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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Jumbe, Charles; Angelsen, Arild |
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Conference:
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Survival of the Commons: Mounting Challenges and New Realities, the Eleventh Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
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Location:
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Bali, Indonesia |
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Conf. Date:
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June 19-23, 2006 |
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Date:
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2006 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/1654
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Sector:
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Forestry |
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Region:
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Africa |
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Subject(s):
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IASC
forest management
community forestry
co-management
decision making
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Abstract:
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"We develop an endogenous sample selection model to investigate how forest dependence influences household's decision to participate in forest co-management program. Using data from Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves in Malawi, we find that where forests primarily have a gap filling or safety net role in Chimaliro, high forest dependency induces higher rates of participation. However, with more commercial forest uses and a more heterogeneous social context as in Liwonde, high forest dependency reduces the incentives for participation. The findings point to the need to design parallel interventions alongside the forest co-management program in order to provide supplementary income sources to participants and increase the incentives for participation."
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