Contribution of forests to rural inequality reduction
Present scope and future options for rural development and sustainable use of forests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19500191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fazli Rabbi (a Department of Economics , University of Malakand Dir (Lower) , North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, corresponding author), Siegfried Bauer (0000-0002-7770-9435, b Project and Regional Planning, Justus Liebig University of Giessen , Senckenberg Str.3, Giessen, D-35390, Germany), Jumba Idalinya (b Project and Regional Planning, Justus Liebig University of Giessen , Senckenberg Str.3, Giessen, D-35390, Germany) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-14 |
| Publication date | 2010-02-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4509 • E-ISSN: 1745-2627 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504500903488271 |
| OpenAlex | W1970626171 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 21 |
Sustainable forest management initiatives in Pakistan have had poor outcomes, as the policy makers in the forest sector have rarely considered households' economic dependency on natural forest and its role in household welfare. This paper empirically analyses this issue using a dataset collected from interviews in three regions in northwestern Pakistan, with a total of 180 observations. Our findings reveal that 59% of households derive their income from the forests. Other factors, such as household size, alternative sources of income, literate adult males, distance to market, distance to forest and geographic location affect household economic dependence on the forest. Results from Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve analysis prove that supplemental forest income helps in reducing economic inequality among the sample households. The study suggests that forest income supplements total household income and reduces economic inequality. Thus sustainable management of natural forests is not only important for ecological but also for economic and social sustainability, especially in remote and marginal areas. Successful future forest policies for ensuring economic and ecological sustainability should target programmes that ameliorate current extraction pressure on natural forests, promote alternative income sources, build human capital, improve market access and ensure equitable access rights to forest resources for communities living in the uplands. This may improve socio-economic conditions of poor forest communities, thereby reducing income disparity. Overall, this would help in achieving sustainable forest utilization and management
Business · Economic inequality · Economics · Forest management · Geography · Gini coefficient · Household income · Inequality · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Sustainable forest management · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Energy and Environment Impacts · Ecology · Forestry
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| Citations per year | 0.54 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |