The impact of community forest concessions on income: an analysis of communities in the Maya Biosphere Reserve

Unintended impacts from forest certification: Evidence from indigenous Aka households in Congo

“…A negative impact on wealth stands in contrast to recent work investigating the effectiveness of FSC-certified community forestry. FSC-certified community forestry is associated with increased incomes in Guatemala (Bocci et al 2018) and Tanzania (Kalonga and Kulindwa 2017). In community forestry, the local community has the right to fell and sell certified timber, in contrast with commercial forestry, where a firm extracts timber and is mandated to respect local use rights and offer compensation for extraction.…”

Dinámicas productivas en torno al cambio de uso del suelo y sus repercusiones en la Reserva de Biósfera Maya (RBM) en Petén, Guatemala

“…Esto permite garantizar la conservación de los bosques, y contribuir al desarrollo socioeconómico de las comunidades que gestionan los bosques. Esto se refleja en el aumento de los ingresos, las inversiones, los ahorros, la capitalización de las empresas comunitarias y la creación de activos tanto a nivel familiar como empresarial (Bocci et al 2018). Las cadenas de valor madereras generan más de USD5M anualmente y representan un promedio del 40% de los ingresos familiares permitiendo invertir en salud y educación, manteniendo a muchos de sus miembros fuera de la pobreza (Stoian et al 2018) (Ver Figura 6).…”

Assessing spatial equity in access to service-provisioning hotspots in data-scarce tropical forests regions under external pressure

“…Additionally, 37,424 hectares have been requested for community forestry concessions (Stichting voor Bosbeheer en Bostoezicht, 2019). These are areas where communal property rights are granted to manage timber and non-timber forest products (Bocci et al, 2018). According to official reports, the round wood production in sub-region 1 increased 90% between 2010 and 2016 (Stichting voor Bosbeheer en Bostoezicht, 2016).…”