Conditions associated with protected area success in conservation and poverty reduction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 13913-13918

  Ferraro, Paul J ^a   Hanauer, Merlin M ^a   Sims, Katharine R E ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Matching; Nonparametric; Parks; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY; THAILAND;

EID: 80052152122     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011529108     Document Type: Article

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