Assessing the Role of Group Heterogeneity in Community Forest Concessions in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve
Autor: | Douglas Southgate, Lea Fortmann, Brent Sohngen |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Land use business.industry Agroforestry 05 social sciences Forest management Environmental resource management Biosphere 010501 environmental sciences Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Social engagement 01 natural sciences Geography Community forestry Deforestation Agriculture 0502 economics and business Maya 050202 agricultural economics & policy business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Land Economics. 93:503-526 |
ISSN: | 1543-8325 0023-7639 |
Popis: | We use land use data from Guatemala to estimate the impact of a community forest concession policy on avoided deforestation when accounting for group heterogeneity. Our analysis includes communities with significant forestry experience, along with communities comprising recent settlers with primarily agricultural backgrounds. Employing a matched difference-in-differences approach, we compare deforestation in community concessions relative to a matched control area. We find the concession policy reduced deforestation throughout the study region, with the most significant effects in the recently settled concessions. While there is also evidence of leakage in this group, overall, there is a net reduction in deforestation. |
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