Can extractive reserves save the rain forest: A ecological and socioeconomic comparison of non-timber forest product extraction systems in Peten, Guatemala, and West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6622901

Salafsky, N; Dugelby, B L; Terborgh, J W

Extractive reserves in tropical rain forests, in which only non-timber products are harvested, have been heralded by some conservationists as a means of maintaining biodiversity while providing income for local people. The study of extraction systems in Peten, Guatemala, and in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, leads to a more tempered conclusion, for while the Peten program was quite successful, the Kalimantan program was not. The study finds the success of an extractive reserve to be contingent on: (1) ecological conditions, and (2) socioeconomic and political factors. Although the study focuses on market-oriented extractive reserves, many of the issues discussed apply as well to other land uses such as the collection of non-timber forest products for household consumption or small-scale timber extraction.

• Research Organization: Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Center for Tropical Conservation
• OSTI ID: 6622901
• Report Number(s): PB-95-160099/XAB; CNN: AID-PDC-0091-A-00-0066-00
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Conservation Biology, Vol. 7, No. 1, 39-52(Mar 1993)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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