Deforestation and timber production in Congo after implementation of sustainable management policy: A reaction to the article by J.S. Brandt, C. Nolte and A. Agrawal (Land Use Policy 52:15–22)

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Autoren

  • Alain Karsenty
  • Claudia Romero
  • Paolo Omar Cerutti
  • Jean Louis Doucet
  • Francis E. Putz
  • Christelle Bernard
  • Richard Eba a. Atyi
  • Pascal Douard
  • Florian Claeys
  • Sébastien Desbureaux
  • Driss Ezzine de Blas
  • Adeline Fayolle
  • Timothée Fomété
  • Eric Forni
  • Valéry Gond
  • Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury
  • Fritz Kleinschroth
  • Frédéric Mortier
  • Robert Nasi
  • Jean Claude Nguinguiri
  • Cédric Vermeulen
  • Carlos de Wasseige

Externe Organisationen

  • Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
  • University of Florida
  • Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
  • Université de Liège
  • TTI Production
  • Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) France
  • World Resources Institute
  • Rainbow Environment Consult
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Commission des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)62-65
Seitenumfang4
FachzeitschriftLAND USE POLICY
Jahrgang65
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Juni 2017
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

This viewpoint paper presents a reaction to the article by Brandt et al. (2016). It highlights the complexities inherent to the attribution of deforestation impacts to policy interventions when using remote-sensing data. This critique argues that in the context of the Congo a suite of factors (i.e., population density in particular) other than those considered by Brandt et al. (e.g., type of forest, distance from roads and markets) play essential roles in determining the fates of forests. It also contends that care is needed when making decisions regarding which units will be included in the comparison group so that contextual factors and on-the-ground information are properly considered (e.g., when logging operations are inactive or when a concession is used for ‘conservation’ purposes). Finally, it proposes that a focus on an analysis of deforestation rates for a given level of timber production might be a metric that more accurately represents one aspect of the consequences of forest management, which should also consider the appraisal of trade-offs associated with a larger set of social, financial and ecological objectives.

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Deforestation and timber production in Congo after implementation of sustainable management policy: A reaction to the article by J.S. Brandt, C. Nolte and A. Agrawal (Land Use Policy 52:15–22). / Karsenty, Alain; Romero, Claudia; Cerutti, Paolo Omar et al.
in: LAND USE POLICY, Jahrgang 65, 01.06.2017, S. 62-65.

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Karsenty, A, Romero, C, Cerutti, PO, Doucet, JL, Putz, FE, Bernard, C, Atyi, REA, Douard, P, Claeys, F, Desbureaux, S, Blas, DED, Fayolle, A, Fomété, T, Forni, E, Gond, V, Gourlet-Fleury, S, Kleinschroth, F, Mortier, F, Nasi, R, Nguinguiri, JC, Vermeulen, C & de Wasseige, C 2017, 'Deforestation and timber production in Congo after implementation of sustainable management policy: A reaction to the article by J.S. Brandt, C. Nolte and A. Agrawal (Land Use Policy 52:15–22)', LAND USE POLICY, Jg. 65, S. 62-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.032
Karsenty, A., Romero, C., Cerutti, P. O., Doucet, J. L., Putz, F. E., Bernard, C., Atyi, R. E. A., Douard, P., Claeys, F., Desbureaux, S., Blas, D. E. D., Fayolle, A., Fomété, T., Forni, E., Gond, V., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Kleinschroth, F., Mortier, F., Nasi, R., ... de Wasseige, C. (2017). Deforestation and timber production in Congo after implementation of sustainable management policy: A reaction to the article by J.S. Brandt, C. Nolte and A. Agrawal (Land Use Policy 52:15–22). LAND USE POLICY, 65, 62-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.032
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