Contextual factors shaping forest-poverty dynamics
January 1, 2020 - Gabay, Monica; Oldekop, Johan A.; Humphreys, David; Kamoto, Judith; Mutta, Doris N.; Rai, Nitin D.; Conghe, Song; Timko, Joleen; Rasmussen, Laura Vang; Cheek, Jennifer Zavaleta; Devkota, Dikshya; Stoian, Dietmar
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Abstract: Forests and tree-based systems represent complex social-ecological systems. Gaining a better understanding of how contextual factors influence forest-poverty dynamics is essential for the design, targeting and implementation of policy instruments and interventions to alleviate poverty. In this chapter we explore key social, economic, political and environmental factors affecting forest-poverty dynamics, and use a series of illustrative examples to demonstrate how factors can take multiple roles in causal chains of processes of social and environmental change in forest and tree-based systems. We conclude the chapter by highlighting how future research can provide a better understanding of the processes and contexts shaping forest-poverty dynamics, including elucidating the relative effects of different drivers of change on multiple social and environmental outcomes.
Type of Publication: Bulletin article
