Protected Areas and Deforestation : New Results from High Resolution Panel Data

This paper investigates the effectiveness of protected areas in slowing tropical forest clearing in 64 countries in Asia/Pacific, Africa, and Latin America for the period 2001-2012. The investigation compares deforestation rates inside and within 10 kilometers outside the boundary of protected areas. Annual time series of these deforestation rates were constructed from recently published high-resolution data on forest clearing. For 4,028 parks, panel estimation based on a variety of park characteristics was conducted to test if deforestation is lower in protected areas because of their protected status, or if other factors explain the difference. For a sample of 726 parks established since 2002, a test also was conducted to investigate the effect of park establishment on protection. The findings suggest park size, national park status, and management by indigenous people all have significant association with effective protection across regions. For the Asia/Pacific region, the test offers compelling evidence that park establishment has a near-immediate and powerful effect.

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Main Authors:	Blankespoor, Brian, Dasgupta, Susmita, Wheeler, David
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-11
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURE, AMAZON DEFORESTATION, ANIMAL, ANIMAL CONSERVATION, ANNUAL DEFORESTATION, ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE, APPLIED ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE RESERVE, BIRD, BIRD AREAS, BIRD CONSERVATION, BRAZILIAN AMAZON, BUTTERFLY, CALCULATION, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, COMMUNITY FORESTS, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, CONSERVATION SOCIETY, CULTURAL VALUES, DEFORESTATION RATES, DETERMINANTS, DRY FORESTS, ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATION, ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEMS, ELEPHANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, EVERGREEN FORESTS, FOREST AREA, FOREST AREAS, FOREST CHANGE, FOREST CLEARING, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST CONVERSION, FOREST COVER, FOREST COVER CHANGE, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST ECOLOGY, FOREST FIRES, FOREST FRAGMENTATION, FOREST GOVERNANCE, FOREST LOSS, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST PROTECTION, FOREST QUALITY, GIANT PANDAS, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, GLOBAL FOREST, HABITAT LOSS, HABITAT MANAGEMENT, HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN HABITATION, HUMAN POPULATION, ISSUES, LAND CONSERVATION, LAND COVER, LAND COVER CHANGE, LAND ECONOMICS, LAND TENURE, LAND USE, LAND-COVER, LAND-COVER CHANGE, LAND-USE, LAND-USE ALLOCATION, LANDFORM, LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE CHANGE, LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE PATTERNS, LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE, LARGE MAMMALS, LOCAL LIVELIHOODS, LOGGING, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, LOWLAND FOREST, MANAGED FORESTS, MIGRATION, MOUNTAINS, NATIONAL PARK, NATIONAL PARKS, NATURAL AREAS, NATURAL CONDITION, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURE, NATURE CONSERVATION, NATURE RESERVE, NATURE RESERVES, OIL PALM, OIL PALM PLANTATIONS, OPEN ACCESS, PALM, PARK BOUNDARIES, PARK BOUNDARY, PARK MANAGEMENT, PARK STATUS, POPULATION DECLINES, PP, REMOTE SENSING, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROADS, SATELLITE IMAGERY, SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS, SET ASIDE, SPATIAL MODEL, SPECIES, SPECIES CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE, SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE USE, SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE, TIGER, TIGER HABITAT, TIGER HABITATS, TIGER RANGE, TREE, TROPICAL BIODIVERSITY, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, TROPICAL FOREST, TROPICAL FOREST AREA, TROPICAL FOREST AREAS, TROPICAL FOREST CARBON, TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION, TROPICAL FOREST FIRES, TROPICAL FOREST FRAGMENTATION, TROPICAL FORESTS, TROPICS, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE RESEARCH, WOODLAND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20353406/protected-areas-deforestation-new-results-high-resolution-panel-data https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20625
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