Shaping forest safety nets with markets : adaptation to climate change under changing roles of tropical forests in Congo Basin
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2010
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Elsevier
Abstract
This study examined the roles of markets in non-timber forest products and services that usually serve as safety nets for forest communities. Forests are considered ‘‘safety nets’’ in that people draw on available natural resources to meet emergency shortfalls and to keep them from being worse off in times of need. Markets should complement rather than substitute forests’ roles for adaptation to climate change: although markets may increase the value of a commodity, wholesalers and retailers reap most of the benefits, and the distribution of market revenue leaves local people with returns much lower than the worth of the commodity.
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ADAPTATION, MARKET, CONGO BASIN, FOREST, SAFETY NETS