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Formalizing land rights can reduce forest loss: Experimental evidence from Benin

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Date
2020-06
Link to item file
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/26/eabb6914
Dewey
Economie de la terre et des ressources naturelles
Sujet
deforestation; Community Forest Management; agricultural investments
JEL code
Q.Q3.Q32; Q.Q1.Q15; Q.Q5.Q57
Journal issue
Science Advances
Volume
6
Number
26
Publication date
06-2020
Article pages
eabb6914
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6914
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/20945
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Author
Wren-Lewis, Liam
139754 Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PSE]
487334 Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PJSE]
Becerra-Valbuena, Luis
1029895 UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY INRAE JOUY-EN-JOSAS ANTONY SDAR FRA
Houngbedji, Kenneth
139754 Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PSE]
559342 Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
Many countries are formalizing customary land rights systems with the aim of improving agricultural productivity and facilitating community forest management. This paper evaluates the impact on tree cover loss of the first randomized control trial of such a program. Around 70,000 landholdings were demarcated and registered in randomly chosen villages in Benin, a country with a high rate of deforestation driven by demand for agricultural land. We estimate that the program reduced the area of forest loss in treated villages, with no evidence of anticipatory deforestation or negative spillovers to other areas. Surveys indicate that possible mechanisms include an increase in tenure security and an improvement in the effectiveness of community forest management. Overall, our results suggest that formalizing customary land rights in rural areas can be an effective way to reduce forest loss while improving agricultural investments.

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