Le domaine d’application de l’indice de biodiversité potentielle (IBP)

Larrieu, Laurent; Gonin, Pierre; Deconchat, Marc

doi:10.4267/2042/50657

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“…Cedar forests seemed to provide important ecotourism services which is in line with the TEV that was calculated for (Palahi et al, 2008). These findings confirm that when it comes to insuring the sustainability of the goods and services provided, it is important to take into consideration biodiversity in the management of these forests (Larrieu and Gonin, 2016).…”

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Reforestation for environmental services as valued by local communities: a case study from Lebanon

Amidi

Stephan

Maatouk

2020

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PurposeLebanon has been subject to important reforestation activities which resulted in the establishment of several cedars, pine and other mixed forest stands on communal lands. These stands are not designated for timber production but rather for nonwood forest products (NWFPs), landscape restoration and for environmental services. The study aims at valuating old reforested sites from the perspective of rural communities neighboring those reforested stands.Design/methodology/approachTo assess the non-timber goods and services provided by these forest ecosystems, 13 reforested sites located in different regions in Lebanon were selected. The socioeconomic assessment was done using questionnaires distributed to locals that have close interactions with the neighboring forests; it included, among others, a double-bonded dichotomous contingent valuation (CV) related to their willingness to pay (WTP) for reforestation and forest management activities.FindingsResults of the goods and services assessment revealed that the forests have multifunctional uses with ecotourism as a major activity in all forest types. The CV showed that 75% of respondents did express a WTP. Most of the respondents did so, thus giving a great importance to intrinsic values of the forests. Lower income did not negatively affect the WTP of respondents but rather age and the educational level did. Other factors such as forest type, forest surface and the biodiversity status of the sites did not have an impact on WTP.Practical implicationsThese results are very informative for governmental policies seeking funds to perform reforestation programs for environmental objectives, involving local communities in co-funding these programs would help insure the sustainable conservation of reforestation sites.Social implicationsDespite their relative low income, poor communities are willing to pay to sustain forests and their ecosystem services.Originality/valueIt is the first time that a CV is used for ecosystem services regenerated from 50–60 years old reforested sites in a semiarid region, where trees are not planted for timber production. It is one of the few examples were lower income did not affect the WTP for forests providing environmental services on communal lands.

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Reforestation for environmental services as valued by local communities: a case study from Lebanon

Amidi

Stephan

Maatouk

2020

FER

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“…The IBP is a biodiversity evaluation tool according to Larsson (2001) that combines ten key historical, structural, and compositional factors for forest-dwelling species, which are easily and directly measurable in the field (for more details, see Gosselin and Larrieu (2020) and Appendix 2). It can be used as a rapid habitat assessment method to evaluate the hosting capacity of stands for forest biodiversity (Larrieu et al, 2012;Bouget et al, 2014;Larrieu et al, 2019a). The raw number of items (e.g.…”

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The socio-ecological legacies of centuries-old charcoal making practices in a mountain forest of the northern Pyrenees

Fouédjeu

Paradis-Grenouillet

Larrieu

et al. 2021

Forest Ecology and Management

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Index of biodiversity potential (IBP) versus direct species monitoring in temperate forests

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Baumann

Gonin

et al. 2022

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Le domaine d’application de l’indice de biodiversité potentielle (IBP)

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Reforestation for environmental services as valued by local communities: a case study from Lebanon

Reforestation for environmental services as valued by local communities: a case study from Lebanon

The socio-ecological legacies of centuries-old charcoal making practices in a mountain forest of the northern Pyrenees

Index of biodiversity potential (IBP) versus direct species monitoring in temperate forests

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