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SUBMITTER: Andam KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2890456 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Andam Kwaw S KS Ferraro Paul J PJ Sims Katharine R E KR Healy Andrew A Holland Margaret B MB
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100524 22
As global efforts to protect ecosystems expand, the socioeconomic impact of protected areas on neighboring human communities continues to be a source of intense debate. The debate persists because previous studies do not directly measure socioeconomic outcomes and do not use appropriate comparison groups to account for potential confounders. We illustrate an approach using comprehensive national datasets and quasi-experimental matching methods. We estimate impacts of protected area systems on po ...[more]