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

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2020-06
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https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/26/eabb6914
Indexation documentaire
Economie de la terre et des ressources naturelles
Subject
deforestation; Community Forest Management; agricultural investments
Code JEL
Q.Q3.Q32; Q.Q1.Q15; Q.Q5.Q57
Nom de la revue
Science Advances
Volume
6
Numéro
26
Date de publication
06-2020
Pages article
eabb6914
Nom de l'éditeur
American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6914
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https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/20945
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Auteur
Wren-Lewis, Liam
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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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Résumé en anglais
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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