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DOI	10.1038/s41893-019-0277-3
	Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal
	Oldekop J.A.; Sims K.R.E.; Karna B.K.; Whittingham M.J.; Agrawal A.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	421
结束页码	428
卷号	2 期号:5
英文摘要	Since the 1980’s, decentralized forest management has been promoted as a way to enhance sustainable forest use and reduce rural poverty. Rural communities manage increasing amounts of the world’s forests, yet rigorous evidence using large-N data on whether community-based forest management (CFM) can jointly reduce both deforestation and poverty remains scarce. We estimate the impacts of CFM using a large longitudinal dataset that integrates national census-based poverty measures with high-resolution forest cover change data, and near-complete information on Nepal’s >18,000 community forests. We compare changes in forest cover and poverty from 2000–2012 for subdistricts with or without CFM arrangements, but that are otherwise similar in terms of socioeconomic and biophysical baseline measures. Our results indicate that CFM has, on average, contributed to significant net reductions in both poverty and deforestation across Nepal, and that CFM increases the likelihood of win–win outcomes. We also find that the estimated reduced deforestation impacts of community forests are lower where baseline poverty levels are high, and greater where community forests are larger and have existed longer. These results indicate that greater benefits may result from longer-term investments and larger areas committed to CFM, but that community forests established in poorer areas may require additional support to minimize tradeoffs between socioeconomic and environmental outcomes. © 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Economics; Large dataset; Rural areas; Community forest; Community-based forest managements; Complete information; Environmental outcome; Forest cover change; High resolution; Rural community; Sustainable forest; Deforestation
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163388
作者单位	Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; Forests and Livelihoods: Assessment, Research and Engagement Network, School for Environment and Sustainability, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Department of Economics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States; Department of Environmental Studies, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States; ForestAction Nepal, Lalitpur, Nepal; School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom; School for Environment and Sustainability, The University of Michigan, MichiganMI, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Oldekop J.A.,Sims K.R.E.,Karna B.K.,et al. Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal[J],2019,2(5).
APA	Oldekop J.A.,Sims K.R.E.,Karna B.K.,Whittingham M.J.,&Agrawal A..(2019).Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal.Nature Sustainability,2(5).
MLA	Oldekop J.A.,et al."Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal".Nature Sustainability 2.5(2019).