Responsibility for the forest in Cote d'Ivoire: where are we now?

Ballet, Jérôme; Koffi, Kouamékan J.M.; Komena, Kouadio Boniface

doi:10.1504/ijssoc.2010.030563

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“…Further, Lambooy and Levashova (2012) argued that private entrepreneurs' attitudes towards investment in green projects are changing in recent years, and they are becoming more supportive of such projects. Recent studies conducted outside the USA have shown that the emphasis on forest management has been shifting with more community collaboration and private sector responsibility for sustainable and efficient management of forest resources (Ballet et al, 2010). Revenue generation from ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration may offer a financial motivation to promote such management strategies.…”

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Factors influencing buyers' willingness to offer price premiums for carbon credits sourced from urban forests

Poudyal

Bowker

Siry

2015

IJSSOC

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Marketing carbon offset credits generated by urban forest projects could help cities and local governments achieve their financial self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability goals. Understanding the value of carbon credits sourced from urban forests, and the factors that determine buyers' willingness to pay a premium for such credits could benefit cities in strategically marketing carbon credits to generate revenue. This study surveyed business organisations participating in carbon trading in order to explore the factors influencing buyers' willingness to pay for urban forest carbon credits in alternative marketing scenarios (i.e., with and without explicit recognition of purchase). Results suggest that buyers are willing to pay a premium for carbon credits sourced from urban forests and the amount of this premium was influenced by the purchasing business's ownership type, size, geographical scope of operations, and the level of importance placed on the co-benefits provided by urban trees.

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Factors influencing buyers' willingness to offer price premiums for carbon credits sourced from urban forests

Poudyal

Bowker

Siry

2015

IJSSOC

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“…The post-independence period has hardly changed the deprivation of indigenous people, at least not until the 1990s when the participatory management policies began to be implemented, especially as the ''Peasant-forests committee'' (Koffi 2005;Ballet et al 2010;Komena 2013). Participatory management policies have in fact been put in place only after the political measures for eviction of the population living in forests classified as protected areas were found ineffective.…”

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Cultural Heterogeneity, Inequalities, Power, and the Management of Natural Resources: How the Capability Approach Contributes to the Debate

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Bazin

Koffi³

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Society & Natural Resources

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Cultural heterogeneity is considered to be a plausible explanatory factor in the management of natural resources. We show that the capability approach can nuance this argument. By contextualizing the role of cultural heterogeneity, arguing that inequalities of opportunity often take precedence over cultural differences, we show how the capability approach modifies the role of this factor. We then underline that cultural heterogenity is often a mask for differences in opportunities based on three dimensions of power: strategic power, institutional power, and domination power.Keywords community-based natural resource management, equity and sustainability, human behavior in the environment, inequalities, parks and protected areas Management of natural resources with local communities has been promoted as a goal for pursuing nature conservation and socioeconomic development. Nevertheless, Kellert et al. (2010) underline that despite sincere attempts, serious deficiencies are frequent. Many factors play a role in the capacity of communities to manage resources in a sustainable manner. As Poteete and Ostrom (2004) point out, some degree of consensus has been forged around all the variables that facilitate the joint management of resources, but the question of heterogeneity of the community group remains very problematic. Baland and Platteau (1999) vigorously advocated the role of cultural inequalities, but also of the inequalities that result from differences in economic

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On optimal forest management: a dynamic programming approach

Heikkinen

2011

IJSSS

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Responsibility for the forest in Cote d'Ivoire: where are we now?

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Factors influencing buyers' willingness to offer price premiums for carbon credits sourced from urban forests

Factors influencing buyers' willingness to offer price premiums for carbon credits sourced from urban forests

Cultural Heterogeneity, Inequalities, Power, and the Management of Natural Resources: How the Capability Approach Contributes to the Debate

On optimal forest management: a dynamic programming approach

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