Spatial Variability and Disincentives to Harvest: Deforestation and Fuelwood Collection in South Asia

Köhlin, Gunnar; Parks, Peter J.

doi:10.2307/3147090

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“…This therefore implies that forest extraction decreases with more ageing of a household head. This is expected since forest gathering activities are labour intensive and do not favour the old due to health and physical constraints as suggested by Kohlin and Parks (2001) and Vedeld et al (2004). Equally, the results further suggest that households that live close to the community forestry areas earn more from forestry.…”

Section: Determinants Of Forest Incomementioning

confidence: 64%

Measuring the role of forest income in mitigating poverty and inequality: evidence from south-eastern Nigeria

Fonta

Ayuk

2013

Forests, Trees and Livelihoods

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Income derived from forest extraction occupies a significant proportion of total household income for many forest communities in sub-Saharan African. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence in general on the distributional implications of forest income on poverty and inequality. In addition, there is a gap in our knowledge on the factors underlying households' participation in forest extraction activities as well as income derived from forest extraction. We use data from a survey of 1457 households from nine local government areas (LGAs) in the Cross River State in south-eastern Nigeria. Results from poverty and inequality decomposition experiments suggest that forest income plays a significant role in mitigating poverty and inequality in the region with varying impacts across the LGAs. Furthermore, results from a Tobit model with sample selection on the determinants of forest income indicate that the age, education and sex of household heads, alternative household income sources, household size, membership in forest management institutions, household poverty status and distance from homestead to the forest have statistically significant impacts on both the probability to participate in forest extraction and the amount derived from forest gathering. Possibly policy implications of the findings are extensively discussed.

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Section: Determinants Of Forest Incomementioning

confidence: 64%

Measuring the role of forest income in mitigating poverty and inequality: evidence from south-eastern Nigeria

Fonta

Ayuk

2013

Forests, Trees and Livelihoods

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“…Developing countries have responded to the situation by establishing community forest plantations on village woodland commons (Cooke et al, 2008). The extant literature finds benefits to households (Köhiln and Amacher, 2005;Gelo and Koch, 2012;Gelo, 2011;Jagger et al, 2003) and the environment (Tefera et al, 2005;Jagger et al, 2003;Köhlin and Parks, 2001) arising from these programs. 4 Despite the potential and realized benefits, little is known about local willingness to support community forestry activities.…”

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Contingent valuation of community forestry programs in Ethiopia: Controlling for preference anomalies in double-bounded CVM

Gelo

Koch

2015

Ecological Economics

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This study examines the welfare effects of community plantations in Ethiopia via Contingent Valuation. Both single-bounded and double-bounded survey methods were considered, and, with respect to double-bounded methods, the potential for anomalous response behaviour was also taken into account. The results generally confirm that there are statistically significant welfare benefits to be derived from community forestry; however, the range of the estimated benefits is large. After controlling for anomalous response behaviour, the range of estimated benefits narrows, and our preferred estimates place the welfare gain between Ethiopian Birr (ETB) 20.14 and 30.41 per household, which is much lower than the estimated benefits without controlling for anomalous preference responses.

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“…Overall, the plantations' wood allowed for a relative substitution-i.e., it fulfilled the new and growing demand for pallets-but did not allow for an absolute substitution-i.e., decreasing the absolute demand for wood from natural forests. Costa Rica's plantations thus contrast with other cases in which forest plantations reduced the value of-and subsequently the demand for-products from natural forests, potentially sparing land and reducing deforestation and degradation [26,102].…”

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Unexpected Interactions between Agricultural and Forest Sectors through International Trade: Wood Pallets and Agricultural Exports in Costa Rica

Jadin

Meyfroidt

Pereira

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International market forces have played an increasingly important role in shaping land use dynamics through complex supply chains. In Costa Rica, the shift from a net loss to a net gain in forest cover was facilitated by forest plantations and the replacement of extensive cropland and pastures by export-oriented, high-yielding crops. However, agricultural intensification generated several feedbacks affecting forests. We analyzed the interactions between Costa Rica's agricultural and forestry sectors associated with the use of wood pallets for commodity exports over 1985-2013. Wood pallets for growing agricultural exports created a demand for domestic tree plantations. The annual land demand for tree plantations to produce these wood pallets increased by 669%, reaching 17,606 ha in 2013 and representing 28% of the increase in demand for cropland for agricultural exports over 1994-2013. Wood supplied from plantations failed to fully substitute for wood from natural forests, only allowing for a relative substitution and preventing a major sparing of these forests. The dominant use of wood from plantations for production of low-value pallets de-incentivized investments in sustainable plantations. We showed that, beyond the typical interactions between agriculture and forestry through direct competition for land, international trade generated unexpected feedback where agricultural activities and supply chains affected forestry by triggering new demand and profound changes in forestry management. Land systems behave as complex systems, calling for integrated approaches to study the outcomes of forest conservation, reforestation programs, and development of land-based businesses.

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Spatial Variability and Disincentives to Harvest: Deforestation and Fuelwood Collection in South Asia

Cited by 79 publications

References 9 publications

Measuring the role of forest income in mitigating poverty and inequality: evidence from south-eastern Nigeria

Measuring the role of forest income in mitigating poverty and inequality: evidence from south-eastern Nigeria

Contingent valuation of community forestry programs in Ethiopia: Controlling for preference anomalies in double-bounded CVM

Unexpected Interactions between Agricultural and Forest Sectors through International Trade: Wood Pallets and Agricultural Exports in Costa Rica

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