Examining protected area effectiveness in Sumatra: Importance of regulations governing unprotected lands

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-148

  Gaveau, D L A ^a,b   Curran, L M ^a   Paoli, G D ^c   Carlson, K M ^a,d   Wells, P ^c   Besse Rimba, A ^e   Ratnasari, D ^b   Leader Williams, N ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Living Landscapes Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

^c Daemeter Consulting   (Indonesia)

^d Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^e UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Degradation; Indonesia; Logging; Propensity score matching; REDD; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859603253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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