Local scale comparisons of biodiversity as a test for global protected area ecological performance: a meta-analysis

BWT Coetzee, KJ Gaston, SL Chown - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Terrestrial protected areas (PAs) are cornerstones of global biodiversity conservation. Their
efficacy in terms of maintaining biodiversity is, however, much debated. Studies to date have …

Reassessing the forest impacts of protection: the challenge of nonrandom location and a corrective method

L Joppa, A Pfaff - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Protected areas are leading tools in efforts to slow global species loss and appear also to
have a role in climate change policy. Understanding their impacts on deforestation informs …

Assessing habitat quality in relation to the spatial distribution of protected areas in Italy

L Sallustio, A De Toni, A Strollo, M Di Febbraro… - Journal of environmental …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The conservation of species and habitats is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic
impacts, particularly land use change, from local to global scales. Although many efforts …

Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics

L Porter-Bolland, EA Ellis, MR Guariguata… - Forest ecology and …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term
maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case …

A global analysis of protected area management effectiveness

F Leverington, KL Costa, H Pavese, A Lisle… - Environmental …, 2010‏ - Springer
We compiled details of over 8000 assessments of protected area management effectiveness
across the world and developed a method for analyzing results across diverse assessment …

Effectiveness of strict vs. multiple use protected areas in reducing tropical forest fires: a global analysis using matching methods

A Nelson, KM Chomitz - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Protected areas (PAs) cover a quarter of the tropical forest estate. Yet there is debate over
the effectiveness of PAs in reducing deforestation, especially when local people have rights …

[HTML][HTML] Status and trends in global primary forest, protected areas, and areas designated for conservation of biodiversity from the Global Forest Resources …

D Morales-Hidalgo, SN Oswalt… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The global community has recognized the importance of forests for biodiversity, and has
prioritized the preservation of forest biodiversity and ecosystem functions through multiple …

Evaluation of biodiversity policy instruments: what works and what doesn't?

DA Miteva, SK Pattanayak… - Oxford Review of …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
We review and confirm the claim that credible evaluations of common conservation
instruments continue to be rare. The limited set of rigorous studies suggests that protected …