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Section: Home > Publications > Relevant publications
Relevant Literature
Methodological and theoretical
orientation
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Will Cavendish produced a very readable background
paper in 2003 that deals with both conceptual and
methodological issues related to PEN: How Do Forests
Support, Insure And Improve The Livelihoods Of The Rural
Poor? A Research Note.
Download PDF, 185KB
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A paper with a broader scope, reviewing key issues,
theories and summarize some research findings is the CIFOR
Occasional Paper no. 40 by Arild Angelsen and Sven Wunder
(2003):
Exploring the Forest - Poverty Link: Key concepts, issues
and research implications.
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2MB
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One carefully designed study from Zimbabwe is Campbell
et al (2002): Household Livelihoods in Semi-Arid Regions.
Options and Constraints.
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1.9MB
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A comprehensive and highly relevant study
from India is the paper by Urvashi Narain, Shreekant Gupta
and Klaus Van't Veld (2005) on "Poverty and the Environment:
Exploring the Relationship between Household Incomes,
Private Assets, and Natural Assets", available at:
http://www.rff.org/Documents/RFF-DP-05-18.pdf
Overview papers
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Sunderlin et al. (2003), in a Chapter on Forests and
Poverty in FAO’s “State of the World’s Forests 2003” report,
present a brief synopsis of the key issues in the debate.
Download the PDF (296KB) from FAO site.
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Kaimowitz (2002) provides an overview and discussion of
the forest benefits to rural livelihoods in Africa.
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PDF, 379KB
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Wunder (2001): 'Poverty alleviation and
tropical forests - what scope for synergies?', discusses the poverty reduction potentials
to natural forests and their products but also deals with
the reverse link, from poverty to forest condition.
See the
review in POLEX
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Byron and Arnold (1999):
What Futures for the People of the Tropical Forests?,
disaggregates the term
‘forest-dependent people’ into more functional socioeconomic
sub-groups, and provide important insights.
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PDF, 354KB
Topical papers
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Arnold (2001): CIFOR occasional paper 33 : Forestry, poverty and aid.
It focuses on the poverty alleviation role of forestry aid,
and critically reviews the impact of different types of
forest aid.
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PDF, 179KB
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Neumann and Hirsch (2000):
Commercialisation of Non-Timber Forest Products: Review and
Analysis of Research. Among the most comprehensive
reviews of the poverty alleviation
potentials of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs).
Download
PDF, 2.7MB
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Arnold et al. (2003): CIFOR occasional
paper 39: Fuelwood Revisited: What Has Changed in the Last
Decade?, is a thorough review of the fuelwood debate and literature.
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PDF, 1.4MB
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Scherr, S.J.;
White, A.; Kaimowitz, D.2002. Making markets work for forest
communities. Policy BriefWashington, DC, Forest Trends and
CIFOR. 22p.
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the
PDF (326KB) from Forest Trends site.
- Smith and Scherr (2002): CIFOR occasional paper 37:
Forest Carbon and Local Livelihoods: Assessment of
Opportunities and Policy Recommendations. Assess the
opportunities for selling forest carbon under the Clean
Development Mechanism, and how the poor may benefit from
carbon trade.
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PDF, 1MB
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