1. Environment-Poverty linkages in West Africa: Household dependence on renewable natural resources in Central Burkina Faso
By Mariève Pouliot

2. Objective
“To estimate the contribution of renewable natural resources to rural household income in central Burkina Faso”

3. Study area

4. Study area Semi-arid tropical climate
Mostly open/fragmented dry forests with parklands and savannah in between
National park Kaboré-Tambi
Strategy of pure conservation (no access rights for population)
Forest products harvested illegally
9 villages / 323 households sampled
National Park
155,000 ha

6. Basic income statistics
Study Area
National average
Average income per adjusted adult equivalent (USD)
280
3001 (2003)
Share of population below 1,25$/day
86.5%
56.5%2 (2009)
Gini
38.8
39.62 (2009)
1 Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie du Burkina Faso, 2003
2 UNDP Human Development Report 2009

7. Mean income shares by source
Red ”X” and numbers show the effect of forest and env incomes on gini coefficient

8. Forest and environmental incomesB BC C
Stat significance of env dependency

9. Forest and environmental products

10. Seasonal variation

11. Conclusions Forest and other environmental income = 26%
Poorer households are significantly more dependent on environment than richer households
Fuelwood, shea, fodder and thatching grasses most important products
Account for 70% of all forest and other env income
Little seasonal variation in environmental income
Important source of cash during lean period (gap filling)

12. Acknowledgments