Loveridge, R, Sallu, SM orcid.org/0000-0002-1471-2485, Pfiefer, M et al. (6 more authors) (2021) Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas. Conservation Letters, 14 (6). e12831. ISSN 1755-263X
Abstract
Community forests (CFs) aim to improve human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness, though their performance remains contested. A recent innovation in protected area (PA) governance is to combine CFs with forest certification. We assess (1) the impact of certified CFs on wellbeing and conservation effectiveness; (2) gender inequality and elite capture; (3) interaction effects with neighboring national PAs. We used a novel approach that integrates field data consisting of locally identified indicators representative of multidimensional wellbeing, with remotely sensed data on conservation effectiveness and statistical matching to improve causal inference. We found that CFs positively impacted wellbeing, conservation effectiveness, and reduced gender inequality, though they did not reduce elite capture. We also detected positive interaction effects between certified CFs and neighboring national PAs. Our findings suggest that locating contrasting local and national PA governance approaches next to each other may help to maximize wellbeing and conservation benefits within complex multiuse landscapes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | community forest, conservation effectiveness, environmental justice, forest certification, gov-ernance, impact evaluation, integrated landscape management, matching, protected area, well-being |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BBSRC (Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council) BB/S014586/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2021 15:09 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/conl.12831 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176793 |