Do locals have a say? Local participation in governance of forest plantations in Tanzania and Mozambique

M. Degnet, Justus Wesseler, E. Van Der Werf and V. Ingram

No 277254, 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: Abstract With the expansion of large-scale forest plantations in developing countries, concerns are rising about their relation and integration with adjacent local communities. Local participation in forest governance can potentially affect the distributional effects of plantations benefits and mitigate their adverse effects. Using data from villages adjacent to plantations in Tanzania and Mozambique, we explore differences in local participation between plantations Our quantitative analyses show that households in villages adjacent to private certified plantations are more likely to have a say in the activities of the plantations than households in villages adjacent to non-certified or state owned plantations. We use insights from access theory to explain our findings: private plantations may have more incentives to involve local people to guarantee their investments in plantations than state-owned plantations. Certification requirements may also strengthen these incentives by requiring plantations to identify and uphold customary rights of local communities. We further found that some social groups (male-headed, more educated and plantation workers) are more likely to have a say in plantations activities than their counterparts. We emphasize that increased and fair local participation in governance of plantations is vital in terms of the sustainability of large-scale plantations and integrating them in rural landscapes. Key words: Forest plantations, local governance, participation, access , Tanzania, Mozambique Acknowledgement :

Keywords: Crop; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-env
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/277254/files/1477.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:iaae18:277254

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277254

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia from International Association of Agricultural Economists Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().