A global review of the impact of forest property rights interventions on poverty

• Published in: Global environmental change Vol. 66; p. 102218
• Main Authors: Miller, Daniel C., Rana, Pushpendra, Nakamura, Katia, Irwin, Samantha, Cheng, Samantha H., Ahlroth, Sofia, Perge, Emilie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Alienation; Assessments; Assets; capital; Capital assets; Case studies; Control methods; data collection; Decentralization; Devolution; Economic development; Economic theory; Economics; Experimental methods; Forest management; Forest policy; Forests; global change; Impact analysis; income; Intervention; Land management; Land tenure; Livelihoods; Poverty; Property rights; Quasi-experimental methods; Robustness; Socioeconomic development; Socioeconomic factors; Sustainability management; Sustainable development; sustainable land management; Forest management; Land tenure; Forest policy; Poverty; Property rights; Livelihoods

•Review of evidence on forest property rights intervention poverty impacts worldwide.•Evidence includes 61 articles comprising 91 case studies across 24 countries.•Only 11 articles (22 cases) used methods to control for potential confounding factors.•Reported poverty impacts generally positive or mi...