Local financial benefits of rain forests: comparative evidence from Amerindian societies in Bolivia and Honduras

Godoy, Ricardo; Overman, Han; Demmer, Josefien; Apaza, Lilian; Byron, Elizabeth; Huanca, Tomás; Leonard, William R.; Pérez, Eddy; Reyes‐García, Victoria; Vadez, Vincent; Wilkie, David; Cubas, Adoni; McSweeney, Kendra; Brokaw, Nicholas

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(02)00006-x

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“…The results are consistent with two different studies from the mid-hills regions of Nepal (Adhikari et al, 2004;Chhetri et al, 2015). However, because of the restricted access to forest resources and limited market opportunities, the relative total forest (community forest and other forest) income is relatively lower than found in several case studies from Africa and Latin America (see Cavendish, 2000;Godoy et al, 2002;Fisher, 2004;Vedeld et al, 2007;Mamo et al, 2007;Narain et al, 2008;Babulao et al, 2009;Nielsen et al, 2012;Uberhuaga et al, 2012).…”

Section: The Importance Of Income From Community Forestsupporting

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Forest Dependence and Inequality: An Empirical Study from Community Forests in Kaski, Nepal

Chhetri

Asante

Yoshimoto

2016

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Abstract:This paper examines the importance of income generated from community forest to the rural poor in Kaski District, Nepal. The results of the study show that on average, households earn 7.4% of their cash income from community forests. Poor households are more reliant on forest activities compared with the better off. They earn 13.6% of their total household income from community forest compared to the rich households who earn only 2.1%. The results of the study also reveal that income from community forest have a stronger equalizing effect on local income distribution. The Gini coefficient was computed as 0.37 when income from community forest was considered and 0.53 when it was ignored. These findings show the importance of community forests to the rural poor and underprivileged households. The findings also suggest that in designing community forestry programs, policy makers should not ignore socio-economic disparity among the forest user households.

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Section: The Importance Of Income From Community Forestsupporting

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Forest Dependence and Inequality: An Empirical Study from Community Forests in Kaski, Nepal

Chhetri

Asante

Yoshimoto

2016

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“…In a previous publication (Godoy et al 2002), we found that the mean annual personal income from cash earnings and from the imputed value of farm and forest consumption was low (or US $332/person), representing only one-third of the average income in Bolivia. We also found that market purchases accounted for less than 3% of the value of household consumption, which supports our finding that Tsimane' are highly autarkic.…”

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Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Crop Diversity in Swidden Fields: A Study in a Native Amazonian Society

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Crop diversity protects food consumption in poor households within developing nations. Here we estimate the association between crop diversity on swidden fields and ethnobotanical knowledge. We conducted research among 215 male household heads from a native Amazonian society. Using multivariate regressions, we found higher crop diversity among households that depend on agricultural production for household consumption. We also found a statistically significant and positive, but low, association between the ethnobotanical knowledge of the male household head and crop diversity. Doubling the stock of ethnobotanical knowledge of the male household head is associated with a 9% increase in the number of crops sown by a household. The association remained after we controlled for the household level of market exposure, but vanished after we controlled for the social capital of the male household head. Future research should compare the association between ethnobotanical knowledge and crop diversity across different agricultural systems (i.e., home gardens, fallow fields).

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“…The proportional inverse relationship between income and perception about benefits of native forests has also been found in other studies (BABULO et al, 2009;CHOMITZ et al, 2007;DOLISCA;MCDANIEL;TEETER, 2007;GODOY et al, 2002). Vedeld et al (2007) analyzed 51 case studies and found that poorer rural farmers depended more on forest products compared to richer farmers and, therefore, tended to equally value them more.…”

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“…A similar result was observed by Silvano et al (2005) in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Although firewood is an extremely relevant forest benefit to rural populations, especially in developing countries (GODOY et al, 2002;VEDELD et al, 2007;MEIJAARD et al, 2013), in our study firewood was mentioned as a forest environmental service by less than a third of the interviewees. This fact could be associated with the low use of this resource that could, in turn, lead to a lower level of perception of its importance.…”

Section: Perceptions Of Goods and Services Of Native Forestsmentioning

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“…Several studies related the low recognition of these services as forest benefits to the loss of ecological knowledge by new generations of farmers (ZUCHIWSCHI et al, 2010;SIMINSKI et al, 2011;JUSTEN et al, 2012;MEIJAARD et al, 2013;ALLENDORF et al, 2014) and to the predominance of communities with greater access to infrastructure that use more processed or purchased commercial products in urban areas (GODOY et al, 2002;ABRAM et al, 2013).…”

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Local Benefits of the Atlantic Forest: Evidences From Rural Communities in Southern Brazil

2016

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Environmental services provided by forests are essential to the social reproduction of populations in rural areas. Perceptions about the services provided by forests play an important role in the planning of landscapes; however, few studies have investigated this issue. This study aimed at understanding how farmers perceive the role of forests in maintaining environmental services. One hundred farmers from the Chapecó Ecological Corridor - SC were interviewed. Provisioning and regulating services were mentioned most often. Water availability ranked first (65%), followed by the maintenance of habitat for biodiversity (34%) and firewood (23%). Income and local use of forest resources were the variables that best explained farmers' perceptions of forest benefits. Nevertheless, the use of forest resources has been limited by restrictions imposed by environmental legislation, which is affecting the perception of farmers about the wide range of environmental services provided by forests.

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Local financial benefits of rain forests: comparative evidence from Amerindian societies in Bolivia and Honduras

Cited by 85 publications

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<b>Forest Dependence and Inequality: An Empirical Study from Community Forests in Kaski, </b><b>Nepal</b>

<b>Forest Dependence and Inequality: An Empirical Study from Community Forests in Kaski, </b><b>Nepal</b>

Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Crop Diversity in Swidden Fields: A Study in a Native Amazonian Society

Local Benefits of the Atlantic Forest: Evidences From Rural Communities in Southern Brazil

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