Can community monitoring save the commons? Evidence on forest use and displacement.

ABSTRACT: Rapid deforestation is a major driver of greenhouse-gas emissions (1). One proposed policy tool to halt deforestation is community forest management. Even though communities manage an increasing proportion of the world's forests, we lack good evidence of successful approaches to community forest management. Prior studies suggest that successful approaches require a number of "design conditions" to be met. However, causal evidence on the effectiveness of individual design conditions is scarce. This study isolates one design condition, community-led monitoring of the forest, and provides causal evidence on its potential to reduce forest use. The study employs a randomized controlled trial to investigate the impact of community monitoring on forest use in 110 villages in Uganda. We explore th

SUBMITTER: Eisenbarth S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8307456 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature