Coupled forest zoning and agricultural intervention yields conflicting outcomes for tropical forest conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
نویسندگان
چکیده
Abstract Agricultural intensification and forest conservation are often seen as incompatible. interventions can help boost food security for poor rural communities but in certain cases exacerbate deforestation, known the rebound effect. We tested whether coupling agricultural with participatory zoning could improve promote Democratic Republic of Congo. Simple led to a >60% increase cassava yields spill-over effect improved variety uptake non-intervention zones. Household surveys conducted at end 8 year project implementation period revealed that households received had more favorable attitudes toward conservation. The also showed farmers intervention domain practiced less land-intensive field fallow management strategies compared those domain. However, an 18 time series analysis Landsat satellite data expansion persisted areas both without assistance, there is risk Approximately 70% tree cover loss occurred outside was located within 3 km buffer zone surrounding outermost edges areas, which suggested majority caused by expansion. Within buffer, average annual during post-intervention higher (0.17% yr −1 0.11% respectively, p < 0.001), suggesting disconnection between household perceptions adherence actual behavior indicates importance strengthening governance structures community-based monitoring enforcement.
منابع مشابه
The impact of war on forest areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This paper provides a review of data on the improves. War seems beneficial to the environment only if it keeps people out of large areas. It could be useful to eCects of the civil war on forest areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Only a few of these eCects were extend the concept of peace parks to war zones. The idea of an international ‘green force’ to protect biodiversity beneficial, t...
متن کاملBio-indicators in the tropical forest of Western Ghats environment
Background: Investigation on the natural radionuclides 238U, 232Th, 40K and natural fallout radionuclide 210Po in the prominent plants species of Western Ghats tropical forest near Kotagiri have been carried out as a part of baseline background radiation studies in the forest environment. Materials and Methods: The prominent plants species of the region Evodia roxburghiana and Eleaoca...
متن کاملOnchocerciasis control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): challenges in a post-war environment.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate onchocerciasis control activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the first 12 years of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI). METHODS Data from the National Programme for Onchocerciasis (NPO) provided by the National Onchocerciasis Task Force (NOTF) through the annual reports of the 21 CDTI projects for the years 2001-2012 were reviewed retros...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Research Letters
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1748-9326']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6ad8