Governance and deforestation — a meta-analysis in economics

Wehkamp, Johanna; Koch, Nicolas; Lübbers, Sebastian; Fuss, Sabine

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.07.030

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“…For instance, for deforestation the majority of papers found mixed associations, reporting several conditionality (e.g. economic characteristics, geography, civil society features, state capacity, and non-linear associations), in agreement with a recent meta-analysis on forest governance showing that the inclusion of democracy as a predictor in regression models increases the probability of obtaining inconclusive results (Wehkamp et al 2018). Most of the other proxies examined also often led to the mixed or null conclusion, except for protected areas for which the associations were mainly positive, although our sample size was small.…”

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Linking democracy and biodiversity conservation: Empirical evidence and research gaps

Rydén

Zizka

Jagers

et al. 2019

Ambio

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Increasing human pressure threatens plant and animal species with extinction worldwide. National political institutions constitute an important arena for biodiversity conservation. Yet, the relationship between how democratic these national institutions are and a country's efforts towards and track-record for biodiversity conservation remains poorly understood. In this review, we outline the theoretical links between democracy and biodiversity conservation and review the empirical literature testing them. While more studies reported a positive than a negative relation between democracy and biodiversity conservation (15 vs. 11), the most common result was a mixed relationship (28), often conditioned on economic factors. The use of different proxies to measure biodiversity, including deforestation, protected areas, threatened species, and fishery statistics emerged as a primary obstacle for synthesis. We suggest overcoming this caveat together with a consistent definition of democratic institutions and a standardized statistical framework as research priorities to improve policies against the global biodiversity loss.

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Section: Biodiversity Indicatorssupporting

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Linking democracy and biodiversity conservation: Empirical evidence and research gaps

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Zizka

Jagers

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“…The literature on the impact of institutions on environment outcomes has produced mixed results. See, for example,Deininger and Minten (2002) andWehkamp et al (2018) on deforestation.5 Nevertheless, economic freedom is consistent with some government involvement, e.g. to protect property rights and to enforce the rule of law.…”

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“…Institutions play an important role as conventions, norms, and legal rules (North 1990) and they shape the relationships between citizens concerning their access to and use of natural resources (Vatn 2005). Governance structures and political regimes also play a pivotal role in economic policy, including environmental policy (Wehkamp et al 2018;Rausser and Swinnen 2011). Moreover, cultural differences also affect environmental preferences and attitudes (see Kountouris and Remoundou, 2016 and references therein).…”

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Institutions, Culture, and Wetland Values

Chaikumbung

Doucouliagos

Scarborough

2019

Ecological Economics

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Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.

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“…The governance literature on protected areas is extensive (Castro 2016;Worboys et al 2015;Pfaff et al 2014;Nolte et al 2013;Borrini-Feyerabend et al 2013).Within this literature, the establishment and adherence to rules is one of the principal themes studied within protected area governance (Heikkila and Gerlak 2019;Wehkamp et al, 2018;McGinnis and Ostrom 2014), and several scholars have sought to understand the role of rules in governance (Patterson and Beunen 2019;Solorzano and Fleischman 2018;Fovargue 2017;Vadjunec 2011;Paavola 2007;Ostrom 2005). Ostrom (2005) and Kiser and Ostrom (1982) defined rules as regulations that drive behavior and guide the way in which a given activity should be performed and as the ordering in which social and work relations should take place -necessary, prohibited or permitted actions.…”

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Governance and Deforestation: Understanding the Role of Formal Rule-Acknowledgement by Residents in Brazilian Extractive Reserves

Capelari

Gomes

Araújo

et al. 2020

International Journal of the Commons

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Brazil has one of the most extensive and effective sets of deforestation control policies in the world. One of the main deforestation control policies implemented by the Brazilian government over the last 15 years has been the creation of an extensive system of protected areas, including extractive reserves. Our study addresses the challenges of reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. We analyze the role of institutions in controlling deforestation, focusing on the formal rules contained within the Management Agreements of extractive reserves. We chose two extreme cases: the Rio Ouro Preto Extractive Reserve and the Rio Cautário Extractive Reserve, in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Within each case, we analyzed the association between the recognition of the formal rules and the extent of deforestation. We collected data through eight focus groups, with a total of 61 reserve residents, which used a didactic story to understand reserve residents' familiarity with the Management Agreement rules. In both cases, there was high recognition of the formal rules governing natural resource use in the reserves, although there was heterogeneity among communities and in the mechanisms that facilitate recognition. The factors contributing to the recognition and non-recognition of the formal rules by reserve residents included: learning strategies (theoretical and practical); speed of institutional change; rules content (ambiguous and not well-adapted); endogenous factors (e.g. leadership, relationships); and exogenous factors (e.g. economic change, conflict and pressures).

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Governance and deforestation — a meta-analysis in economics

Cited by 54 publications

References 70 publications

Linking democracy and biodiversity conservation: Empirical evidence and research gaps

Linking democracy and biodiversity conservation: Empirical evidence and research gaps

Institutions, Culture, and Wetland Values

Governance and Deforestation: Understanding the Role of Formal Rule-Acknowledgement by Residents in Brazilian Extractive Reserves

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