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Article: Precolonial institutions and deforestation in Africa
Title | Precolonial institutions and deforestation in Africa |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Africa Legal pluralism Precolonial institutions Deforestation Chiefs |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Citation | Land Use Policy, 2016, v. 51, p. 150-161 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. We find that local institutions inherited from the precolonial era continue to play an important role in natural resource governance in Africa. Using satellite image data, we find a significant and robust relationship between deforestation and precolonial succession rules of local leaders (local chiefs). In particular, we find that those precolonial areas where local leaders were appointed by 'social standing' have higher rates of deforestation compared to the base case of hereditary rule and where local leaders were appointed from above (by paramount chiefs). While the transmission mechanisms behind these results are complex, we suggest that areas where local leaders were appointed by social standing are more likely to have poorer institutions governing local leadership and forest management. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/246819 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 6.189 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.668 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Larcom, S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | van Gevelt, T. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zabala, A. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-26T04:28:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-26T04:28:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Land Use Policy, 2016, v. 51, p. 150-161 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0264-8377 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/246819 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. We find that local institutions inherited from the precolonial era continue to play an important role in natural resource governance in Africa. Using satellite image data, we find a significant and robust relationship between deforestation and precolonial succession rules of local leaders (local chiefs). In particular, we find that those precolonial areas where local leaders were appointed by 'social standing' have higher rates of deforestation compared to the base case of hereditary rule and where local leaders were appointed from above (by paramount chiefs). While the transmission mechanisms behind these results are complex, we suggest that areas where local leaders were appointed by social standing are more likely to have poorer institutions governing local leadership and forest management. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Land Use Policy | - |
dc.subject | Africa | - |
dc.subject | Legal pluralism | - |
dc.subject | Precolonial institutions | - |
dc.subject | Deforestation | - |
dc.subject | Chiefs | - |
dc.title | Precolonial institutions and deforestation in Africa | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.10.030 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84947760535 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 51 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 150 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 161 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000369555700014 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0264-8377 | - |