Forest clearing in rural livelihoods: household-Level global-comparative evidence

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dc.creatorBabigumira, R.
dc.creatorAngelsen, A.
dc.creatorBuis, M
dc.creatorBauch, S.
dc.creatorSunderland, Terry C.H.
dc.creatorWunder, Sven
dc.date2014-12
dc.date2018-07-03T10:56:18Z
dc.date2018-07-03T10:56:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:02:19Z
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the factors that influence rural household decisions to clear forestland. We use a large dataset comprising 7172 households from 24 developing countries. Twenty-seven percent of sampled households had converted forest to agriculture during the previous 12 months, clearing on average 1.21 ha. Male-headed households with abundance of male labor, living in recently settled places with high forest cover, unsurprisingly tended to clear more, but regional peculiarities abounded. Households with medium to high asset holdings and higher market orientation were more likely to clear forest than the poorest and market-isolated households, questioning popular policy narratives about poverty-driven forest clearing.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/93735
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/71945
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBabigumira, R., Angelsen, A., Buis, M., Bauch, S., Sunderland, T., Wunder, S. . 2014. Forest clearing in rural livelihoods : household-Level global-comparative evidence. World Development, 64 (Supplement 1) : S67-S79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.002
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectdeforestation
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.titleForest clearing in rural livelihoods: household-Level global-comparative evidence
dc.typeJournal Article

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