@techreport{fdi:010093638,
  title = {{B}eyond reducing deforestation : impacts of conservation programs on household livelihoods},
  author = {{D}emarchi, {G}. and {C}arrilho, {C}.{D}. and {C}atry, {T}hibault and {A}tmadja, {S}. and {S}ubervie, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}nderstanding why forest conservation initiatives succeed or fail is essential to designing cost-effective programs at scale. {I}n this study, we investigate direct and indirect impact



mechanisms of a {REDD}+ project that was shown to be effective in reducing deforestation during the early years of its implementation in the {T}ransamazon region, an area with historically



high deforestation rates. {U}sing counterfactual impact evaluation methods applied to survey and remote-sensing data, we assess the impact of the project over 2013-2019, i.e., from its



first year until two years after its end. {B}ased on the {T}heory of {C}hange, we focus on land use and socioeconomic outcomes likely to have been affected by changes in deforestation brought



about by the initiative. {O}ur findings highlight that forest conservation came at the expense of pastures rather than cropland and that the project induced statistically greater agrobiodiversity



on participating farms. {M}oreover, we find that the project encouraged the development of alternative livelihood activities that required less area for production and generated increased



income. {T}hese results suggest that conservation programs, that combine payments conditional on forest conservation with technical assistance and support to farmers for the adoption of



low-impact activities, can manage to slow down deforestation in the short term are likely to induce profound changes in production systems, which can be expected to have lasting effects.},
  keywords = {{BRESIL} ; {AMAZONIE}},
  address = {{M}ontpellier},
  publisher = {{CEE}},
  series = {{W}orking {P}aper - {CEE}-{M}},
  pages = {35  multigr.},
  year = {2022},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010093638},
}