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Impacts of rangeland ecological compensation on livelihood resilience of herdsmen: an empirical investigation in Qinghai Province, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7737-7338
Abstract The increasing use of the payment for ecosystem services (PES) represents a prominent institutional shock triggered by external interventions on livelihoods of natural resource managers. To reconcile the needs for both conservation and development, a deep understanding on the influence mechanisms of PES on farmer livelihood resilience is paramount, particularly in dynamic and uncertain contexts. Taking the Rangeland Ecological Protection Subsidy and Reward scheme that has been implemented in pastoral China since 2011 as a case study, the paper empirically investigates the impacts of PES on livelihood resilience of livestock farmers in Qinghai Province. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of herder livelihood resilience from three dimensions—buffering, self-organizing and learning capacities, multiple linear regression was applied to examine the PES impacts. Resilience enhancement was mainly found in buffering capacity for herders with a medium to large herd size. Results of univariate parallel mediation models further reveal that household income growth and diversification and livestock upsizing were three key intermediary processes that mediated the enhancement and together contributed 28.83% of the total effect. The findings help narrow a knowledge gap in understanding whether, how and for whom PES contributes to improve farmer livelihood resilience. To achieve “win-win” outcomes, we stress that greater attention should be given to tailoring design and implementation of PES programs to align with the specificity of local contexts.
Highlights Impacts of one rangeland PES program on herder livelihood resilience are examined. Ecological compensation has significantly enhanced the livelihood resilience of herders. Buffering capacity is enhanced more than self-organizing and learning capacity. Income growth and diversification as well as herd upsizing are three crucial mediators. Larger-scale herders are improved stronger than smaller-scale ones.
Impacts of rangeland ecological compensation on livelihood resilience of herdsmen: an empirical investigation in Qinghai Province, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7737-7338
Abstract The increasing use of the payment for ecosystem services (PES) represents a prominent institutional shock triggered by external interventions on livelihoods of natural resource managers. To reconcile the needs for both conservation and development, a deep understanding on the influence mechanisms of PES on farmer livelihood resilience is paramount, particularly in dynamic and uncertain contexts. Taking the Rangeland Ecological Protection Subsidy and Reward scheme that has been implemented in pastoral China since 2011 as a case study, the paper empirically investigates the impacts of PES on livelihood resilience of livestock farmers in Qinghai Province. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of herder livelihood resilience from three dimensions—buffering, self-organizing and learning capacities, multiple linear regression was applied to examine the PES impacts. Resilience enhancement was mainly found in buffering capacity for herders with a medium to large herd size. Results of univariate parallel mediation models further reveal that household income growth and diversification and livestock upsizing were three key intermediary processes that mediated the enhancement and together contributed 28.83% of the total effect. The findings help narrow a knowledge gap in understanding whether, how and for whom PES contributes to improve farmer livelihood resilience. To achieve “win-win” outcomes, we stress that greater attention should be given to tailoring design and implementation of PES programs to align with the specificity of local contexts.
Highlights Impacts of one rangeland PES program on herder livelihood resilience are examined. Ecological compensation has significantly enhanced the livelihood resilience of herders. Buffering capacity is enhanced more than self-organizing and learning capacity. Income growth and diversification as well as herd upsizing are three crucial mediators. Larger-scale herders are improved stronger than smaller-scale ones.
Impacts of rangeland ecological compensation on livelihood resilience of herdsmen: an empirical investigation in Qinghai Province, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7737-7338
Abstract The increasing use of the payment for ecosystem services (PES) represents a prominent institutional shock triggered by external interventions on livelihoods of natural resource managers. To reconcile the needs for both conservation and development, a deep understanding on the influence mechanisms of PES on farmer livelihood resilience is paramount, particularly in dynamic and uncertain contexts. Taking the Rangeland Ecological Protection Subsidy and Reward scheme that has been implemented in pastoral China since 2011 as a case study, the paper empirically investigates the impacts of PES on livelihood resilience of livestock farmers in Qinghai Province. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of herder livelihood resilience from three dimensions—buffering, self-organizing and learning capacities, multiple linear regression was applied to examine the PES impacts. Resilience enhancement was mainly found in buffering capacity for herders with a medium to large herd size. Results of univariate parallel mediation models further reveal that household income growth and diversification and livestock upsizing were three key intermediary processes that mediated the enhancement and together contributed 28.83% of the total effect. The findings help narrow a knowledge gap in understanding whether, how and for whom PES contributes to improve farmer livelihood resilience. To achieve “win-win” outcomes, we stress that greater attention should be given to tailoring design and implementation of PES programs to align with the specificity of local contexts.
Highlights Impacts of one rangeland PES program on herder livelihood resilience are examined. Ecological compensation has significantly enhanced the livelihood resilience of herders. Buffering capacity is enhanced more than self-organizing and learning capacity. Income growth and diversification as well as herd upsizing are three crucial mediators. Larger-scale herders are improved stronger than smaller-scale ones.
Impacts of rangeland ecological compensation on livelihood resilience of herdsmen: an empirical investigation in Qinghai Province, China
Zhao, Meng (author) / Chen, Haibin (author) / Shao, Liqun (author) / Xia, Xianli (author) / Zhang, Han (author)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 107
2024-02-17
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Electronic Resource
English
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