The woodlands in some parts of the Sahel are effectively an open-access resource. Under open access, fuelwood cutters have no incentive to allow for benefits that might accrue if the wooded area were managed rather than mined. Those benefits include sustainable streams of fuelwood, fruits, and other tree products, browse for cattle, and ecological services such as nitrogen fixation and erosion prevention. To remedy this problem, some Sahelian areas...
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1997/06/30
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS1788
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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An economic analysis of woodfuel management in the Sahel : the case of Chad
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supply curve