The potential of protected areas to halt deforestation in Ecuador

Ecuador, a country with nearly unparalleled levels of biodiversity and endemism, has one of the highest deforestation rates of South America. I examined whether governmentally protected areas in Ecuador have been effective at reducing deforestation. After estimating deforestation rates from existing...

• Autore principale: van der Hoek, Yntze (author)
• Natura: article
• Pubblicazione: 2017
• Soggetti: Deforestation avoidance; Conservation policy; Conservation efficiency; Governance; Neotropics; South America
• Accesso online: https://doi.org/10.1017/s037689291700011x; http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/233