Predicting the Location of Deforestation: The Role of Roads and Protected Areas in North Thailand

Maureen Cropper, Jyotsna Puri and Charles Griffiths

Land Economics, 2001, vol. 77, issue 2, 172-186

Abstract: Using plot level data, we estimate a bivariate probit model to explain land clearing and the siting of protected areas in North Thailand in 1986. The model suggests that protected areas (national parks and wildlife sanctuaries together) did not reduce the likelihood of forest clearing; however, wildlife sanctuaries may have reduced the probability of deforestation. Road building, by reducing impedance-weighted distance to market, has promoted clearing, especially near the forest fringe. We simulate the impact of further road building to show where road building is likely to have greatest impact and where it is likely to threaten protected areas.

JEL-codes: Q23 Q28 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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