Why Forests Are Important for Global Poverty Alleviation: a Spatial Explanation

Ecology and Society

Atie Puntodewo¹  Daniel Müller²  Arild Angelsen³  William D. Sunderlin⁴  Michael Epprecht⁵  Sonya Dewi⁶ 

[1] Center for International Forestry Research;Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO);Norwegian University of Life Sciences;Rights and Resources Group;Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) "North-South", University of Berne;World Agroforestry Centre;

关键词: deforestation;    forest;    poverty;    spatial analysis;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-02590-130224

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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