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SUBMITTER: Armsworth PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1459367 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Armsworth Paul R PR Daily Gretchen C GC Kareiva Peter P Sanchirico James N JN
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060322 14
The full or partial purchase of land has become a cornerstone of efforts to conserve biodiversity in countries with strong private property rights. Methods used to target areas for acquisition typically ignore land market dynamics. We show how conservation purchases affect land prices and generate feedbacks that can undermine conservation goals, either by displacing development toward biologically valuable areas or by accelerating its pace. The impact of these market feedbacks on the effectivene ...[more]