Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter?
Extreme weather events, particularly droughts, have strong impacts on the livelihoods of populations in rural areas. In a context of low access to insurance and credit markets, households respond to such shocks by implementing different risk-management strategies, which in turn are likely to have an...
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| description | Extreme weather events, particularly droughts, have strong impacts on the livelihoods of populations in rural areas. In a context of low access to insurance and credit markets, households respond to such shocks by implementing different risk-management strategies, which in turn are likely to have an impact on the environment, in particular through land-use changes and deforestation. This paper contributes to the emerging literature on the links between droughts and deforestation: (1) distinguishing responses to previously experienced droughts versus current droughts, and (2) disentangling the time of the agricultural season at which droughts occur. We show that deforestation declines whenever a drought occurs during the growing season, while it increases whenever a drought occurs during the harvesting season. These impacts are mitigated within protected areas and are exacerbated in more accessible locations, i.e., areas within 4 hours of travel time of main/major cities. By contrast, deforestation outcomes following droughts that occur during the planting season depend on whether the crop considered is maize or cassava. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1e8217f16144b7b9b69b0d24e8442f62022-12-22T03:29:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-011710e027666710.1371/journal.pone.0276667Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter?Giuliaz VagliettiPhilippe DelacoteAntoine LebloisExtreme weather events, particularly droughts, have strong impacts on the livelihoods of populations in rural areas. In a context of low access to insurance and credit markets, households respond to such shocks by implementing different risk-management strategies, which in turn are likely to have an impact on the environment, in particular through land-use changes and deforestation. This paper contributes to the emerging literature on the links between droughts and deforestation: (1) distinguishing responses to previously experienced droughts versus current droughts, and (2) disentangling the time of the agricultural season at which droughts occur. We show that deforestation declines whenever a drought occurs during the growing season, while it increases whenever a drought occurs during the harvesting season. These impacts are mitigated within protected areas and are exacerbated in more accessible locations, i.e., areas within 4 hours of travel time of main/major cities. By contrast, deforestation outcomes following droughts that occur during the planting season depend on whether the crop considered is maize or cassava.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276667 |
| spellingShingle | Giuliaz Vaglietti Philippe Delacote Antoine Leblois Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter? PLoS ONE |
| title | Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter? |
| title_full | Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter? |
| title_fullStr | Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter? |
| title_short | Droughts and deforestation: Does seasonality matter? |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276667 |
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