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Evaluating the impacts of protected areas on human well-being across the developing world

Science advances, 2019-04, Vol.5 (4), p.eaav3006-eaav3006 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). 2019 The Authors ;ISSN: 2375-2548 ;EISSN: 2375-2548 ;DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3006 ;PMID: 30949578

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  • Title:
    Evaluating the impacts of protected areas on human well-being across the developing world
  • Author: Naidoo, R ; Gerkey, D ; Hole, D ; Pfaff, A ; Ellis, A M ; Golden, C D ; Herrera, D ; Johnson, K ; Mulligan, M ; Ricketts, T H ; Fisher, B
  • Subjects: Biodiversity ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Developing Countries ; Economics ; Ecosystem ; Family Characteristics ; Geography ; Global Health ; Health Status ; Humans ; Models, Theoretical ; Public Health ; SciAdv r-articles
  • Is Part Of: Science advances, 2019-04, Vol.5 (4), p.eaav3006-eaav3006
  • Description: Protected areas (PAs) are fundamental for biodiversity conservation, yet their impacts on nearby residents are contested. We synthesized environmental and socioeconomic conditions of >87,000 children in >60,000 households situated either near or far from >600 PAs within 34 developing countries. We used quasi-experimental hierarchical regression to isolate the impact of living near a PA on several aspects of human well-being. Households near PAs with tourism also had higher wealth levels (by 17%) and a lower likelihood of poverty (by 16%) than similar households living far from PAs. Children under 5 years old living near multiple-use PAs with tourism also had higher height-for-age scores (by 10%) and were less likely to be stunted (by 13%) than similar children living far from PAs. For the largest and most comprehensive socioeconomic-environmental dataset yet assembled, we found no evidence of negative PA impacts and consistent statistical evidence to suggest PAs can positively affect human well-being.
  • Publisher: United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2375-2548
    EISSN: 2375-2548
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3006
    PMID: 30949578
  • Source: Open Access: PubMed Central
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