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Forest Products as Safety Net, Deforestation and the Tragedy of the Commons

Delacote, Philippe - 2009

Non-timber forest products (NTFP) are commonly used by poor agricultural households of developing countries to smooth their consumption and to cope with agricultural risk. This paper explores the potential implications of this safety-net use on the land-use choice and labor allocation. We...

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Beyond Ostrom : randomized experiment of the impact of individualized tree rights on forest management in Ethiopia

Takahashi, Ryo; Ōtsuka, Keijirō; Tilahun, Mesfin; … - 2021

In this study, we argue that while community forest management is effective in protecting forest resources as argued by Ostrom, it may fail to provide proper incentives to take care of such resources because of collective sharing of benefits of forest management. This study proposes a mixed...

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Heterogeneity and Common Pool Resources : Collective Management of Forests in Himachal Pradesh, India

Naidu, Sirisha - 2006

In the past two decades, theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that communities of resource users are capable of overcoming social dilemmas, and are capable of creating and sustaining institutions designed to prevent degradation of common pool natural resources. However, there is...

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Rethinking Participatory Forest Management in Tanzania

Sungusia, Eliezeri; Lund, Jens Friis; Hansen, Christian … - 2020

contradict conventional wisdom in forestry, we believe that this report contributes valuable insights to the continued efforts to … further sustainable forestry in Tanzania. We begin by outlining the global ideals of participatory forestry. We then present … before concluding with some general recommendations for improving participatory forestry policy and guidelines. …

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Land Cover Change in Mixed Agroforestry : Shade Coffee in El Salvador

Blackman, Allen - 2008

Little is known about land cover change in mixed agroforestry systems, which often supply valuable ecological services. We use a spatial regression model to analyze clearing in El Salvador's shade coffee-growing regions during the 1990s. Our findings buttress previous research suggesting the...

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The Safety-Net Use of Non Timber Forest Products

Delacote, Philippe - 2009

Incompleteness of insurance markets is a crucial weakness of developing countries. In this context, the poor households of rural regions often exploit common property resources, such as forests, as insurance in case of economics stress. The aim of this paper is to derive the implications of this...

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Rethinking participatory forest management in Tanzania

Sungusia, Eliezeri; Lund, Jens Friis; Hansen, Christian … - 2020

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Facts and Debates on the Future of the Amazon Forest

Maletta, Hector E. - 2012

The future of the Amazon rainforest is a matter of much concern worldwide. It has been predicted that increasing deforestation and the impact of climate change would rapidly and dramatically reduce the extent of the forest area and its density. Some authors have suggested the possibility of a...

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Agricultural Expansion, Forest Products as Safety Nets, and Deforestation

Delacote, Philippe - 2015

This paper aims to address the impact on deforestation of the use of forest products as safety nets by poor agricultural households. Two safety-net uses may be implemented: the diversification strategy and the coping strategy. With both strategies, crop risk reduction, lower risk aversion and...

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Rain Follows the Forest : Land Use Policy, Climate Change, and Adaptation

Grosset, Florian; Papp, Anna; Taylor, Charles - 2023

Human actions can alter the local and regional climate, particularly via land use. We assess the impact of the Great Plains Shelterbelt, a large-scale forestation program in the 1930s which planted 220 million trees across six US Midwestern states. The program led to a regional increase in...

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