Evolving protected-area impacts in Panama: Impact shifts show that plans require anticipation

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Haruna, Akiko ^a   Pfaff, Alexander ^b   Van Den Ende, Sander ^c   Joppa, Lucas ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New Britain Palm Oil Ltd   (Guinea)

^d MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biodiversity; conservation; deforestation; impact evaluation; matching; Panama; protected areas; selection bias; siting; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

IMPACT EVALUATION; MATCHING; PANAMA; PROTECTED AREAS; SELECTION BIAS; SITING; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND USE; PROTECTED AREA; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84898075825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/035007     Document Type: Article

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