Juan José Miranda|Leonardo Corral|Allen Blackman|Gregory P. Asner|Eirivelthon Lima
Effects of Protected Areas on Forest Cover Change and Local Communities: Evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
World Bank|Inter-American Development Bank|Resources For The Future|Carnegie Institution for Science|Inter-American Development Bank
protected areas cornerstone forest conservation developing countries yet little known effects forest cover change socioeconomic status local communities paper assesses whether winwin scenarios possiblethat whether protected areas stem forest cover change alleviate poverty examine protected areas peruvian amazon early 2000s find protected areas reduce deforestation find robust effect poverty protected areas allow sustainable extractive activities effective reducing deforestation less effective reducing poverty