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Do forest-management plans and FSC certification help avoid deforestation in the Congo Basin ?

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Date
2020-09
Dewey
Economie de la terre et des ressources naturelles
Sujet
Forest Management Plan; FSC Certification; Deforestation; Matching; Congo Basin
JEL code
C.C2.C21; Q.Q2.Q23; Q.Q5.Q56; Q.Q5.Q58
Journal issue
Ecological Economics
Volume
175
Publication date
09-2020
Article pages
106660
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106660
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/20931
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Author
Tritsch, Isabelle
126764 Centre IRD de Montpellier [IRD]
Le Velly, Gwenolé
status unknown
Mertens, Benoit
126764 Centre IRD de Montpellier [IRD]
Meyfroidt, Patrick
110511 Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [FNRS]
Sannier, Christophe
241284 Systèmes d'Information à Référence Spatiale [SIRS]
Makak, Jean-Sylvestre
Houngbedji, Kenneth
559342 Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
12772 Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme [DIAL]
11609 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
To allow for the production of timber while preserving conservation values, forestry regulations in the Congo Basin have made Forest Management Plans (FMP) mandatory in logging concessions. This paper uses original high-resolution maps of forest-cover changes and official records on the activities of logging concessions to analyze the impact of FMP on deforestation in this region. We apply quasi-experimental and difference-in-difference approaches to evaluate the change in deforestation in concessions managed under an approved FMP. We find that between 2000 and 2010, deforestation was 74% lower in concessions with an FMP compared to others. Building on a theory of change, further analyses revealed that this decrease in deforestation takes time to occur and is highest around communities located in and nearby logging concessions, and in areas close to previous deforestation. These findings suggest that FMP help avoid deforestation by allowing logging companies to rotate cycles of timber extraction, thereby avoiding the overexploitation of areas that were previously logged, and by the better regulation of access to concessions by closing former logging roads to limit illegal activities such as shifting agriculture, hunting and the illegal harvest of timber or fuel-wood.

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