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Oct

11

2009
 
 

Power to the People



Community-owned forests store more carbon

Raised fistForests that belong to local communities tend to provide higher carbon storage than government-owned forests, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The team analyzed data on 80 forest commons from 10 countries in East Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Forest commons that were larger or managed with greater local autonomy were more likely to be considered “sustainable,” meaning that both carbon storage and livelihood benefits were high. Government-owned forests tended to be overharvested, while community-owned forests generally showed fewer livelihood benefits and higher carbon storage.

This pattern may have emerged because local users conserve more resources when they own the forest, the authors argue. They say that communities could have even greater incentive to preserve their forests if they are compensated for extracting fewer products under the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) initiatives, which currently target national governments. REDD payments, along with more local ownership of large forest patches, could help combat climate change without depriving communities of their livelihood, the team writes. – Roberta Kwok

Source: Chhatre, A., & Agrawal, A. (2009). Trade-offs and synergies between carbon storage and livelihood benefits from forest commons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905308106

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