Effectiveness of Protected Areas in the Pan-Tropics and International Aid for Conservation

Evaluation of the effectiveness of protected areas is critical for forest conservation policies and priorities. We used 30 m resolution forest cover change data from 1990 to 2010 for ~4000 protected areas to evaluate their effectiveness. Our results show that protected areas in the tropics avoided 8...

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Main Authors: Do-Hyung Kim, Anupam Anand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Geomatics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7418/1/3/19