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Welfare and Environmental Impact of Incentive Based Conservation: Evidence from Kenyan Community Forest Associations

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  • Boscow Okumu
  • Edwin Muchapondwa

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This paper focuses on whether the provision of landless forest-adjacent communities with options to grow appropriate food crops inside forest reserves during early stages of reforestation programmes enable vertical transition of low income households and conserves forests. We consider the welfare and environmental impact of a unique incentive scheme known as the Plantation Establishment and […]

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  • Boscow Okumu & Edwin Muchapondwa, 2017. "Welfare and Environmental Impact of Incentive Based Conservation: Evidence from Kenyan Community Forest Associations," Working Papers 706, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:706
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    1. Sylvester Ngome Chisika & Chunho Yeom, 2021. "Enhancing Sustainable Management of Public Natural Forests Through Public Private Partnerships in Kenya," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(4), pages 21582440211, October.

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    Keywords

    Consumer Behavior; Social welfare;

    JEL classification:

    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • Q23 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Forestry

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