Using plot-level data, the authors estimate a bi-variate probit model to explain land clearing, and the siting of protected areas in North Thailand in 1986. Their model suggests that protected areas (national parks, together with wildlife sanctuaries) did not reduce the likelihood of forest clearing, but wildlife sanctuaries may have reduced the probability of deforestation. Road building, by reducing the impedance-weighted distance to market, has...
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2001/04/30
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS2583
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2010/07/01
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How the location of roads and protected areas affects deforestation in North Thailand
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protected area
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