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What Are the Impacts of Deforestation on the Harvest of Non-Timber Forest Products in Central Africa?
Gillet, Pauline; Vermeulen, Cédric; Doucet, Jean-Louis et al.
2016In Forests, 7 (5)
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Keywords :
non-timber forest products (NTFPs); Cameroon and Gabon; socio-ecological systems; forest transition curve
Abstract :
[en] The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of forest transition on non-timber forest product (NTFP) harvesting in Central Africa. We analyze the evolution of several parameters, including distance from NTFP harvest site to road, proportion of dietary intake and villagers’ incomes. The research is based on field surveys, participatory mapping and the geolocation of activities in three study sites representing different stages along the Mather’s forest transition curve: (i) intact forest; (ii) partially degraded forest; and (iii) small areas of degraded forest with plantations of useful trees. The results show that the maximum distance from harvest site to road is higher in Site 2 compared to Site 1 as a consequence of a lower availability of NTFPs; and that this distance is significantly lower in Site 3 due to a drastically smaller village territory. The diversity of bushmeat decreases as game evolves from large to small species, commensurate with the progression of forest transition. As a consequence, there is also a reduction in the proportion of these products represented both in household dietary intake and cash income. This analysis establishes a strong link between the Mather’s forest transition curve and a decline in the importance of NTFPs in village production and livelihoods.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Gillet, Pauline ;  Université de Liège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Gestion des ressources forestières et des milieux naturels
Vermeulen, Cédric ;  Université de Liège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Laboratoire de Foresterie des régions trop. et subtropicales
Doucet, Jean-Louis ;  Université de Liège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Laboratoire de Foresterie des régions trop. et subtropicales
Codina, Elisabet
Lehnebach, Charlotte
Language :
English
Title :
What Are the Impacts of Deforestation on the Harvest of Non-Timber Forest Products in Central Africa?
Publication date :
12 May 2016
Journal title :
Forests
ISSN :
1999-4907
Publisher :
MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
Volume :
7
Issue :
5
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
CoForTips
Funders :
BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
ANR - Agence Nationale de la Recherche [FR]
FWF (Autriche
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