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Does Resource Commercialization Induce Local Conservation? A Cautionary Tale from Southwestern Morocco.

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dc.contributor.authorLybbert, Travis J.
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Christopher B.
dc.contributor.authorDesta, Solomon
dc.contributor.authorCoppock, D. Layne
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-21T17:09:09Z
dc.date.available2018-08-21T17:09:09Z
dc.date.issued2002-12
dc.descriptionWP 2002-46 December 2002
dc.description.abstractEcotourism, bioprospecting and non-timber product marketing have been promoted recently as market-based instruments for environment al protection, but without sound understanding of the resulting net conservation effects. We present evidence on the local effects of recent argan oil commercialization in Morocco, a seemingly promising case of conservation through resource commercialization. We find that resource commercialization creates mixed net conservation incentives because assumptions implicit in the prevailing logic prove incorrect. The experience of southwestern Morocco provides a cautionary tale about conservation strategies founded on resource commercialization, emphasizing that the biology of a resource often exerts greater influence on conservation outcomes than do market forces.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors thank the Fulbright Program, The Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange, Dr. Daniel Sisler, the Department of Applied Economics and Management, the Cornell Institute for International Food, Agriculture and Development, the Einaudi Center for International Studies, and the Program on Comparative Economic Development, all at Cornell University, for funding this research.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/57696
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCharles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
dc.titleDoes Resource Commercialization Induce Local Conservation? A Cautionary Tale from Southwestern Morocco.
dc.typearticle
dcterms.licensehttp://hdl.handle.net/1813/57595

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