How much deforestation do protected areas avoid in tropical Andean landscapes?

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 56-66

  Cuenca, Pablo ^a,c   Arriagada, Rodrigo ^b,c   Echeverría, Cristian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Millennium Nucleus Center for the Socioeconomic Impact of Environmental Policies (CESIEP)   (Chile)

Author keywords

Avoided deforestation; Conservation policy; Matching; Protected areas; REDD; Tropical Andean forest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84947285509     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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