Browsing by Autor "Marco Boscolo"

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Adopcion de practicas de manejo forestal sostenible por empresas madereras en la Amazonia de Brazil, Bolivia y Peru
(2007) C. Sabogal; Laura K. Snook; Marco Boscolo; Benno Pokorny; Lincoln Quevedo; Marco Lentini; V. Colan
Adoption of sustainable forest management practices in Bolivian timber concessions: a quantitative assessment
(Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2009) Marco Boscolo; Laura K. Snook; Lincoln Quevedo
Bolivia implemented an extensive reform of their forestry sector during the 1990s.Starting five years later, we evaluated the degree of adoption of sustainable forest management practices (SFM) by timber concessionaires in Bolivia and investigated the factors influencing their adoption.Data were obtained from surveys that quantified the level of adoption of 11 SFM practices in 23 concessions.The study revealed that concessionaires adopted some practices more than others.It found that regulation plays a critical role in promoting adoption.Adoption of SFM practices was also more frequent among operators that had been in the forestry business for a longer time, had larger concessions, harvested and processed larger volumes, utilized a wider set of species, were located closer to markets, had received more technical assistance, had trained their employees, and had made other investments.The owners' perception that SFM practices contributed to ecological sustainability was also an important factor in their decision to adopt these practices.
Avances y limitaciones en la adopcion del manejo forestal sostenible en Bolivia
(CGIAR, 2007) Laura K. Snook; Lincoln Quevedo; Marco Boscolo; C. Sabogal; Rolyn Medina
Does better common property forest management promote behavioral change? On-farm tree planting in the Bolivian Andes
(Cambridge University Press, 2008) Randall Bluffstone; Marco Boscolo; R Antonio Molina
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes behavioral change spurred by better common property forest management (CPFM), with a focus on on-farm tree planting. Results from our theoretical household model suggest that on-farm trees, which provide products that can substitute for those from common forests, should be stimulated by better CPFM systems. We test this finding using data from a household survey conducted in the Bolivian Andes in 2000. We find that better CPFM at its highest level of aggregation is positively correlated with more and higher quality on-farm trees. In terms of less aggregated indices, relatively few variables are significant, though two particularly important aspects of forest property rights – access clarity and the existence of formal penalties for overuse – actually reduce on-farm tree planting. We therefore conclude that in general synergies between individual CPFM components are most critical for behavioral change, but improvement of property rights aspects of CPFM may give counter-intuitive results.