Measuring the forest and income impacts of forest user group participation under Malawi's Forest Co-management Program

Mazunda, John; Shively, Gerald

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.09.016

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“…Community involvement in and around MTPF through collaboration patterns in forest management is an effort to increase community income and prevent forest damage. Mazunda & Shively (2015) draw that collaborative programs in forest management can be useful to achieve environmental goals without victimizing household livelihoods. Households participating in forest Scientific Article ISSN: 2087-0469 The community income in research location covers income from food crops and horticulture, livestock, and NTFPs.…”

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Contribution of the Mutis Timau Protected Forest to Community Income in the Forest Management Unit of South Central Timor Regency, Timor Island, Indonesia

Dako

Purwanto

Faida

et al. 2020

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Forest resources obtained by the community are used to satisfy family needs, and one is an additional family income. This study aimed at determining the contribution of Mutis Timau protected forest to community income. In order to knowing the income that the community earns from the forest, a survey was conducted in nine villages located in and around Mutis Timau protected forest that started from January to June 2018. Nine villages were purposively selected that Mutis Timau protected forest area is administratively under those villages whose communities directly interact with the protected forest. The technique of collecting data was a questionnaire with 353 respondents selected proportionally in each village. Also, observation and literature study were adopted. The data were descriptively analyzed. The results denote that Mutis Timau protected forest provide income to the community through non-timber-1-1 forest products of IDR1,637,510,566 year of the total income of IDR45,260,686,262 year. Community income earned from Mutis Timau protected forest is very low (3.62%) compared to the income gained from horticultural food crops (66.29%) and livestock (30.09%). The income is directly earned from the sale of non-timber forest products to the consumers without having product processes in particular for hunting wild animals, fungus, tubers, and honey. Honey delivers higher income besides other non-timber forest products, such as hunting wild animals, fungus, and tubers.

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Contribution of the Mutis Timau Protected Forest to Community Income in the Forest Management Unit of South Central Timor Regency, Timor Island, Indonesia

Dako

Purwanto

Faida

et al. 2020

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“…As noted in existing literature, the variables for the matching approach have an impact on program participation rather than on outcomes [22,33]. In this article, we chose the total household income as the outcome variable.…”

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The Impact of Program Participation on Rural Household Income: Evidence from China’s Whole Village Poverty Alleviation Program

Lin

Zhang

2019

Sustainability

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Villagers' participation in poverty alleviation programs has received considerable attention, especially with regard to the poor. However, not much is known about the welfare effect of villagers' program participation. This paper analyzes the impact of villagers' program participation on their incomes. We used household data from 529 villagers in China's Whole Village Poverty Alleviation Program. We focused on two types of program participation-discussion and voting. Using the propensity score matching approach, we estimate the impact of rural households' program participation on their income. The results show that the education and the political career of the household head determine program participation. Households participating in discussion and voting have a positive and significant effect on household income. Richer households benefit more from the program. However, the poor receive less benefits. We conclude that broadening villager's participation can boost the effectiveness of China's poverty alleviation program.

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“…CMAs have the potential to improve forest conditions by reducing illegal harvesting (Persha & Blomley 2009) or fostering greater awareness and investment in natural resource management (Andersson et al 2006). Longitudinal studies of devolution initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa show mixed results with both gains and losses in forest cover (Blomley et al 2008; Treue et al 2014; Mazunda & Shively 2015; Rasolofoson et al 2015). Studies examining the impacts of collaborative forest management on forest user incomes in Africa also have mixed results (Ameha et al 2014; Gelo & Koch 2014; Mazunda & Shively 2015).…”

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Looking for Medium-term Conservation and Development Impacts of Community Management Agreements in Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Jagger

Sellers

Kittner

et al. 2018

Ecological Economics

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We evaluate the impact of collaborative management agreements (CMAs) designed to protect forests and raise incomes for smallholders living adjacent to Rwenzori Mountains National Park (RMNP), Uganda. We use a quasi-experimental study design to estimate changes in several income measures, as well as land cover using three waves (2003, 2007, and 2012) of household survey and remote sensing data. Overall, we find no significant impact of CMAs on any of our income measures. However, when disaggregating households by income quartile, we find that access to forest resources in RMNP may have had an income stabilizing effect for poor households. Forest income grew significantly faster among the poorest quartile of treatment relative to control households, partially because poor households recorded very low income from forests at baseline. The effect of CMAs on forest cover is minimal, although we find that conversion of woody savanna and savanna to cropland is more pronounced in villages with CMAs. These findings suggest that in the medium-term, CMAs have failed to deliver conservation or development benefits related to enhancing livelihoods or conserving forests near RMNP. Practitioners should consider different CMA models or other strategies for improving welfare and forest health outcomes in communities neighboring protected areas.

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Measuring the forest and income impacts of forest user group participation under Malawi's Forest Co-management Program

Cited by 22 publications

References 65 publications

Contribution of the Mutis Timau Protected Forest to Community Income in the Forest Management Unit of South Central Timor Regency, Timor Island, Indonesia

Contribution of the Mutis Timau Protected Forest to Community Income in the Forest Management Unit of South Central Timor Regency, Timor Island, Indonesia

The Impact of Program Participation on Rural Household Income: Evidence from China’s Whole Village Poverty Alleviation Program

Looking for Medium-term Conservation and Development Impacts of Community Management Agreements in Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains National Park

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