Can de facto governance influence deforestation drivers in the Zambian Miombo?

Nansikombi, Hellen; Fischer, Richard; Velasco, Rubén Ferrer; Lippe, Melvin; Kalaba, Felix Kanungwe; Kabwe, Gillian; Günter, Sven

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102309

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“…In general, the high prevalence of informal employment can also limit improving working conditions, growing labour productivity and increasing economic development [42]. In particular, for the forest sector, the expansion of subsistence activities and high demand for charcoal and firewood are also key factors of forest degradation and deforestation [40,43,44].…”

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Estimating Global Forest-Based Employment

Lippe

Cui

Schweinle

2021

Forests

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There has been an ongoing interest in how important forests are for employment and what measures need to be taken to reduce decent work deficits. This study aims to contribute to the existing debate on the extent of informal and subsistence employment globally, with a particular focus on the forestry and logging sub-sector. Estimates on employment numbers not captured in the official statistics are aggregated with the recent official reported data to demonstrate a partial overview of global forest-based employment. The previous estimation method is extended by incorporating clustering techniques in response to the paucity of available labour productivity rates. Related employment and production data compiled by FAO are used as a basis of analyses. Main findings reveal that at least two-thirds of the entire forestry and logging-based employment is informal or subsistence. Estimates are highly concentrated in developing countries where decent forestry work need to be strengthened most. Aggregating official employment statistics and our additional estimates, the global forest-related workforce amounts to at least 64 million persons FTE in 2015. The study can be considered a step towards a more profound assessment approach in estimating informal and subsistence employment in the global forest sector based on the officially reported statistics. Disaggregated data based on employment status and gender is essential for improving the indirect estimation of the forest sector’s informal economy and thus requires more attention by policymakers in the near future.

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Estimating Global Forest-Based Employment

Lippe

Cui

Schweinle

2021

Forests

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“…PPCDAm) [ 74 ]. Our study therefore builds upon knowledge that both the direct drivers of deforestation and underlying drivers such as local governance contribute to deforestation [ 7 , 15 , 16 ].…”

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“…Governance has been recognized as an underlying cause of deforestation by indirectly influencing the direct (proximate) drivers of deforestation (e.g. agricultural expansion) [ 7 , 15 , 16 ]. However, there are no analytical outcome-oriented standards for defining what “good” governance entails, particularly for specific aspects of good governance, in relation to deforestation [ 16 , 17 ].…”

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“…Relatively little research has focused on the impact of municipal-level governance on forest change, despite evidence that local-level governance is important and should be monitored by policymakers [ 15 , 16 , 26 , 27 ]. Most comparative quantitative studies that analyzed the impact of governance on forest cover focused on national-level governance [e.g.…”

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What’s governance got to do with it? Examining the relationship between governance and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Benzeev

Wilson²,

Butler

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PLoS ONE

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Deforestation continues at rapid rates despite global conservation efforts. Evidence suggests that governance may play a critical role in influencing deforestation, and while a number of studies have demonstrated a clear relationship between national-level governance and deforestation, much remains to be known about the relative importance of subnational governance to deforestation outcomes. With a focus on the Brazilian Amazon, this study aims to understand the relationship between governance and deforestation at the municipal level. Drawing on the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) as a guiding conceptual framework, and incorporating the additional dimension of environmental governance, we identified a wide array of publicly available data sources related to governance indicators that we used to select relevant governance variables. We compiled a dataset of 22 municipal-level governance variables covering the 2005–2018 period for 457 municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon. Using an econometric approach, we tested the relationship between governance variables and deforestation rates in a fixed-effects panel regression analysis. We found that municipalities with increasing numbers of agricultural companies tended to have higher rates of deforestation, municipalities with an environmental fund tended to have lower rates of deforestation, and municipalities that had previously elected a female mayor tended to have lower rates of deforestation. These results add to the wider conversation on the role of local-level governance, revealing that certain governance variables may contribute to halting deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

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“…Studies show that over 8,500 Miombo species and more than 300 tree species are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the most widespread species are genera Brachystegia, Julbernardia, and Isoberlinia [4]. The reserve, on the other hand, has a data shortage for its flora and fauna status.…”

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Assessment of Land Cover Changes in Litumbandyosi-Gesimasowa Game Reserve using Remote Sensing and GIS

Nakamo

Syartinilia

Setiawan

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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As countries in Sub-Saharan Africa strive to reduce deforestation in Miombo woodlands, it is essential to use the appropriate, reliable, and cost-effective tools for assessing land cover changes. This study employed Remote Sensing and GIS techniques to assess land use and its changes in the Litumbandyosi-Gesimasowa Game Reserve between 1990 and 2020. The tools employed were GEE and Collect Earth. The study employed Sentinel-2 and Landsat-5 TM imagery and also incorporated the Atmospheric Resistant Vegetation Index (ARVI) for improving classification by overcoming the effects of Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation (NPV) and phenology. The study produced highly accurate land cover maps, with an overall accuracy of 99.53% and a kappa coefficient of 98.11% in 1990, 99.84% and a kappa coefficient of 98.69% in 2011, and 92.10% and an 89.62% kappa coefficient in 2020. The findings of the post-classification revealed an alarming change in land cover over the last 30 years, with heavy forestland decreasing by 10.77%, shrubland increasing by 12.19%, and grassland increasing by 13.35%. Furthermore, farmland expanded by 4.58%, barren land grew by 5.82%, and wetlands grew by 0.74%. Significant agents of change have been identified as forest fires, overgrazing, crop farming, and mining.

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Can de facto governance influence deforestation drivers in the Zambian Miombo?

Cited by 14 publications

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Estimating Global Forest-Based Employment

Estimating Global Forest-Based Employment

What’s governance got to do with it? Examining the relationship between governance and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Assessment of Land Cover Changes in Litumbandyosi-Gesimasowa Game Reserve using Remote Sensing and GIS

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