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Would community conservation initiatives benefit from external financial oversight? A framed field experiment in Namibia’s communal conservancies
World Development ( IF 6.678 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 , DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105442
Jane Turpie , Gwyneth Letley

It is commonly asserted that the successful management of common property resources (CPR), and by extension, the provision of public goods such as biodiversity and carbon, requires the devolution of control to local communities. However, where trust in community institutions is low, the intrinsic motivation to co-operate may be diminished. In this study, we carried out surveys and framed field experiments on the introduction of payments for ecosystem services (PES) to Namibia’s communal conservancies, established under the community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) programme. We used a threshold public good game where income from conservation efforts would require cooperation in terms of investing in conservation management and thereby also sacrificing opportunities to use designated wildlife areas. Our study found that households had low confidence in the conservancy management institutions and were more willing to co-operate when external financial oversight was provided. In fact, addressing the risk of financial mismanagement was more important than the payment level. Participants with a low level of confidence in the conservancy management contributed significantly less, but the gap narrowed when oversight was introduced. This suggests that initiatives to incentivise conservation of communally-owned land may require the close involvement of trustworthy external organisations to ensure their effectiveness.



中文翻译:

社区保护计划会从外部财务监督中受益吗?纳米比亚社区保护区的框架野外实验

通常认为,成功管理公共财产资源(CPR)以及扩展提供诸如生物多样性和碳等公共物品需要将控制权下放给当地社区。但是,在对社区机构的信任度较低的情况下,合作的内在动力可能会减弱。在这项研究中,我们进行了调查和框架实地试验,目的是在以社区为基础的自然资源管理(CBNRM)计划下建立的纳米比亚社区保护区中引入生态系统服务付费(PES)。我们使用了阈值公益游戏,从保护工作中获得的收入将需要在保护管理方面进行投资方面的合作,从而也牺牲了使用指定野生动植物区的机会。我们的研究发现,家庭对水利管理机构的信心较低,并且在提供外部财务监督时更愿意合作。实际上,解决财务管理不善的风险比付款水平更为重要。对养护管理信心不足的参与者的贡献显着减少,但是当引入监督时,差距缩小了。这表明,为鼓励保护公有土地而采取的主动行动可能需要值得信赖的外部组织的密切参与,以确保其有效性。对养护管理信心不足的参与者的贡献显着减少,但是当引入监督时,差距缩小了。这表明,为鼓励保护公有土地而采取的主动行动可能需要值得信赖的外部组织的密切参与,以确保其有效性。对养护管理信心不足的参与者的贡献显着减少,但是当引入监督时,差距缩小了。这表明,为鼓励保护公有土地而采取的主动行动可能需要值得信赖的外部组织的密切参与,以确保其有效性。

更新日期:2021-02-24
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