Type of study:
Non-experimental research
Type of publication:
Peer-review published journal paper
Mechanism by which biodiversity affects poverty:
Biodiversity component details:
106 tree species in total Agro forestry species of tree most commonly used include - Inga edulis, Inga punctata, Cordia alliodora, Guazuma ulmifolia, Lippia myrocephala, Juglans olancha, Psidium guajava, Agricultural crops - Zea mays, Phaseolus vulgaris, Musa spp., Theobroma cacao, Sechium edule, Passiflora edulis, Coffee arabica.
Mechanism details:
Peiopekl harvest timber and NTFPs
Intervention employed other:
Agricultural cooperatives CONARCA and UNICAFE
Measure of poverty impact used:
timber - HH earn US$167 per year for timber. Agro-forestry produces 50% of HH food.
Assessment of impact on poverty:
Evidence assesses the scale of impact:
Sustainability of biodiversity use:
Attribute of biodiversity affecting poverty:
Diversity
Abundance/Extent
Does the evidence relate to a specific intervention?:
How does the mechanism affect poverty?:
It supports immediate subsistence needs
It generates income/tradeable surplus
Mechanism affects poverty precisely how:
People produce food as well as sell timber
Evidence provides measure of poverty impact:
Location of primary author:
Evidence is site-specific:
Research method details:
Household livelihood surveys, focus groups, shade tree biodiversity data collected.
Unit of analysis and sample size:
Does the evidence mention the general biodiversity status of the country/region?:
Does the evidence describe the biodiversity status of the site?:
Site biodiversity status described:
The farms border the biological reserves of Yucul and El Salto in Yasika.
Does the evidence mention the general poverty status of the country/region?:
Site poverty status described:
Does the evidence discuss the governance regime at the site?:
Does the evidence describe the poverty/socioeconomic status of the site?:
Governance regime:
Management carried out both through cooperatives and individually
What is the resource rights regime?:
Resource rights regime details:
property collective (through cooperatives) and individual
What is the land tenure regime?:
Land tenure regime details:
property collective (through cooperatives) and individual
Does the evidence mention the power relations?:
Does the evidence consider possible trade-offs/costs as well as benefits?:
Measure of poverty impact tag:
Distribution impacts considered:
Duration of impact considered:
Duration of impact details:
Study carried out over 10 years
Outcome replicable elsewhere considered:
Thresholds/boundary limits/tipping points of achieving the outcome considered:
How costs and benefits/impacts might vary across different spatial scales considered:
Presence of possible confounding factors acknowledged:
Yes acknowledged but not taken into account/not clear if taken into account
Confounding factors details:
The study looks at the influence that bottom up and top-down management regimes have but doesn't go into enough detail about how this is a factor that affects the benefit that biodiversity has for local people.
