Spatial Aspects of Forest Management and Non-Timber Forest Product Extraction in Tanzania
The authors explore the impact of participatory forest management (PFM) in Tanzania that excludes villagers from traditional access to forests to collect non-timber forest products (NTFPs).
Using fieldwork and a spatial-temporal model, they focused on forest degradation and regeneration and villagers’ utility before and after PFM has been introduced. Although the PFM forest improves, they found that a moratorium on NTFP collection often adversely affects villagers’ livelihoods and more distant, less-protected forests.
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Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson and Razack B. Lokina, 2009, "Spatial Aspects of Forest Management and Non-Timber Forest Product Extraction in Tanzania", Efd Discussion Paper 09-07, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. Mars 2009.Publications
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Improving the Effectiveness of Joint Forest Management in Tanzania
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