Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal
This article examines the effect of remittance income on deforestation in Nepal during 2001–2010 using satellite-based land use data and a nationwide household survey. Results indicate that remittance income reduced deforestation by 4.2 percentage points, accounting for almost 12% of deforestation d...
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University of Wisconsin Press
2022
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| author | Li, Man Zhang, Wei Guo, Zhe Bhandary, Prapti |
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| description | This article examines the effect of remittance income on deforestation in Nepal during 2001–2010 using satellite-based land use data and a nationwide household survey. Results indicate that remittance income reduced deforestation by 4.2 percentage points, accounting for almost 12% of deforestation during this period. An additional one-thousand-Rupee increase in average household annual remittance income reduced the ward-level deforestation by ~0.435 percentage points. There is no evidence that remittances induced expansion of agricultural land or stimulated demand for forest products. Instead, remittances contributed to the shift of households’ demand for timber and fuelwood toward non-wood alternatives for housing construction and cooking. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1412042025-10-26T13:02:06Z Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal Li, Man Zhang, Wei Guo, Zhe Bhandary, Prapti income surveys farm income deforestation smallholders remuneration This article examines the effect of remittance income on deforestation in Nepal during 2001–2010 using satellite-based land use data and a nationwide household survey. Results indicate that remittance income reduced deforestation by 4.2 percentage points, accounting for almost 12% of deforestation during this period. An additional one-thousand-Rupee increase in average household annual remittance income reduced the ward-level deforestation by ~0.435 percentage points. There is no evidence that remittances induced expansion of agricultural land or stimulated demand for forest products. Instead, remittances contributed to the shift of households’ demand for timber and fuelwood toward non-wood alternatives for housing construction and cooking. 2022-05 2024-04-12T13:37:27Z 2024-04-12T13:37:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141204 en Open Access University of Wisconsin Press Li, Man; Zhang, Wei; Guo, Zhe; and Bhandary, Prapti. 2022. Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal. Land Economics 98(2): 376-398. https://www.doi.org/10.3368/le.98.2.090220-0139R |
| spellingShingle | income surveys farm income deforestation smallholders remuneration Li, Man Zhang, Wei Guo, Zhe Bhandary, Prapti Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal |
| title | Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal |
| title_full | Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal |
| title_short | Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal |
| title_sort | deforestation and smallholder income evidence from remittances to nepal |
| topic | income surveys farm income deforestation smallholders remuneration |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141204 |
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