Category: Poverty reduction
Making forestry work for the poor
Poverty poses a major challenge for developing countries and contributing to poverty alleviation has been a crucial issue for the Asia-Pacific forestry sector over the last decade. Achievements have, however, often fallen short of expectations. The high incidence of poverty in forested areas, the high dependence of the poor on forest resources and the vast areas of forestland under state control demandan enhanced role for forestry in poverty eradication and a redoubling and re-strategizing of...
REDD+ and Rural Livelihoods
Focusing on incentive schemes that induce participation in land-use activities to supply environmental services, this paper examines the potential impacts of REDD+ on livelihoods, in particular with respect to incomes and poverty alleviation. Two case studies, each at a different scale, are presented. First, the N’hambita Community Carbon Project in Mozambique, a REDD+ project, promoted agro-forestry and reforestation activities along with alternative livelihoods. Second, the Sloping Lands...
Bridging the gap between forest conservation and poverty alleviation: the Ecuadorian Socio Bosque program
The Socio Bosque program is a national conservation agreement scheme of the governmentof Ecuador. Socio Bosque consists of the transfer of a direct monetary incentive per hectareof native forest and other native ecosystems to individual landowners and local andindigenous communities who protect these ecosystems, through voluntary conservationagreements that are monitored on a regular basis for compliance. Two years after itscreation, the program now includes more than half a million hectares of...
