Do rural households extract more forest products in times of crisis? Evidence from the mountainous uplands of Vietnam

authored by
Marc Völker, Hermann Waibel
Abstract

This paper examines the role of forest extraction as a response to different types of adverse shocks among rural households in the mountainous upland of Dak Lak, Ha Tinh and Thua Thien Hue provinces, Vietnam. The hypotheses of the study are derived from new home economics theory. The reactions of households in the study areas to two types of shocks, namely covariate weather-related and idiosyncratic health shocks are analyzed. Using a probit model, results show that households affected by idiosyncratic health shocks, experienced by economically active household members, and severe weather shocks were more likely to extract forest products. The outcome of this study suggests that forest protection efforts promoted by conservationists need to be combined with poverty reduction programs taking into account the degree of vulnerability of the local population.

Organisation(s)
Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics
Type
Article
Journal
Forest policy and economics
Volume
12
Pages
407-414
No. of pages
8
ISSN
1389-9341
Publication date
21.04.2010
Publication status
E-pub ahead of print
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Forestry, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 1 - No Poverty
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2010.03.001 (Access: Closed)