Global protected area impacts

Protected areas (PAs) dominate conservation efforts. They will probably play a role in future climate policies too, as global payments may reward local reductions of loss of natural land cover. We estimate the impact of PAs on natural land cover within each of 147 countries by comparing outcomes ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joppa, Lucas N., Pfaff, Alexander
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081759/