Governance, Location and Avoided Deforestation from Protected Areas: Greater Restrictions Can Have Lower Impact, Due to Differences in Location

World Development

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-20

  Pfaff, Alexander ^a   Robalino, Juan ^b   Lima, Eirivelthon ^c   Sandoval, Catalina ^b   Herrera, Luis Diego ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acre; Brazil; Deforestation; Livelihoods; Protected areas; REDD

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84890857438     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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