Effectiveness of community forest management at reducing deforestation in Madagascar
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Effectiveness of community forest management at reducing deforestation in Madagascar. / Rasolofoson, Ranaivo Andriarilala; Ferraro, Paul J.; Jenkins, Clinton N.; Jones, Julia P.G.
In: Biological Conservation, Vol. 184, 2015, p. 271-277.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Effectiveness of community forest management at reducing deforestation in Madagascar
AU - Rasolofoson, Ranaivo Andriarilala
AU - Ferraro, Paul J.
AU - Jenkins, Clinton N.
AU - Jones, Julia P.G.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Community Forest Management (CFM) is a widespread conservation approach in the tropics. It is also promoted as a means by which payment for ecosystem services schemes can be implemented. However, evidence on its performance is weak. We investigated the effectiveness of CFM at reducing deforestation from 2000 to 2010 in Madagascar. To control for factors confounding impact estimates, we used statistical matching. We also contrasted the effects of CFM by whether commercial use of forest resources is allowed or not. We cannot detect an effect, on average, of CFM compared to no CFM, even when we restricted the sample to only where information suggests effective CFM implementation on the ground. Likewise, we cannot detect an effect of CFM where commercial use of natural resources is allowed. However, we can detect a reduction in deforestation in CFM that does not permit commercial uses, compared to no CFM or CFM allowing commercial uses. Our findings suggest that CFM and commercial use of forest resources are not guarantees of forest conservation and that differentiating among types of CFM is important.
AB - Community Forest Management (CFM) is a widespread conservation approach in the tropics. It is also promoted as a means by which payment for ecosystem services schemes can be implemented. However, evidence on its performance is weak. We investigated the effectiveness of CFM at reducing deforestation from 2000 to 2010 in Madagascar. To control for factors confounding impact estimates, we used statistical matching. We also contrasted the effects of CFM by whether commercial use of forest resources is allowed or not. We cannot detect an effect, on average, of CFM compared to no CFM, even when we restricted the sample to only where information suggests effective CFM implementation on the ground. Likewise, we cannot detect an effect of CFM where commercial use of natural resources is allowed. However, we can detect a reduction in deforestation in CFM that does not permit commercial uses, compared to no CFM or CFM allowing commercial uses. Our findings suggest that CFM and commercial use of forest resources are not guarantees of forest conservation and that differentiating among types of CFM is important.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Community Forest Management
KW - Deforestation
KW - Impact Evaluation
KW - Matching
KW - Madagascar
KW - Payments for Ecosystem Services
U2 - 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.027
DO - 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.027
M3 - Journal article
VL - 184
SP - 271
EP - 277
JO - Biological Conservation
JF - Biological Conservation
SN - 0006-3207
ER -
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