Evidence of anticipatory forest use behaviours under policy introduction: a systematic map protocol

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BackgroundForest conservation is a major global policy goal, due to the role forests play in climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. It is well recognized that the introduction of policies, whether aimed at forest conservation or with other objectives, has the potential to trigger unintended outcomes, such as displacement or leakage, which can undermine policy objectives. However, a set of outcomes that has escaped detailed scrutiny are anticipatory forest use behaviours, emerging when forest stakeholders anticipate policy implementation, deploying for example pre-emptive forest clearing, resulting in detrimental environmental outcomes. Lack of understanding of the extent and sectorial scope of these behaviours prevents us from devising strategies to address their potential detrimental consequences.MethodsThis protocol presents the methodology that will be followed to conduct a systematic map to identify, compile, review and describe the evidence available on anticipatory forest use behaviours in the context of policy introduction around the world. We will use two complementary search strategies, which we have tested before submitting this protocol. First, a systematic bibliographic search, and second, a citation chase approach. We will include articles based on a pre-defined set of criteria defined according to a Population, Intervention and Outcome (i.e. PIO) design. To support identification of knowledge gaps and clusters, we will report results of the systematic map in a narrative synthesis, an evidence atlas and other visualisations.Supplementary informationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13750-023-00307-0.

Keywords

  • Unintended outcomes, Forest conservation, Human behaviour, Habitat conservation, Biodiversity, Area-based approaches, Environmental policy, Climate change
Original languageEnglish
Article number20
Pages (from-to)20
Number of pages1
JournalEnvironmental Evidence
Volume12
Issue number1
Early online date26 Sept 2023
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Publication statusPublished - 2023

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