Blankespoor, BrianDasgupta, SusmitaWheeler, David2014-12-032014-12-032014-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20625This paper investigates the effectiveness of protected areas in slowing tropical forest clearing in 64 countries in Asia/Pacific, Africa, and Latin America for the period 2001-2012. The investigation compares deforestation rates inside and within 10 kilometers outside the boundary of protected areas. Annual time series of these deforestation rates were constructed from recently published high-resolution data on forest clearing. For 4,028 parks, panel estimation based on a variety of park characteristics was conducted to test if deforestation is lower in protected areas because of their protected status, or if other factors explain the difference. For a sample of 726 parks established since 2002, a test also was conducted to investigate the effect of park establishment on protection. The findings suggest park size, national park status, and management by indigenous people all have significant association with effective protection across regions. For the Asia/Pacific region, the test offers compelling evidence that park establishment has a near-immediate and powerful effect.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE VALUEAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTUREAMAZON DEFORESTATIONANIMALANIMAL CONSERVATIONANNUAL DEFORESTATIONANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCEAPPLIED ECOLOGYBIODIVERSITYBIOGEOGRAPHYBIOLOGICAL CONSERVATIONBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYBIOLOGICAL SCIENCESBIOSPHEREBIOSPHERE RESERVEBIRDBIRD AREASBIRD CONSERVATIONBRAZILIAN AMAZONBUTTERFLYCALCULATIONCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCOMMUNITY FORESTSCONSERVATIONCONSERVATION BIOLOGYCONSERVATION SOCIETYCULTURAL VALUESDEFORESTATION RATESDETERMINANTSDRY FORESTSECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONSECOLOGICAL DEGRADATIONECOLOGICAL INDICATORSECOLOGICAL PROCESSESECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEMSELEPHANTSENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMISTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHEVERGREEN FORESTSFOREST AREAFOREST AREASFOREST CHANGEFOREST CLEARINGFOREST CONSERVATIONFOREST CONVERSIONFOREST COVERFOREST COVER CHANGEFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST ECOLOGYFOREST FIRESFOREST FRAGMENTATIONFOREST GOVERNANCEFOREST LOSSFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST PROTECTIONFOREST QUALITYGIANT PANDASGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGEGLOBAL FORESTHABITAT LOSSHABITAT MANAGEMENTHUMAN ENVIRONMENTHUMAN HABITATIONHUMAN POPULATIONISSUESLAND CONSERVATIONLAND COVERLAND COVER CHANGELAND ECONOMICSLAND TENURELAND USELAND-COVERLAND-COVER CHANGELAND-USELAND-USE ALLOCATIONLANDFORMLANDSCAPELANDSCAPE CHANGELANDSCAPE ECOLOGYLANDSCAPE PATTERNSLANDSCAPE STRUCTURELARGE MAMMALSLOCAL LIVELIHOODSLOGGINGLOSS OF BIODIVERSITYLOWLAND FORESTMANAGED FORESTSMIGRATIONMOUNTAINSNATIONAL PARKNATIONAL PARKSNATURAL AREASNATURAL CONDITIONNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNATURENATURE CONSERVATIONNATURE RESERVENATURE RESERVESOIL PALMOIL PALM PLANTATIONSOPEN ACCESSPALMPARK BOUNDARIESPARK BOUNDARYPARK MANAGEMENTPARK STATUSPOPULATION DECLINESPPREMOTE SENSINGROAD CONSTRUCTIONROADSSATELLITE IMAGERYSATELLITE OBSERVATIONSSET ASIDESPATIAL MODELSPECIESSPECIES CONSERVATIONSUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCESUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE USESUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USETIGERTIGER HABITATTIGER HABITATSTIGER RANGETREETROPICAL BIODIVERSITYTROPICAL DEFORESTATIONTROPICAL FORESTTROPICAL FOREST AREATROPICAL FOREST AREASTROPICAL FOREST CARBONTROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATIONTROPICAL FOREST FIRESTROPICAL FOREST FRAGMENTATIONTROPICAL FORESTSTROPICSVEGETATIONVEGETATION COVERWILDLIFEWILDLIFE CONSERVATIONWILDLIFE RESEARCHWOODLAND10.1596/1813-9450-7091