The effectiveness of contrasting protected areas in preventing deforestation in Madre de Dios, Peru

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-663

  Vuohelainen, Anni Johanna ^a,b   Coad, Lauren ^b   Marthews, Toby R ^b   Malhi, Yadvinder ^b   Killeen, Timothy J ^c  

^a Proforest Frewin Chambers   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Community conservation; Deforestation; Land use change; Peru; Private protected area; Protectedarea management; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; COMMUNITY AREA; ECO-TOURISMS; FOREST PROTECTION; IN-SITU; INTERNAL RESOURCES; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIMITED INFORMATION; MONITORING ACTIVITIES; PERU; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTED AREAS; UNDERLYING FACTORS;

CONSERVATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING;

DEFORESTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MITIGATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE USE;

ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; PERU; POPULATION GROWTH; TOURISM;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERU; SPACECRAFT;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PERU; REMOTE SENSING;

MADRE DE DIOS; PERU;

EID: 84866550632     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9901-y     Document Type: Article

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