Conservation Beyond Park Boundaries: The Impact of Buffer Zones on Deforestation and Mining Concessions in the Peruvian Amazon

Environmental Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 297-311

  Weisse, Mikaela J ^a,b   Naughton Treves, Lisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer zones; Illegal mining; Landscape conservation; Mining concessions; Peruvian Amazon

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY;

BUFFER ZONES; COMMUNITY-BASED; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES; LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE LEVEL; LEGAL PROTOCOLS; PERUVIAN AMAZONS;

CRIME;

BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRUPTION; DEFORESTATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LAND RIGHTS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MINING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; BUFFER ZONE; DEFORESTATION; GOVERNMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LAW; MINING; PERUVIAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OIL INDUSTRY; PERU; PROCEDURES;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; MADRE DE DIOS; PERU; TAMBOPATA NATIONAL RESERVE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MINING; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PERU;

EID: 84968527944     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-016-0709-z     Document Type: Article

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