Urbanisation and domestic energy trends: Analysis of household energy consumption patterns in relation to land-use change in peri-urban Accra, Ghana

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
EfD Authors:
Yiran, Gerald

Highlights

  • Consumption of firewood decreases while charcoal and LPG increases with land-use change/intensity The factors that determine the choice of energy included Land-use change/intensity and the livelihood activities.
  • Sustainable energy policy should embrace energy stacking and strongly encourage reforestation.
Peer Reviewed
Forestry, Urban

Economic valuation of forest ecosystem services in Kenya: Implications for design of PES schemes and participatory forest management

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Okumu, Boscow
Muchapondwa, Edwin

Forest ecosystem services are critical for human well-being as well as the functioning and growth of economies. However, despite the growing demand for these services, they are hardly given due consideration in public policy formulation. The values attached to these services by local communities in developing countries are also generally unknown. Using a case study of the Mau forest conservancy in Kenya, this study applied choice experiment techniques to estimate the value attached to salient forest ecosystem services by forest-adjacent communities.

EfD Discussion Paper
Biodiversity, Experiments, Forestry, Land

Willingness to accept compensation for afromontane forest ecosystems conservation

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Mulatu, Dawit W.

Highlights

• Farmers would rather receive compensation for soil and water conservation works than biodiversity.

• Significant costs can be shared by farmers for forest conservation.

• Investments in forestland create incentives for farmers to sustainably use forests.

• Accounting for heterogeneity allows better estimation of willingness to accept.

Peer Reviewed
Biodiversity, Forestry, Land, Policy Design

Forest-based livelihood choices and their determinants in Western Kenya

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:
Ateka, Josiah

Forest extraction is an important livelihood activity for millions of low-income households in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the choices households make to extract forest products can help formulate strategies for preventing livelihood strains associated with forest degradation. This article evaluates the nature, extent and determinants of forest extraction among rural households in western Kenya. Data were obtained from a survey of 924 randomly selected households in the Mt. Elgon area in western Kenya.

Peer Reviewed
Forestry

Determinants of forest dependent household’s participation in payment for ecosystem services: Evidence from Plantation Establishment Livelihood Improvement Scheme (PELIS) in Kenya

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:
Ateka, Josiah
Waruingi, Esther

Payment for ecosystem service (PES) programs are increasingly being promoted as suitable mechanisms for addressing degradation of forest resources in developing countries. While interest in PES has grown over the last decade, empirical research on factors influencing household involvement in PES remains limited. This paper analyses factors influencing household participation in a forestry PES scheme in Kenya.

Peer Reviewed
Forestry
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