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Grupp, Tristan Earle, Mishra, Prakash, Reynaert, Mathias
and Van Benthem, Arthur
(2023)
An evaluation of protected area policies in the european union.
TSE Working Paper, n. 23-1490, Toulouse
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Abstract
The European Union designates 26% of its landmass as a protected area, limiting economic development to favor biodiversity. This paper uses the staggered introduction of protected-area policies between 1985 and 2020 to study the selection of land for protection and the causal effect of protection on vegetation cover and nightlights. Our results reveal protection did not affect the outcomes in any meaningful way across four decades, all countries, protection cohorts, and a wide range of land and climate attributes. We conclude that European conservation efforts lack ambition because policymakers select land for protection not threatened by development.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | 30 November 2023 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | land protection, conservation, biodiversity, deforestation, vegetation cover, night-lights, staggered difference-in-differences |
| 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: | 01 Dec 2023 09:27 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2024 09:00 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:128755 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/48419 |
