Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge
Major advances have been made over the past two decades in our understanding of the contribution forests and trees outside forests make to human well-being across the globe. Yet this knowledge has not always been incorporated into broader poverty and development policy agendas. The result is a misse...
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| author | Miller, D.C. Mansourian, S. Gabay, M. Hajjar, R. Jagger, P. Kamoto, J.F.M. Newton, P. Oldekop, J.A. Razafindratsima, O.H. Shyamsundar, P. Sunderland, T.C.H. Wildburger, C. |
| author_browse | Gabay, M. Hajjar, R. Jagger, P. Kamoto, J.F.M. Mansourian, S. Miller, D.C. Newton, P. Oldekop, J.A. Razafindratsima, O.H. Shyamsundar, P. Sunderland, T.C.H. Wildburger, C. |
| author_facet | Miller, D.C. Mansourian, S. Gabay, M. Hajjar, R. Jagger, P. Kamoto, J.F.M. Newton, P. Oldekop, J.A. Razafindratsima, O.H. Shyamsundar, P. Sunderland, T.C.H. Wildburger, C. |
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| description | Major advances have been made over the past two decades in our understanding of the contribution forests and trees outside forests make to human well-being across the globe. Yet this knowledge has not always been incorporated into broader poverty and development policy agendas. The result is a missed opportunity to effectively and sustainably reach national and international poverty alleviation goals. Here, we address the need for greater integration of forests and trees in development policy. We distil five key findings based on the current evidence base and discuss their implications for decision-makers. We find that (1) forests and trees are critical to global efforts to end poverty but (2) their benefits to human well-being are unevenly distributed. Although the evidence indicates that (3) forests and trees can help the rural poor as they face profound global changes, it also shows that (4) poorly aligned forest and land use policies and programmes may lead to excessive costs being borne by the poor. However, we do find that (5) policy and management measures exist that can enable forests and trees to effectively address poverty goals even as there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution. Key overarching policy implications of these findings include the need to integrate forests and trees more explicitly into land-use planning and poverty reduction programs, strengthen forest property rights, self-governance and technical skills of forest-reliant communities, and carefully tailor policy measures to the context in which they are implemented. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1154022023-12-08T19:36:04Z Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge Miller, D.C. Mansourian, S. Gabay, M. Hajjar, R. Jagger, P. Kamoto, J.F.M. Newton, P. Oldekop, J.A. Razafindratsima, O.H. Shyamsundar, P. Sunderland, T.C.H. Wildburger, C. forest policy livelihoods poverty land use sustainable development Major advances have been made over the past two decades in our understanding of the contribution forests and trees outside forests make to human well-being across the globe. Yet this knowledge has not always been incorporated into broader poverty and development policy agendas. The result is a missed opportunity to effectively and sustainably reach national and international poverty alleviation goals. Here, we address the need for greater integration of forests and trees in development policy. We distil five key findings based on the current evidence base and discuss their implications for decision-makers. We find that (1) forests and trees are critical to global efforts to end poverty but (2) their benefits to human well-being are unevenly distributed. Although the evidence indicates that (3) forests and trees can help the rural poor as they face profound global changes, it also shows that (4) poorly aligned forest and land use policies and programmes may lead to excessive costs being borne by the poor. However, we do find that (5) policy and management measures exist that can enable forests and trees to effectively address poverty goals even as there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution. Key overarching policy implications of these findings include the need to integrate forests and trees more explicitly into land-use planning and poverty reduction programs, strengthen forest property rights, self-governance and technical skills of forest-reliant communities, and carefully tailor policy measures to the context in which they are implemented. 2021-10 2021-10-14T04:43:12Z 2021-10-14T04:43:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115402 en Limited Access Elsevier Miller, D.C., Mansourian, S., Gabay, M., Hajjar, R., Jagger, P., Kamoto, J.F., Newton, P., Oldekop, J.A., Razafindratsima, O.H., Shyamsundar, P. and Sunderland, T.C.H., Wildburger, C., 2021. Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge. Forest Policy and Economics, 131, 102566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102566 |
| spellingShingle | forest policy livelihoods poverty land use sustainable development Miller, D.C. Mansourian, S. Gabay, M. Hajjar, R. Jagger, P. Kamoto, J.F.M. Newton, P. Oldekop, J.A. Razafindratsima, O.H. Shyamsundar, P. Sunderland, T.C.H. Wildburger, C. Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge |
| title | Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge |
| title_full | Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge |
| title_fullStr | Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge |
| title_short | Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge |
| title_sort | forests trees and poverty alleviation policy implications of current knowledge |
| topic | forest policy livelihoods poverty land use sustainable development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115402 |
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