Impacts of community forest management on human economic well-being across Madagascar

This study estimates CFM impacts on household living standards, as measured by per capita consumption expenditures.

Abstract

Community Forest Management (CFM) devolves forest management to local communities to achieve conservation and human well-being goals. Yet, the evidence for CFM’s impacts is mixed and difficult to interpret because of inadequate attention to rival explanations for the observed empirical patterns. In a national-scale analysis in Madagascar that carefully considers these rival explanations, the authors estimate CFM impacts on household living standards, as measured by per capita consumption expenditures.

This research was supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme

Citation

Rasolofoson, R.A., Ferraro, P.J., Ruta, G., Rasamorlina, M.S., Randriankolona, P.L., Larsen, H.O., Jones, J.P.G., Impacts of community forest management on human economic well-being across Madagascar, Conservation Letters, pp.1-8, 2016

Impacts of community forest management on human economic well-being across Madagascar

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Published 1 July 2016