Beyond money: does REDD+ payment enhance household’s participation in forest governance and management in Nepal’s community forests?
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Article Title | Beyond money: does REDD+ payment enhance household’s participation in forest governance and management in Nepal’s community forests? |
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ERA Journal ID | 5674 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Shrestha, Sujata (Author) and Shrestha, Uttam Babu (Author) |
Journal Title | Forest Policy and Economics |
Journal Citation | 80, pp. 63-70 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2017 |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 1389-9341 |
1872-7050 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.03.005 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934116303240 |
Abstract | Incentives can enhance community participation in conservation programs, but our understanding of how an economic incentive influences the participation of households in forest management is limited. REDD+ (Reducing Emission for Deforestation and forest Degradation)—a climate change mitigation mechanism initiated by international communities—provides payments to developing countries for better conservation of their forests. The REDD+ pilot project was implemented in community forests of Nepal through which REDD+ payment was distributed to the households involved in forest conservation. We examine whether REDD+ payments enhance participation of households in forest conservation, benefit provision, policy making, community services and capacity building programs in community forests of Nepal. Our results show that socio-economic factors such as education, family size, agricultural land holdings, and biophysical factors such as distance from respondent's household to the affiliated community forest are more likely to determine the participation in community forest management rather than economic incentive provided by the REDD+ pilot project. |
Keywords | climate change; conservation; deforestation; developing countries; biophysical factors |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380105. Environment and resource economics |
410406. Natural resource management | |
410401. Conservation and biodiversity | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Massachusetts, United States |
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q45w2/beyond-money-does-redd-payment-enhance-household-s-participation-in-forest-governance-and-management-in-nepal-s-community-forests
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