Conservation and development: Evidence from Thai protected areas

Sims, Katharine R. E.

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2010.05.003

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“…More optimistically, they might push local economies out of poverty traps by providing tourism business opportunities, improved infrastructure, or enhanced supplies of ecosystem services. For example, evidence from Costa Rica and Thailand suggests that protected areas in these two countries have, on average, reduced local poverty (10,11).…”

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“…Unfortunately, there is little scientific evidence on the nature of this heterogeneity or the potential tradeoffs between environmental and socioeconomic outcomes (3,12). Retrospective causal analysis of the socioeconomic impacts of developing country protected areas is limited (6,10,11,13,14). Only the work in Thailand and Costa Rica (10,11,13) also included information on environmental outcomes.…”

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“…Retrospective causal analysis of the socioeconomic impacts of developing country protected areas is limited (6,10,11,13,14). Only the work in Thailand and Costa Rica (10,11,13) also included information on environmental outcomes. However, those previous studies do not include sufficiently detailed analysis of heterogeneity in impacts to assess potential tradeoffs between ecosystem protection and poverty alleviation (15,16).…”

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Conditions associated with protected area success in conservation and poverty reduction

Ferraro

Hanauer²,

Sims³

2011

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Protected areas are the dominant approach to protecting biodiversity and the supply of ecosystem services. Because these protected areas are often placed in regions with widespread poverty and because they can limit agricultural development and exploitation of natural resources, concerns have been raised about their potential to create or reinforce poverty traps. Previous studies suggest that the protected area systems in Costa Rica and Thailand, on average, reduced deforestation and alleviated poverty. We examine these results in more detail by characterizing the heterogeneity of responses to protection conditional on observable characteristics. We find no evidence that protected areas trap historically poorer areas in poverty. In fact, we find that poorer areas at baseline seem to have the greatest levels of poverty reduction as a result of protection. However, we do find that the spatial characteristics associated with the most poverty alleviation are not necessarily the characteristics associated with the most avoided deforestation. We show how an understanding of these spatially heterogeneous responses to protection can be used to generate suitability maps that identify locations in which both environmental and poverty alleviation goals are most likely to be achieved.

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Conditions associated with protected area success in conservation and poverty reduction

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Hanauer²,

Sims³

2011

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“…Elles comprennent des méthodologies expérimentales rigoureuses qui s'appuient sur des essais contrôlés randomisés, des analyses plus qualitatives et moins informatives qui permettent de distinguer parmi les résultats l'effet causal de l'action, et des méthodes non expérimentales plus qualitatives (Bamberger et White 2007 ;GAO 2009 ;Tableau 2 (Ferraro et Pattanayak 2006 ;Pattanayak et al, 2010). Les chercheurs commencent seulement à remédier à cette lacune ; on peut ainsi à présent trouver plusieurs guides pratiques sur la manière d'éviter ces erreurs dans la sphère de la conservation (Andam et al 2008 ;Sims 2010 ;Ferraro et al 2011 ;Nelson et Chomitz 2011 ;Alix-Garcia et al 2012 ;Arriagada et al 2012 ;Laufer et al 2013).…”

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Analyse des connaissances actuelles sur les impacts de la certification forestière: proposition d'un cadre d'évaluation

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Putz²,

Guariguata³

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“…Positive examples from other regions are sold to involved parties as granted to illustrate successful stories (Thackway and Olsson 1999;Sims 2010;Wilson et al 2010). Adjustments related to a specific local situation are rarely considered.…”

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Compensation Payments for Downsides Generated by Protected Areas

Pechacek

Guo

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Protected areas are powerful instruments to tackle the biodiversity crises. However, local communities believe that protected areas generate downsides for which they should be compensated. We reviewed (1) problem evolution, (2) the idea of compensation schemes, and (3) practical considerations. We found that compensations for conservation-related losses are insufficiently considered when protected areas are established. Schemes include controversial resettlements of human populations, traditional reimbursements, and recently favored incentive payments to encourage local communities to conserve biodiversity on their lands. The compensation process is typically composed of the verification of losses/facts, estimation of costs, and delivery of payments. Compensation schemes promote tolerance and awareness, and responsibility of the broader society while minimizing confrontations. They have the power to mainstream concern about human welfare in protected area management, and are therefore a key to successful conservation. Verifying the impact of compensations on achievement of conservation goals remains, however, difficult to prove.

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Conservation and development: Evidence from Thai protected areas

Cited by 237 publications

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Conditions associated with protected area success in conservation and poverty reduction

Conditions associated with protected area success in conservation and poverty reduction

Analyse des connaissances actuelles sur les impacts de la certification forestière: proposition d'un cadre d'évaluation

Compensation Payments for Downsides Generated by Protected Areas

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Conservation and development: Evidence from Thai protected areas

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