

References 27 publications

Pesticide use and biodiversity conservation in the Amazonian agricultural frontier

Pesticide use and biodiversity conservation in the Amazonian agricultural frontier

Deforestation across the World: Causes and Alternatives for Mitigating

Determinants of deforestation in Western Oromia region of Ethiopia: The case of Komto Forest

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