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Sizing reserves within a landscape: the roles of villagers' reactions and the ecological-socioeconomic setting

Robinson, E. J. Z. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4950-0183, Albers, H. J. and Williams, J. C. (2011) Sizing reserves within a landscape: the roles of villagers' reactions and the ecological-socioeconomic setting. Land Economics, 87 (2). pp. 233-249. ISSN 1543-8325

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Abstract/Summary

Traditionally, siting and sizing decisions for parks and reserves reflected ecological characteristics but typically failed to consider ecological costs created from displaced resource collection, welfare costs on nearby rural people, and enforcement costs. Using a spatial game-theoretic model that incorporates the interaction of socioeconomic and ecological settings, we show how incorporating more recent mandates that include rural welfare and surrounding landscapes can result in very different optimal sizing decisions. The model informs our discussion of recent forest management in Tanzania, reserve sizing and siting decisions, estimating reserve effectiveness, and determining patterns of avoided forest degradation in Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation programs.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
ID Code:26487
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press

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