@article{fdi:010078195,
  title = {{D}o forest-management plans and {FSC} certification help avoid deforestation in the {C}ongo {B}asin ?},
  author = {{T}ritsch, {I}sabelle and {L}e {V}elly, {G}. and {M}ertens, {B}eno{\^i}t and {M}eyfroidt, {P}. and {S}annier, {C}. and {M}akak, {J}. {S}. and {H}oungbedji, {K}enneth},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}o allow for the production of timber while preserving conservation values, forestry regulations in the {C}ongo {B}asin have made {F}orest {M}anagement {P}lans ({FMP}) mandatory in logging concessions. {T}his paper uses original high-resolution maps of forest-cover changes and official records on the activities of logging concessions to analyze the impact of {FMP} on deforestation in this region. {W}e apply quasi-experimental and difference-indifference approaches to evaluate the change in deforestation in concessions managed under an approved {FMP}. {W}e find that between 2000 and 2010, deforestation was 74% lower in concessions with an {FMP} compared to others. {B}uilding on a theory of change, further analyses revealed that this decrease in deforestation takes time to occur and is highest around communities located in and nearby logging concessions, and in areas close to previous deforestation. {T}hese findings suggest that {FMP} help avoid deforestation by allowing logging companies to rotate cycles of timber extraction, thereby avoiding the overexploitation of areas that were previously logged, and by the better regulation of access to concessions by closing former logging roads to limit illegal activities such as shifting agriculture, hunting and the illegal harvest of timber or fuel-wood.},
  keywords = {{F}orest {M}anagement {P}lan ; {FSC} {C}ertification ; {D}eforestation ; {M}atching ; {C}ongo {B}asin ; {CAMEROUN} ; {CONGO} ; {GABON} ; {CENTRAFRICAINE} {REPUBLIQUE} ; {CONGO} {BASSIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cological {E}conomics},
  volume = {175},
  numero = {},
  pages = {106660 [13 ]},
  ISSN = {0921-8009},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106660},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078195},
}