Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas

Robin Loveridge; Susannah M Sallu; Marion Pfeifer; Johan A Oldekop; Mercy Mgaya; Daniel da Silva; Julia Latham; Philip John Platts; Andrew Marshall

doi:10.1111/conl.12831

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Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas

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Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas

Robin Loveridge, Susannah M Sallu, Marion Pfeifer, Johan A Oldekop, Mercy Mgaya, Daniel da Silva, Julia Latham, Philip John Platts and Andrew Marshall

Conservation Letters, Vol.14(6), pp.1-9

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12831

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Abstract

community forest

conservation effectiveness

environmental justice

forest certification

governance

impact evaluation

integrated landscape management

matching

protected area

wellbeing

Community forests (CFs) aim to improve human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness, though their performance remains contested. A recent innovation in protected area (PA) governance is to combine CFs with forest certification. We assess (1) the impact of certified CFs on wellbeing and conservation effectiveness; (2) gender inequality and elite capture; (3) interaction effects with neighboring national PAs. We used a novel approach that integrates field data consisting of locally identified indicators representative of multidimensional wellbeing, with remotely sensed data on conservation effectiveness and statistical matching to improve causal inference. We found that CFs positively impacted wellbeing, conservation effectiveness, and reduced gender inequality, though they did not reduce elite capture. We also detected positive interaction effects between certified CFs and neighboring national PAs. Our findings suggest that locating contrasting local and national PA governance approaches next to each other may help to maximize wellbeing and conservation benefits within complex multiuse landscapes.

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Title: Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas
Authors: Robin Loveridge (Corresponding Author) - University of York
Susannah M Sallu (Author) - University of Leeds
Marion Pfeifer (Author) - Newcastle University
Johan A Oldekop (Author) - University of Manchester
Mercy Mgaya (Author) - University of Dar es Salaam
Daniel da Silva (Author) - Universidade Regional de Blumenau
Julia Latham (Author) - Conservation Insight
Philip John Platts (Author) - University of York
Andrew Marshall (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
Publication details: Conservation Letters, Vol.14(6), pp.1-9
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12831
ISSN: 1755-263X
Copyright note: © The Authors. Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided theoriginal work is properly cited
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99563308802621
Output Type: Journal article