How the location of roads and protected areas affects deforestation in North Thailand (English)

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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Cropper,Maureen L.;

Puri,Jyotsna;

Griffiths, Charles;
Document Date
2001/04/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS2583
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Thailand,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
How the location of roads and protected areas affects deforestation in North Thailand
Keywords
protected area

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Cropper,Maureen L.; Puri,Jyotsna; Griffiths, Charles.

How the location of roads and protected areas affects deforestation in North Thailand (English). Policy, Research working papers ; no. WPS 2583 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/396641468760559925

How the location of roads and protected areas affects deforestation in North Thailand (English)

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