Editing Humanitarian aid (section)

==== Natural resource overexploitation ====
Recent research suggests that patterns of food aid distribution may inadvertently affect the natural environment, by changing consumption patterns and by inducing locational change in [[grazing]] and other activities. A pair of studies in Northern Kenya found that food aid distribution seems to induce greater spatial concentration of [[livestock]] around distribution points, causing localized [[rangeland]] degradation, and that food aid provided as whole grain requires more cooking, and thus more fuelwood is consumed, stimulating local [[deforestation]].<ref>McPeak J.G. (2003a) Analyzing and assessing localized degradation of the commons. Land Economics, 78(4): 515-536.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=McPeak |first=John G. |url=http://crsps.net/resource/fuelwood-gathering-and-use-in-northern-kenya-implications-for-food-aid-and-local-environments/ |title=Fuelwood Gathering and Use in Northern Kenya: Implications for Food Aid and Local Environments |date=May 2003 |work=CRSPs |language=en-US |access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>