Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation
Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where the p...
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| author | Sunderlin, William D. Dewi, S. Puntodewo, A. Muller, D. Angelsen, A. Epprecht, M. |
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| description | Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where the poor are. We conducted a spatial analysis to ascertain the degree of spatial association between poverty and forests in seven countries: Brazil, Honduras, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Indonesia, and Vietnam. For most of these countries, there was a significant positive correlation between high natural forest cover and high poverty rate (the percentage of the population that is poor) and between high forest cover and low poverty density (the number of poor per unit area). We explain the findings and discuss policy implications and topics for future research. |
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| spelling | CGSpace200302025-01-24T14:13:02Z Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation Sunderlin, William D. Dewi, S. Puntodewo, A. Muller, D. Angelsen, A. Epprecht, M. deforestation forests poverty spatial analysis Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where the poor are. We conducted a spatial analysis to ascertain the degree of spatial association between poverty and forests in seven countries: Brazil, Honduras, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Indonesia, and Vietnam. For most of these countries, there was a significant positive correlation between high natural forest cover and high poverty rate (the percentage of the population that is poor) and between high forest cover and low poverty density (the number of poor per unit area). We explain the findings and discuss policy implications and topics for future research. 2008 2012-06-04T09:12:58Z 2012-06-04T09:12:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20030 en Sunderlin, W.D., Dewi, S., Puntodewo, A., Muller, D., Angelsen, A., Epprecht, M. 2008. Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation . Ecology and Society 13 (2) :24 URL:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art24/. ISSN: 1708-3087. |
| spellingShingle | deforestation forests poverty spatial analysis Sunderlin, William D. Dewi, S. Puntodewo, A. Muller, D. Angelsen, A. Epprecht, M. Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation |
| title | Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation |
| title_full | Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation |
| title_fullStr | Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation |
| title_short | Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation |
| title_sort | why forests are important for global poverty alleviation a spatial explanation |
| topic | deforestation forests poverty spatial analysis |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20030 |
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