Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia
The dependence of smallholder farmers on forest resources for their sustenance and livelihoods is a major driver of deforestation and degradation of forest resources in tropical countries. Understanding the socio-economic drivers that aggravate the extraction and overexploitation of forest products...
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| author | Amare, D. Wondie, M. Teketay, D. Eshete, A. Darr, Dietrich |
| author_browse | Amare, D. Darr, Dietrich Eshete, A. Teketay, D. Wondie, M. |
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| description | The dependence of smallholder farmers on forest resources for their sustenance and livelihoods is a major driver of deforestation and degradation of forest resources in tropical countries. Understanding the socio-economic drivers that aggravate the extraction and overexploitation of forest products is vital for designing effective forest conservation and restoration measures. This particularly holds with regard to the importance of two fundamentally opposing motivations of smallholder forest exploitation, which we label “wood extraction for need” vs. “wood extraction for greed”. This study was conducted at Zege peninsula in Northern Ethiopia to investigate the factors affecting the extraction and marketing of wood from the peninsula's primary dry Afromontane forest by smallholders. Data was collected using household survey, focus groups discussions and key informant interviews. Data analysis employed the Heckman two-steps econometric model. The predominant involvement of vulnerable households in forest exploitation suggests that wood extraction was driven by need and mainly served sustenance and safety net functions. In addition, we also found evidence of greed-driven forest exploitation. As a consequence of selective rule enforcement and nepotism, the forest enforcement committee was not effective in safeguarding the forest, there by contributing to increased wood extraction and marketing by community members for income generation. This suggests that, in order to protect the forest, interventions are needed that aim at creating alternative income opportunities for smallholders through improved production of non-timber forest products, enhanced market access and the provision of locally adapted technologies; as well as at increasing the integrity of law enforcement. |
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| spelling | CGSpace915362024-05-01T08:18:59Z Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia Amare, D. Wondie, M. Teketay, D. Eshete, A. Darr, Dietrich forest resources deforestation forest management forest degradation smallholders living standards market surveys participation socioeconomic environment wood households income generation The dependence of smallholder farmers on forest resources for their sustenance and livelihoods is a major driver of deforestation and degradation of forest resources in tropical countries. Understanding the socio-economic drivers that aggravate the extraction and overexploitation of forest products is vital for designing effective forest conservation and restoration measures. This particularly holds with regard to the importance of two fundamentally opposing motivations of smallholder forest exploitation, which we label “wood extraction for need” vs. “wood extraction for greed”. This study was conducted at Zege peninsula in Northern Ethiopia to investigate the factors affecting the extraction and marketing of wood from the peninsula's primary dry Afromontane forest by smallholders. Data was collected using household survey, focus groups discussions and key informant interviews. Data analysis employed the Heckman two-steps econometric model. The predominant involvement of vulnerable households in forest exploitation suggests that wood extraction was driven by need and mainly served sustenance and safety net functions. In addition, we also found evidence of greed-driven forest exploitation. As a consequence of selective rule enforcement and nepotism, the forest enforcement committee was not effective in safeguarding the forest, there by contributing to increased wood extraction and marketing by community members for income generation. This suggests that, in order to protect the forest, interventions are needed that aim at creating alternative income opportunities for smallholders through improved production of non-timber forest products, enhanced market access and the provision of locally adapted technologies; as well as at increasing the integrity of law enforcement. 2017-12 2018-03-08T06:25:21Z 2018-03-08T06:25:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91536 en Open Access Elsevier Amare, D.; Wondie, M.; Teketay, D.; Eshete, A.; Darr, D. 2017. Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 142:177-184. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.06.002 |
| spellingShingle | forest resources deforestation forest management forest degradation smallholders living standards market surveys participation socioeconomic environment wood households income generation Amare, D. Wondie, M. Teketay, D. Eshete, A. Darr, Dietrich Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia |
| title | Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | wood extraction among the households of zege peninsula northern ethiopia |
| topic | forest resources deforestation forest management forest degradation smallholders living standards market surveys participation socioeconomic environment wood households income generation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91536 |
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