Why Forests Are Important for Global Poverty Alleviation: a Spatial Explanation
Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where the p...
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doaj-cfe5e6dc459a4d8f87ead5676efa1a622020-11-24T21:07:10ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872008-12-011322410.5751/ES-02590-1302242590Why Forests Are Important for Global Poverty Alleviation: a Spatial ExplanationWilliam D. Sunderlin0Sonya Dewi1Atie Puntodewo2Daniel Müller3Arild Angelsen4Michael Epprecht5Rights and Resources GroupWorld Agroforestry CentreCenter for International Forestry ResearchLeibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)Norwegian University of Life SciencesSwiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) "North-South", University of BerneForests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where the poor are. We conducted a spatial analysis to ascertain the degree of spatial association between poverty and forests in seven countries: Brazil, Honduras, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Indonesia, and Vietnam. For most of these countries, there was a significant positive correlation between high natural forest cover and high poverty rate (the percentage of the population that is poor) and between high forest cover and low poverty density (the number of poor per unit area). We explain the findings and discuss policy implications and topics for future research.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art24/deforestationforestpovertyspatial analysis |
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Why Forests Are Important for Global Poverty Alleviation: a Spatial Explanation |
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Why Forests Are Important for Global Poverty Alleviation: a Spatial Explanation |
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Why Forests Are Important for Global Poverty Alleviation: a Spatial Explanation |
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why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation |
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Resilience Alliance |
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Ecology and Society |
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1708-3087 |
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2008-12-01 |
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Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where the poor are. We conducted a spatial analysis to ascertain the degree of spatial association between poverty and forests in seven countries: Brazil, Honduras, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Indonesia, and Vietnam. For most of these countries, there was a significant positive correlation between high natural forest cover and high poverty rate (the percentage of the population that is poor) and between high forest cover and low poverty density (the number of poor per unit area). We explain the findings and discuss policy implications and topics for future research. |
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deforestation forest poverty spatial analysis |
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