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SUBMITTER: Gurney GG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4614734 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gurney Georgina G GG Pressey Robert L RL Cinner Joshua E JE Pollnac Richard R Campbell Stuart J SJ
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20151101 1681
Despite the prevalence of protected areas, evidence of their impacts on people is weak and remains hotly contested in conservation policy. A key question in this debate is whether socioeconomic impacts vary according to social subgroup. Given that social inequity can create conflict and impede poverty reduction, understanding how protected areas differentially affect people is critical to designing them to achieve social and biological goals. Understanding heterogeneous responses to protected ar ...[more]