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Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being

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Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being. / Wells, Geoff J.; Ryan, Casey M.; Das, Anamika et al.
In: One Earth, Vol. 7, No. 2, 02.2024, p. 311-324.

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Wells, GJ, Ryan, CM, Das, A, Attiwilli, S, Poudyal, M, Lele, S, Schreckenberg, K, Robinson, BE, Keane, A, Homewood, KM, Jones, JPG, Torres-Vitolas, CA, Fisher, JA, Ahmad, S, Mulligan, M, Dawson, TP, Adams, H, Setty, RS & Daw, TM 2024, 'Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being', One Earth, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.001

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Wells, G. J., Ryan, C. M., Das, A., Attiwilli, S., Poudyal, M., Lele, S., Schreckenberg, K., Robinson, B. E., Keane, A., Homewood, K. M., Jones, J. P. G., Torres-Vitolas, C. A., Fisher, J. A., Ahmad, S., Mulligan, M., Dawson, T. P., Adams, H., Setty, R. S., & Daw, T. M. (2024). Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being. One Earth, 7(2), 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.001

CBE

Wells GJ, Ryan CM, Das A, Attiwilli S, Poudyal M, Lele S, Schreckenberg K, Robinson BE, Keane A, Homewood KM, et al. 2024. Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being. One Earth. 7(2):311-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.001

MLA

Wells, Geoff J. et al. "Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being". One Earth. 2024, 7(2). 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.001

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Wells GJ, Ryan CM, Das A, Attiwilli S, Poudyal M, Lele S et al. Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being. One Earth. 2024 Feb;7(2):311-324. Epub 2023 Dec 27. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.001

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Wells, Geoff J. ; Ryan, Casey M. ; Das, Anamika et al. / Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being. In: One Earth. 2024 ; Vol. 7, No. 2. pp. 311-324.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being

AU - Wells, Geoff J.

AU - Ryan, Casey M.

AU - Das, Anamika

AU - Attiwilli, Suman

AU - Poudyal, Mahesh

AU - Lele, Sharachchandra

AU - Schreckenberg, Kate

AU - Robinson, Brian E.

AU - Keane, Aidan

AU - Homewood, Katherine M.

AU - Jones, Julia P.G.

AU - Torres-Vitolas, Carlos A.

AU - Fisher, Janet A.

AU - Ahmad, Sate

AU - Mulligan, Mark

AU - Dawson, Terence P.

AU - Adams, Helen

AU - Setty, R. Siddappa

AU - Daw, Tim M.

PY - 2024/2

Y1 - 2024/2

N2 - Summary Local access to “wild,” common-pool terrestrial and aquatic resources is being diminished by global resource demand and large-scale conservation interventions. Many theories suggest the well-being of wild harvesters can be supported through transitions to other livelihoods, improved infrastructure, and market access. However, new theories argue that such benefits may not always occur because they are context dependent and vary across dimensions of well-being. We test these theories by comparing how wild harvesting and other livelihoods have been associated with food security and life satisfaction in different contexts across ∼10,800 households in the tropics. Wild harvests coincided with high well-being in remote, asset-poor, and less-transformed landscapes. Yet, overall, well-being increased with electrical infrastructure, proximity to cities, and household capitals. This provides large-scale confirmation of the context dependence of nature’s contributions to people, and suggests a need to maintain local wild resource access while investing in equitable access to infrastructure, markets, and skills.

AB - Summary Local access to “wild,” common-pool terrestrial and aquatic resources is being diminished by global resource demand and large-scale conservation interventions. Many theories suggest the well-being of wild harvesters can be supported through transitions to other livelihoods, improved infrastructure, and market access. However, new theories argue that such benefits may not always occur because they are context dependent and vary across dimensions of well-being. We test these theories by comparing how wild harvesting and other livelihoods have been associated with food security and life satisfaction in different contexts across ∼10,800 households in the tropics. Wild harvests coincided with high well-being in remote, asset-poor, and less-transformed landscapes. Yet, overall, well-being increased with electrical infrastructure, proximity to cities, and household capitals. This provides large-scale confirmation of the context dependence of nature’s contributions to people, and suggests a need to maintain local wild resource access while investing in equitable access to infrastructure, markets, and skills.

KW - nature’s contributions to people

KW - ecosystem services

KW - multi-dimensional wellbeing

KW - social-ecological systems

KW - environmental income

KW - conservation

KW - international development

U2 - 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.001

DO - 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.001

M3 - Article

VL - 7

SP - 311

EP - 324

JO - One Earth

JF - One Earth

SN - 2590-3322

IS - 2

ER -