Salk, Carl
- Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- University of Colorado Boulder
Sammanfattning
Skewed distributions of benefits from natural resources can fuel social exclusion and conflict, threatening sustainability. This paper analyzes how user-group property rights to harvest forest products affect the distribution of benefits from those products within user groups. We argue that groups with recognized harvesting rights share benefits more equally among group members than groups without such rights. We test this argument with data from 350 forest user groups in 14 developing countries. Our results suggest that securing harvesting rights for local user groups can contribute to more equal benefit sharing, especially in ethnically homogenous groups. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Nyckelord
forestry; governance; inequality; institutions; REDD; IFRI
Publicerad i
World Development
2015, volym: 72, sidor: 408-418
Utgivare: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
SLU författare
Globala målen (SDG)
SDG17 Genomförande och globalt partnerskap
UKÄ forskningsämne
Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.03.005
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/69542