Reynaert, Mathias, Souza-Rodrigues, Edouardo and Van Benthem, Arthur (2023) The Environmental Impacts of Protected Area Policy. TSE Working Paper, n. 23-1485, Toulouse

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Abstract

The world has pledged to protect 30 percent of its land and waters by 2030 to halt the rapid deterioration of critical ecosystems. We summarize the state of knowledge about the impacts of protected area policies, with a focus on deforestation and vegetation cover. We discuss critical issues around data and measurement, identify the most commonly-used empirical methods, and summarize empirical evidence across multiple regions of the world. In most cases, protection has had at most a modest impact on forest cover, with stronger effects in areas that face pressure of economic development. We then identify several open areas for research to advance our understanding of the effectiveness of protected area policies: the use of promising recent econometric advancements, shifting focus to direct measures of biodiversity, filling the knowledge gap on the effect of protected area policy in advanced economies, investigating the long-run impacts of protection, and understanding its equilibrium effects.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Language: English
Date: November 2023
Place of Publication: Toulouse
JEL Classification: Q23 - Forestry
Q24 - Land
Q57 - Ecological Economics - Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology
R14 - Land Use Patterns
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Institution: Université Toulouse Capitole
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2023 07:59
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2024 07:44
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:128689
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/48367
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