RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Influence of Markets and Policy on Spatial Patterns of Non-Timber Forest Product Extraction
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 260
OP 271
DO 10.2307/3147272
VO 78
IS 2
A1 Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z.
A1 Williams, Jeffrey C.
A1 Albers, Heidi J.
YR 2002
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/78/2/260.abstract
AB When villagers extract resources, such as fuelwood, fodder, or medicinal plants from forests, their decisions over where and how much to extract are influenced by market conditions, their particular opportunity costs of time, minimum consumption needs, and access to markets. This paper develops an optimization model of villagers’ extraction behavior that clarifies how, and under what conditions, policies that create incentives such as improved returns to extraction in a buffer zone might be used instead of adversarial enforcement efforts to protect a forest’s pristine “inner core.” (JEL Q23)