Dissertation
Reforestation and livelihoods: socioeconomic and financial outcomes of smallholder reforestation in the tropics
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00244
Abstract
There are two billion hectares of deforested and degraded lands worldwide, which represent a risk to the health and livelihoods of 1.5 billion people in the world. In response to this, ambitious international goals have been established to rehabilitate ecosystems, increase forest cover and decrease poverty. Much of the land with reforestation potential in the tropics is under the management of smallholders. The socioeconomic context of reforestation in land under smallholder management differs substantially to those under industrial forestry. To support the design, establishment and management of smallholder reforestation interventions and systems, the main aim of this thesis is to assess the ways in which tropical reforestation and smallholder livelihoods affect each other. The three objectives are: i) to develop the theoretical basis for the thesis (Chapters 2 and 3); ii) to evaluate the potential long-term impacts of reforestation on smallholder livelihoods (Chapter 5); and iii) to evaluate whether low financial attractiveness and high risk are constraints for smallholder tropical reforestation projects, especially with native species, and to identify species that can meet both environmental and livelihood goals in the Philippines (Chapters 7, using models from Chapter 6). The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) from the UK Department of International Development is used as the analytical basis of the thesis.
Details
- Title
- Reforestation and livelihoods: socioeconomic and financial outcomes of smallholder reforestation in the tropics
- Authors
- Liz Sousa Ota
- Contributors
- John L Herbohn (Supervisor)
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00244
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451465002621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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