PROTOCOL: The Effects of Land Management Policies on the Environment and People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Pierre Marion; Ingunn Storhaug; Sanghwa Lee; Claudia Romero; Constanza Gonzalez Parrao; Birte Snilstveit

doi:10.1002/cl2.70062

PROTOCOL: The Effects of Land Management Policies on the Environment and People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Pierre Marion, Ingunn Storhaug, Sanghwa Lee, Claudia Romero, Constanza Gonzalez Parrao Birte Snilstveit

Campbell Systematic Review, Vol.21(4), pp.1-18

2025

: https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.70062

: PMC12558594

: 41158160

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Addressing the climate change and biodiversity loss crises while ensuring livelihoods are not negatively affected is a matter that requires urgent action. A recently published Evidence Gap Map (EGM) identified no recent systematic reviews on land management interventions. Drawing from this EGM, the review aims to examine and synthesise the latest evidence on what works, how, and at what cost to improve environmental and human welfare outcomes in land management in low- and middle-income countries. We will address the following research questions: (1) What are the effects of protected areas, land rights and decentralisation interventions on environmental and poverty outcomes? Do effects vary by population, location, or other factors? (2) What are the barriers and enablers that impact the effectiveness of these interventions? (3) What is the cost-effectiveness of these interventions? The set of interventions will be based on the studies identified in the EGM, and we will search, appraise and synthesise additional evidence on influencing factors and cost data.

: PROTOCOL: The Effects of Land Management Policies on the Environment and People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
: Pierre Marion (Corresponding Author) - University of Sussex
Ingunn Storhaug - International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Sanghwa Lee - International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Claudia Romero - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao - International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Birte Snilstveit - International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
: Campbell Systematic Review, Vol.21(4), pp.1-18
: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
: 2025
: 10.1002/cl2.70062
: 1891-1803
: 41158160; PMC12558594
: © 2025 The Author(s). Campbell Systematic Reviews published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Campbell Collaboration. 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 the original work is properly cited.
: Upon completion of the review, the data and analysis codes used will be publicly available in 3ie's Dataverse.
: This study was supported by the UK Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).
: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
: English
: 991192345402621
: Journal article

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