Abstract
ABSTRACTCritical biodiversity areas are being converted into cropland to feed a growing global population. One solution to this problem is the highly debated land sparing hypothesis, which promotes agricultural intensification on farms to abate conversion of “wild nature.” However, food is not the only valuable farm product; trees on farms provide timber and firewood. This study presents empirical evidence from Barjomot, Tanzania, to ask: Does it make sense for both farmers and forest conservation to maximize food production where both food and tree products are produced? Participant observation, focus groups, and 40 household interviews were conducted. Results show that farmers with trees on their farms were 30% less likely to collect tree products from a neighboring forest reserve. This tentatively suggests that under agricultural intensification of food crops, farmers may have no other option but to collect tree products from “spared” forests, potentially impacting forest conservation.
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