Coming down to Earth: a critical analysis of a project for the commercialization of non-timber forest products in a community of the Eastern Amazon

Herrero‐Jáuregui, Cristina; Pokorny, Benno

doi:10.4336/2011.pfb.31.66.131

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“…Critics, however, view such assessments as "over-optimistic expectations," and argue that more often than not relations between companies and local communities are unilateral and exploitative, based in asymmetric power-relations and marked by contradictions between the companies' rhetoric and their business practices [49][50][51]. Although some processing steps in the market value chains take place locally, peasant farmers typically are the first actors in the production chain, and the profit captured by them is often limited, while the real profits accrue to the companies [52][53][54].…”

Section: Ntfps and Ccps For Improving Rural Livelihoodsmentioning

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Non-Timber Forest Products and the Cosmetic Industry: An Econometric Assessment of Contributions to Income in the Brazilian Amazon

Antunes

Simmons

Veiga

2021

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This study explores Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) production and company–community partnerships with the multinational cosmetic industry. The objectives are to critically assess: (1) how income generated from market-oriented NTFPs extraction impacts small farmers’ livelihoods; and (2) whether membership in cooperatives linked to such partnerships is a factor in improved livelihood. Household-level data from 282 surveys conducted in remote communities in four municipalities in the Northeast region of the State of Pará provide empirical insight into NTFPs extraction and processing activities by smallholder farmers in the Brazilian Amazon. We employ a spatial econometric approach to assess if engagement in NTFPs extraction and membership in cooperatives result in statistically significant increases in the overall household income. A series of spatial regression models are used, including Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Spatial Autoregressive Regression (SAR), Spatial Error Model (SEM), Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) and their corresponding alternative Bayesian models. Our study finds that NTFP extraction and membership in cooperatives tied to company–community partnerships are statistically significant and result in increases in total income at the household level. Findings also show that distance to transportation modes and markets are statistically significant with more distant households earning greater income. This finding presents challenges for the long-term sustainability of green alternatives to development that rely on remote, inaccessible environments for the commodities of interest. This is especially pronounced given the commitment of the Amazonian Nations, and the massive national and international investments, in the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), which has as its goal the creation of a multimodal transportation hub to integrate the continent with global markets and make accessible far reaches of the Amazon.

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Section: Ntfps and Ccps For Improving Rural Livelihoodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Non-Timber Forest Products and the Cosmetic Industry: An Econometric Assessment of Contributions to Income in the Brazilian Amazon

Antunes

Simmons

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2021

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“…Empirical studies showed that the technical, managerial and financial requirements of such external initiatives are often incompatible with local capacities and interests, resulting in a lack of ownership and dependency on external support (Chapin 2004;Hoben 1980;Medina et al 2009;Novellino 2003;Pokorny and Johnson 2008;Pokorny et al 2010;Herrero-Jáuregui et al 2001).…”

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Financial attractiveness of smallholder tree plantations in the Amazon: bridging external expectations and local realities

2012

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This paper compares the financial attractiveness of forest and agroforestry plantations promoted by external organizations with tree growing practices of Amazonian smallholders. Based on 80 case studies and interviews with 112 forestry professionals from Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, the paper characterizes the economic, environmental and structural implications, and identifies the respective financial costs and benefits. Six case studies provided data for in-depth financial analyses. The results showed that the expectations of externally promoted smallholder tree and agroforestry plantations were not met. Despite significant inputs, smallholders generated at best annual net incomes of US$200-$1,000 per ha from NTFP plantations, and up to US$800-$1,000 from timber plantations in the year of harvest. This corresponded to around one-third of the initially expected returns. Overall, only around 1% of the smallholders participating in such initiatives managed to produce and commercialize any plantation products. Smallholders' practices of complementary tree growing in conjunction with agriculture and managing natural regeneration of timber and NTFP products were often underestimated by professionals. They required low input, didn't rely on external support, were highly flexible in risky environments, and some presented financial returns comparable to some well functioning plantations.

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“…Entre estas especies se encuentran tres cuyas semillas son usadas para fines curativas (Carapa guianensis, Caryocar villosum y Dipteryx odorata). Para cinco de las ocho especies dispersadas por animales hay constancia de que sus frutos caídos en el suelo o sus flores caídas atraen animales de caza (tabla 4, Shanley y Medina, 2005;Herrero Jáuregui et al, 2011b). Las cuatro especies restantes son dispersadas por el viento o son autócoras, y en una de ellas, que se encuentra no solamente en tierra firme sino también en la varzea (Himathantus sucuuba), el agua también es un agente dispersador.…”

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Aspectos de sostenibilidad de productos no maderables del bosque con uso curativo en el oeste de Pará, Brasil

May

2016

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<p>Se analiza la sostenibilidad de los doce productos no maderables de los bosques amazónicos usados con fines curativos y más vendidos en el mercado local del oeste del estado de Pará, Brasil, en base a observaciones de campo e informaciones bibliográficas, tomando como hilo conductor los factores que inciden, de origen externo versus origen interno, y de impactos en la disponibilidad del recurso versus impactos en los aspectos económicos y sociales. Se concluye que 1) de la destrucción y degradación de los bosques cabe esperar un impacto negativo, a mediano y largo plazo, si bien a corto plazo ayuda a aumentar la oferta de ciertos productos, 2) la venta en el el mercado nacional e internacional les pone ciertas dificultades a los productores extractivistas, que no existen en el mercado local, que además parece ser relativamente estable, 3) las informaciones sobre las características biológicas de las especies indican que ellas en la mayoría de los casos permiten una utilización sostenible de los recursos no maderables por vía extractivista, y 4) en especies con características favorables de reproducción, crecimiento y desarrollo hasta la madurez reproductiva, la plantación a escala local es una estrategia promisora para la reducción de la disponibilidad del recurso, aumentando la productividad de la mano de obra local. </p>

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Coming down to Earth: a critical analysis of a project for the commercialization of non-timber forest products in a community of the Eastern Amazon

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Non-Timber Forest Products and the Cosmetic Industry: An Econometric Assessment of Contributions to Income in the Brazilian Amazon

Non-Timber Forest Products and the Cosmetic Industry: An Econometric Assessment of Contributions to Income in the Brazilian Amazon

Financial attractiveness of smallholder tree plantations in the Amazon: bridging external expectations and local realities

Aspectos de sostenibilidad de productos no maderables del bosque con uso curativo en el oeste de Pará, Brasil

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