Do Tropical Forests Provide Natural Insurance? The Microeconomics of Non-Timber Forest Product Collection in the Brazilian Amazon
Do Tropical Forests Provide Natural Insurance? The Microeconomics of Non-Timber Forest Product Collection in the Brazilian Amazon
复制标题
热带森林提供自然保险吗？
作者：
Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;E. Sills
热带森林可以通过提供一种“自然保险”的形式，为当地人民的福祉作出贡献。我们借鉴微观经济学理论，概念化的模型与农业风险的收集非木材林产品。在巴西亚马逊调查数据的事件计数模型中，森林采集旅行与农业冲击和预期农业风险呈正相关。这表明家庭依靠森林来减轻农业风险。森林产品采集对于有其他平滑消费选择的家庭来说可能不那么重要，但其重要性并不限于最贫穷的家庭。(JEL问题23）
Tropical forests may contribute to the well-being of local people by providing a form of “natural insurance.” We draw on microeconomic theory to conceptualize a model relating agricultural risks to collection of non-timber forest products. Forest collection trips are positively correlated with both agricultural shocks and expected agricultural risks in an event-count model of survey data from the Brazilian Amazon. This suggests that households rely on forests to mitigate agricultural risk. Forest product collection may be less important to households with other consumption-smoothing options, but its importance is not restricted to the poorest households. (JEL Q23)