Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal

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dc.creatorLi, Man
dc.creatorZhang, Wei
dc.creatorGuo, Zhe
dc.creatorBhandary, Prapti
dc.date2022-05
dc.date2024-04-12T13:37:27Z
dc.date2024-04-12T13:37:27Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:55:49Z
dc.descriptionThis article examines the effect of remittance income on deforestation in Nepal during 2001–2010 using satellite-based land use data and a nationwide household survey. Results indicate that remittance income reduced deforestation by 4.2 percentage points, accounting for almost 12% of deforestation during this period. An additional one-thousand-Rupee increase in average household annual remittance income reduced the ward-level deforestation by ~0.435 percentage points. There is no evidence that remittances induced expansion of agricultural land or stimulated demand for forest products. Instead, remittances contributed to the shift of households’ demand for timber and fuelwood toward non-wood alternatives for housing construction and cooking.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141204
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/89730
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLi, Man; Zhang, Wei; Guo, Zhe; and Bhandary, Prapti. 2022. Deforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal. Land Economics 98(2): 376-398. https://www.doi.org/10.3368/le.98.2.090220-0139R
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectfarm income
dc.subjectdeforestation
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectremuneration
dc.titleDeforestation and smallholder income: Evidence from remittances to Nepal
dc.typeJournal Article

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