Environmental incomes sustained as provisioning ecosystem service availability declines along a woodland resource gradient in Zimbabwe

Pritchard, Rose; Grundy, Isla; Horst, Dan van der; Ryan, Casey M.

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.05.008

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“…For example, moving from a 10 to 5 cm threshold can easily triple the number of trees that need to be recorded and tagged, especially in heavily disturbed woodlands. However, there is sometimes a large pool of woody species that never attain a large DBH, and these will be missed when large size thresholds are used (Table 1; Nieto‐Quintano et al., 2018; Pritchard et al., 2019).…”

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“…in R (R Core Team, 2020) used(Table 1;Nieto-Quintano et al, 2018;Pritchard et al, 2019).To achieve some standardization, the SEOSAW manual recommends either a 3 cm or 5 cm diameter threshold for inclusion (D t ), with the diameter measurement being made at either 0.3 or 1.3 m height (a.k.a. the point of measurement or POM; NB the POM should always be moved if there is a deformity or swelling at the standard height).…”

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A network to understand the changing socio‐ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods

2020

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The sustainable management of the southern African woodlands is closely linked to the livelihoods of over 150 M people. Findings from the Socio‐Ecological Observatory for the Southern African Woodlands (SEOSAW) will underpin the sustainability of two of the largest industries on the continent: woodfuels and timber. SEOSAW will also improve our understanding of how human use shapes the biogeography and functioning of these ecosystems.

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A network to understand the changing socio‐ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods

2020

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“…Fluctuations in availability of capital resources and inputs, seasonality of capital input utilization, and changes in political economy variables shaping access, create challenges for rural households in income diversification endeavours (Hassan, Hossain, Sultana, & Ghosh, 2015;Joshi, Gulati, Birthal, & Twari, 2003). Although the economic drivers of income diversification recognizes the role of world markets and unaffordable credit in income diversification, political economy and policy drivers, such as misguided government programmes, create the most devastating stresses and shocks for the quality of life of rural populations (Hansson, Ferguson & Olofsson, 2010;Pritchard, Grundy, Horst, & Ryan, 2019).…”

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“…The relationship between income diversification and economic welfare is one of consumption decisions for the sake of well-being (Bebbington, 1999;Singh, et al, 1986;Pritchard, et al, 2019). Rural household consumption emphasizes necessities such as food, clothing, medicine, shelter, and amenities such as electricity, transport and household goods such as radios and motor bikes.…”

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The Political Economy Dynamics of Rural Household Income Diversification: A Review of the International Literature

Salifu¹

2019

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This paper presents a summary of the international literature published on the thematic area of the political economy analysis of income diversification related to the activities of rural households with emphasis on the importance of these activities in economic growth, poverty reduction and sustainable development over time. The review provides information about the overall effect of income diversification on economic welfare of rural householders. Typically, a positive relationship exists between income diversification activities and economic welfare indicators such as income, wealth, consumption and nutrition. However, recent empirical literature evidence shows that income diversification could also increase income inequality and contribute to marginalization of certain groups of people. For example, there is evidence to indicate that in some parts of the world that relatively few better-off rural householders with sufficient capital inputs achieve higher levels of income diversification from multiple sources of income portfolios partly due to increased support services from State and community sources. The benefits of income diversification have not been fully realized by many poor rural households largely due to capital constraints, weak links to the political power structures, and conflicts that adversely affect these households. Overall, income diversification can be an important poverty-reducing strategy if its use as a policy strategy is continuously examined and assessed in terms of its political economy dimensions with regards to productivity, equity and sustainability of rural livelihood activities with particular attention paid to vulnerable and marginalized groups.

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“…Most ES assessments in forests have used economic approaches [39], whereas biophysical and social assessment methods need to be further investigated in these complex social-ecological systems. Only few studies conducted ES integrated assessment in tropical forests, for instance, in southern African woodlands with the identification of human-induced processes impacting ES supply [40] and the analysis of relationships between the supply of provisioning services and environmental income of local populations [41], or in Latin America where interdisciplinary approaches allowed providing concrete policy recommendations [42]. In particular, no integrated ES assessment has been conducted in Central Africa, where the livelihoods of rural populations deeply rely on forest ecosystems in a context of high-poverty.…”

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Quantifying the Use of Forest Ecosystem Services by Local Populations in Southeastern Cameroon

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In order to improve sustainability and design adequate management strategies in threatened tropical forests, integrated assessments of the use of ecosystem services are needed, combining biophysical, social, and economic approaches. In particular, no integrated ecosystem services (ES) assessment has been conducted in Central Africa, where rural communities deeply depend on forests in a high-poverty context. Here, we aimed to quantify the use of ES provided by tropical forests to local populations in the Dja area (Cameroon), identify its determinants and evaluate its sustainability. We conducted various interviews and field surveys with 133 households in three villages, focusing on three provisioning services (bushmeat, firewood, and timber), and five cultural services (cultural heritage, inspiration, spiritual experience, recreation, and education). Local populations consumed a mean of 56 kg of bushmeat/person/year (hunting zones covering on average 213 km2), 1.17 m3 of firewood/person/year (collection zones covering on average 4 km2), and 0.03 m3 of timber/person/year. Between 25% and 86% of respondents considered cultural services as important. The use of ES was mainly influenced by population size, deforestation rate, and forest allocations, whereas the influence of socio-demographic characteristics of households remained limited to slight differences between Baka and Bantu people. We conclude that the consumption of firewood and timber is sustainable, whereas high hunting pressure has resulted in severe defaunation in the area due to the large decline in the abundance and biomass of forest mammals hunted for bushmeat by local populations.

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Environmental incomes sustained as provisioning ecosystem service availability declines along a woodland resource gradient in Zimbabwe

Cited by 30 publications

References 51 publications

A network to understand the changing socio‐ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods

A network to understand the changing socio‐ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods

The Political Economy Dynamics of Rural Household Income Diversification: A Review of the International Literature

Quantifying the Use of Forest Ecosystem Services by Local Populations in Southeastern Cameroon

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