RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Spatial Variability and Disincentives to Harvest: Deforestation and Fuelwood Collection in South Asia
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 206
OP 218
DO 10.2307/3147090
VO 77
IS 2
A1 Köhlin, Gunnar
A1 Parks, Peter J.
A1 Barbier, Edward B.
A1 Burgess, Joanne C.
YR 2001
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/77/2/206.abstract
AB A major strategy to combat deforestation caused by household fuel collection has been the establishment of plantations, especially in India. A household model is specified with a number of collection possibilities and analyzed empirically using household, vegetation, and GIS data, and the potential decrease in collection from the natural forest is estimated. The results show reduced pressure on the natural forest due to the establishment of plantations. It also questions buffer zone plantations very close to natural forests. (JEL Q23)