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Environment-Poverty linkages in West Africa: Household dependence on renewable natural resources in Central Burkina Fas

Environment-Poverty linkages in West Africa: Household dependence on renewable natural resources in Central Burkina Faso. By Mariève Pouliot. Objective. “To estimate the contribution of renewable natural resources to rural household income in central Burkina Faso”. Study area. National Park

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Environment-Poverty linkages in West Africa: Household dependence on renewable natural resources in Central Burkina Fas

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  1. Environment-Poverty linkages in West Africa: Household dependence on renewable natural resources in Central Burkina Faso By Mariève Pouliot

  2. Objective “To estimate the contribution of renewable natural resources to rural household income in central Burkina Faso”

  3. Study area

  4. National Park 155,000 ha Study area • Semi-arid tropical climate • Mostly open/fragmented dry forests with parklands and savannah in between • National park Kaboré-Tambi • Strategy of pure conservation (no access rights for population) • Forest products harvested illegally • 9 villages / 323 households sampled

  5. Basic income statistics 1 Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie du Burkina Faso, 2003 2 UNDP Human Development Report 2009

  6. Mean income shares by source

  7. A B BC BC C Forest and environmental incomes

  8. Forest and environmental products

  9. Seasonal variation

  10. Conclusions • Forest and other environmental income = 26% • Poorer households are significantly more dependent on environment than richer households • Fuelwood, shea, fodder and thatching grasses most important products • Account for 70% of all forest and other env income • Little seasonal variation in environmental income • Important source of cash during lean period (gap filling)

  11. Acknowledgments

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