Strict versus mixed-use protected areas: Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve

Blackman, Allen

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.009

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“…Our data suggests that between 1999-2007, the average annual deforestation rate in Guatemala`s 6 km buffer was 4.6% per annum. This conclusion is similar to that of the study conducted by Castellanos et al (2011) which describes deforestation rates in Peté at 4% per year from 2001-2006(Blackman, 2015. Lopez, Carr et al, (2012) confirm that most deforestation was caused by migration of cattle ranches and subsistence agriculture along the ever-expanding agricultural frontier.…”

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Deforestation Along the Maya Mountain Massif Belize-Guatemala Border

Chicas¹,

Omine²,

Arevalo³

et al. 2016

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:In recent years trans-boundary incursions from Petén, Guatemala into Belize's Maya Mountain Massif (MMM) have increased. The incursions are rapidly degrading cultural and natural resources in Belize's protected areas. Given the local, regional and global importance of the MMM and the scarcity of deforestation data, our research team conducted a time series analysis 81 km by 12 km along the Belize-Guatemalan border adjacent to the protected areas of the MMM. Analysis drew on Landsat imagery from 1991 to 2014 to determine historic deforestation rates. The results indicate that the highest deforestation rates in the study area were -1.04% and -6.78% loss of forested area per year in 2012-2014 and 1995-1999 respectively. From 1991 to 2014, forested area decreased from 96.9% to 85.72% in Belize and 83.15% to 31.52% in Guatemala. During the study period, it was clear that deforestation rates fluctuated in Belize`s MMM from one time-period to the next. This seems linked to either a decline in deforestation rates in Guatemala, the vertical expansion of deforestation in Guatemalan forested areas and monitoring. The results of this study urge action to reduce incursions and secure protected areas and remaining forest along the Belize-Guatemalan border.

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Deforestation Along the Maya Mountain Massif Belize-Guatemala Border

Chicas¹,

Omine²,

Arevalo³

et al. 2016

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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“…Regardless of evidence types, most outcomes found that PAs were associated with reduced deforestation. One quasi‐experimental study in a region of Mexico found a case of PAs leading to an increase in forest loss (Blackman, ), and several case reports found that deforestation within the PA either increased through time, or exceeded the deforestation rate in the buffer zone once the buffer zone was almost completely deforested (Curran, ; Heino et al, ; Htun, Mizoue, Kajisa, & Yoshida, ). Several rigorously designed studies found that PAs had no significant impact on deforestation inside the PA (Baylis et al, ; Blackman, ; Brandt, Nolte, & Agrawal, ), regardless of the IUCN category of the PA (Nagendra, ).…”

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What works in tropical forest conservation, and what does not: Effectiveness of four strategies in terms of environmental, social, and economic outcomes

Buřivalová

Allnutt²,

Rademacher³

et al. 2019

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Tropical forests and their biodiversity are disappearing, despite decades of conservation efforts. Are we now in a position to understand whether some conservation strategies work better while others consistently fail in protecting tropical forests? We searched the literature to evaluate four mainstream strategies (forest certification and reduced impact logging, payments for ecosystem services, protected areas, community forest management) in terms of 35 environmental, social, and economic metrics. We evaluated whether applying the strategy improved, left unchanged, or worsened the conservation metrics and we created an interactive platform to view the data. We concluded that (a) the scientific literature on the effectiveness of conservation strategies in tropical forests is still vastly inadequate, due to poor design, lack of scope, and too few examples; (b) the effects of conservation on biodiversity and the economic outcomes of conservation are particularly understudied; and (c) all strategies fail at least some of the times, but all of them succeed at least some times. Our recommendation is that each new instance of implementing a given strategy should consider in detail, at the very least, the negative evidence on the given strategy, in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes. We introduce an interactive, dynamic platform to host various types of conservation effectiveness evidence.

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“…In principle, mixed-use protection can sidestep this constraint because it relies more on local organizations to enforce land-use restrictions. Although the evidence is quite mixed, at least some studies indicate that mixed-use protected areas (or multiple-use parks) can be more effective at reducing deforestation (Blackman 2014;Nelson and Chomitz 2011;Pfaff et al 2013;Ferraro et al 2013). …”

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Effects of Protected Areas on Forest Cover Change and Local Communities: Evidence from the Peruvian Amazon

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Inter-American Development Bank, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent. Terms of use: Documents inThe unauthorized commercial use of Bank documents is prohibited and may be punishable under the Bank's policies and/or applicable laws. Copyright ©Inter-American Development Bank. This working paper may be reproduced for any non-commercial purpose. It may also be reproduced in any academic journal indexed by the American Economic Association's EconLit, with previous consent by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), provided that the IDB is credited and that the author(s) receive no income from the publication. and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether "winwin" scenarios are possible-that is, whether protected areas can both stem forest cover change and alleviate poverty. We examine protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon using high-resolution satellite images and household-level survey data for the early 2000s. To control for protected areas' nonrandom siting, we rely on quasi-experimental (matching) methods. We find that the average protected area reduces forest cover change. We do not find a robust effect on local communities. Protected areas that allow sustainable extractive activities are more effective in reducing forest cover change but less effective in delivering win-win outcomes.

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Strict versus mixed-use protected areas: Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve

Cited by 66 publications

References 34 publications

Deforestation Along the Maya Mountain Massif Belize-Guatemala Border

Deforestation Along the Maya Mountain Massif Belize-Guatemala Border

What works in tropical forest conservation, and what does not: Effectiveness of four strategies in terms of environmental, social, and economic outcomes

Effects of Protected Areas on Forest Cover Change and Local Communities: Evidence from the Peruvian Amazon

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