Publication: More trees, more poverty? The socioeconomic effects of tree plantations in Chile, 2001-2011
More trees, more poverty? The socioeconomic effects of tree plantations in Chile, 2001-2011
dc.contributor.author | Andersson, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lawrence, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zavaleta, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Guariguata, M.R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:55:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:55:47Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/652 | |
dc.title | More trees, more poverty? The socioeconomic effects of tree plantations in Chile, 2001-2011 | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open access | |
dcterms.issued | 2016 | |
dcterms.language | en | |
dcterms.type | Journal Article | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC-relevant | |
fsc.focus.forestType | Plantation | |
fsc.focus.forestZone | Temperate | |
fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Political, legal, systemic | |
fsc.focus.tenureManagement | Private | |
fsc.focus.tenureOwnership | Public | |
fsc.subject | Ecological Impacts | |
fsc.subject | Economic Impacts | |
fsc.subject | Pesticides | |
fsc.subject | Income | |
fsc.subject | USA | |
fsc.subject | North America | |
fsc.topic.political | National Forest Policy | |
fsc.topic.social | Local communities | |
fsc.topic.social | Indigenous peoples | |
fsc.topic.social | Livelihoods | |
is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
is.coverage.country | Chile | |
is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | CL | |
is.coverage.region | South America | |
is.evaluation.collection | Case studies | |
is.evaluation.counterfacts | No | |
is.evaluation.notes | This study seeks to analyze the extent to which the presence and expansion of tree plantations have affected changes in poverty indicators for a large number of locations across several years. The author's main hypothesis is that increasing tree plantation area is associated with higher than average levels of poverty. This hypothesis is based on the fact that forestry firms need little full-time and year round labor, need mostly workers that know how to use sophisticated machinery (yet local population are often not provided training to use them), need very large quantities of water which reduce availability for local farmers, that are also affected by pesticides and soil erosion caused by firms. | |
is.evaluation.notes | FSC or certification is not specifically mentioned. But a good, detailed and critical case study about the socio-economic effect of plantations. Other studies with different results are mentioned. Statistically supported results. Good discussion about the relation of plantations and poverty with regard on political influences. | |
is.evaluation.quotes | First, we find that monoculture tree plantation expansion can exacerbate poverty. Although we do not have data to adequately identify a causal mechanism, we do find that the greater a municipality's relative area under tree plantations, the higher its poverty rate from 2001 to 2011. This relationship is robust to a number of alternative ways of analyzing the data. | |
is.evaluation.quotes | Tree plantations may very well cause the displacement of some Chilean families, but the magnitude of the impact (relative to the dramatic rural to urban migration taking place in southern Chile) appears to be minimal. | |
is.extent.pages | 123-136 | |
is.extent.volume | 57 | |
is.focus.sectors | Agriculture | |
is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
is.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
is.focus.systemElement | MandE outcomes and impacts | |
is.focus.systemElement | MandE performance monitoring | |
is.identifier.code | Impacts | |
is.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0594-x | |
is.identifier.fscdoi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international866 | |
is.item.reviewStatus | Peer reviewed | |
is.journalName | Environmental Management |