Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+
Interventions to strengthen forest conservation in tropical biomes face multiple challenges. Insecure land tenure and unequal benefit sharing within forest user groups are two of the most important. Using original household-level survey data from 130 villages in six countries, we assess how current...
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| author | Andersson, K. Smith, S.M. Alston, L.J. Duchelle, Amy E. Mwangi, E. Larson, A.M. Sassi, Claudio de Sills, E.O. Sunderlin, W.D. Wong, Grace Y. |
| author_browse | Alston, L.J. Andersson, K. Duchelle, Amy E. Larson, A.M. Mwangi, E. Sassi, Claudio de Sills, E.O. Smith, S.M. Sunderlin, W.D. Wong, Grace Y. |
| author_facet | Andersson, K. Smith, S.M. Alston, L.J. Duchelle, Amy E. Mwangi, E. Larson, A.M. Sassi, Claudio de Sills, E.O. Sunderlin, W.D. Wong, Grace Y. |
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| description | Interventions to strengthen forest conservation in tropical biomes face multiple challenges. Insecure land tenure and unequal benefit sharing within forest user groups are two of the most important. Using original household-level survey data from 130 villages in six countries, we assess how current wealth inequality relates to tenure security and benefit flows from forest use. We find that villages with higher wealth inequality report lower tenure security and more unequal flows from forest income and externally sourced income. Furthermore, we find that wealthier individuals within villages capture a disproportionately larger share of the total amount of forest benefits available to each village, while external income often benefits poorer individuals more. These findings suggest that unless future forest conservation interventions actively work to mitigate inequalities linked to existing forest benefit flows, there is a risk that these interventions—including those associated with REDD+ activities—reproduce or even aggravate pre-existing socioeconomic inequalities within user groups, potentially undermining both their conservation and economic objectives. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1118432025-09-25T13:01:42Z Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+ Andersson, K. Smith, S.M. Alston, L.J. Duchelle, Amy E. Mwangi, E. Larson, A.M. Sassi, Claudio de Sills, E.O. Sunderlin, W.D. Wong, Grace Y. forests conservation ecosystem services income Interventions to strengthen forest conservation in tropical biomes face multiple challenges. Insecure land tenure and unequal benefit sharing within forest user groups are two of the most important. Using original household-level survey data from 130 villages in six countries, we assess how current wealth inequality relates to tenure security and benefit flows from forest use. We find that villages with higher wealth inequality report lower tenure security and more unequal flows from forest income and externally sourced income. Furthermore, we find that wealthier individuals within villages capture a disproportionately larger share of the total amount of forest benefits available to each village, while external income often benefits poorer individuals more. These findings suggest that unless future forest conservation interventions actively work to mitigate inequalities linked to existing forest benefit flows, there is a risk that these interventions—including those associated with REDD+ activities—reproduce or even aggravate pre-existing socioeconomic inequalities within user groups, potentially undermining both their conservation and economic objectives. 2018-03 2021-03-08T08:14:36Z 2021-03-08T08:14:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111843 en Open Access Elsevier Andersson, K., Smith, S.M., Alston, L.J., Duchelle, A.E., Mwangi, E., Larson, A.M., de Sassi, C., Sills, E.O., Sunderlin, W.D., Wong, G.Y. 2018. Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+. Land Use Policy, 72: 510-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.012 |
| spellingShingle | forests conservation ecosystem services income Andersson, K. Smith, S.M. Alston, L.J. Duchelle, Amy E. Mwangi, E. Larson, A.M. Sassi, Claudio de Sills, E.O. Sunderlin, W.D. Wong, Grace Y. Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+ |
| title | Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+ |
| title_full | Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+ |
| title_fullStr | Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+ |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+ |
| title_short | Wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests: Implications for REDD+ |
| title_sort | wealth and the distribution of benefits from tropical forests implications for redd |
| topic | forests conservation ecosystem services income |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111843 |
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