Evaluating the Impact of REDD+ Interventions on Household Forest Revenue in Peru

REDD+ was conceived as a system of incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation. While this could include many different types of interventions to reduce deforestation and degradation, a consensus has emerged that they should safeguard and “do no harm” to the forest-based liv...

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Autores principales: Solis, D., Cronkleton, P., Sills, E.O., Rodríguez Ward, D., Duchelle, Amy E.
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Frontiers Media 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113520
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author Solis, D.
Cronkleton, P.
Sills, E.O.
Rodríguez Ward, D.
Duchelle, Amy E.
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description REDD+ was conceived as a system of incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation. While this could include many different types of interventions to reduce deforestation and degradation, a consensus has emerged that they should safeguard and “do no harm” to the forest-based livelihoods of local people. Many REDD+ projects have been designed to incentivize forest conservation and support local livelihoods by promoting sustainable use of the forest, hence increasing the revenues earned by local households from forest products. We examine two such projects in the Peruvian Amazon, using panel survey data from over 400 households gathered in 2011 and 2014. In the 3 years between surveys, we observed a severe decline in forest revenue. However, by using a BACI study design and matching, we show that this decrease was not caused by the REDD+ interventions. Thus, REDD+ “did no harm” to local people, at least in terms of forest revenues in the early phases of these two projects in the Peruvian Amazon.
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spelling CGSpace1135202025-12-08T10:29:22Z Evaluating the Impact of REDD+ Interventions on Household Forest Revenue in Peru Solis, D. Cronkleton, P. Sills, E.O. Rodríguez Ward, D. Duchelle, Amy E. climate change mitigation forest management ecology forestry REDD+ was conceived as a system of incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation. While this could include many different types of interventions to reduce deforestation and degradation, a consensus has emerged that they should safeguard and “do no harm” to the forest-based livelihoods of local people. Many REDD+ projects have been designed to incentivize forest conservation and support local livelihoods by promoting sustainable use of the forest, hence increasing the revenues earned by local households from forest products. We examine two such projects in the Peruvian Amazon, using panel survey data from over 400 households gathered in 2011 and 2014. In the 3 years between surveys, we observed a severe decline in forest revenue. However, by using a BACI study design and matching, we show that this decrease was not caused by the REDD+ interventions. Thus, REDD+ “did no harm” to local people, at least in terms of forest revenues in the early phases of these two projects in the Peruvian Amazon. 2021-03-25 2021-04-26T14:21:08Z 2021-04-26T14:21:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113520 en Open Access Frontiers Media Solis, D., Cronkleton, P., Sills, E., Rodriguez-Ward, D. and Duchelle, A.E., 2021. Evaluating the Impact of REDD+ interventions on household forest revenue in Peru. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4: 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.624724
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Cronkleton, P.
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Rodríguez Ward, D.
Duchelle, Amy E.
Evaluating the Impact of REDD+ Interventions on Household Forest Revenue in Peru
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mitigation
forest management
ecology
forestry
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