The relative effectiveness of protected areas, a logging ban, and sacred areas for old-growth forest protection in southwest China

Biological Conservation

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Brandt, Jodi S ^a   Butsic, Van ^b   Schwab, Benjamin ^c   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^d   Radeloff, Volker C ^e  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoided deforestation; Community based management; Conservation success; Impact assessment; National Forest Protection Plan (NFPP); Payment of ecosystem services (PES); REDD+; Reserves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURE CONSERVATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PROTECTED AREA;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84911936803     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.09.043     Document Type: Article

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