The impact of Protected Areas on Deforestation? An Exploration of the Economic and Political Channels for Madagascar's Rainforests (2001-12)

Sébastien Desbureaux, Sigrid Aubert, Laura Brimont, Alain Karsenty, Alexio Clovis Lohanivo, Manohisoa Rakotondrabe, Andrianjakarivo Henintsoa Razafindraibe and Jules Razafiarijoana
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Sigrid Aubert: UPR GREEN - Gestion des ressources renouvelables et environnement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Laura Brimont: IDDRI - Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Paris
Alain Karsenty: UPR BSEF - Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux : l'enjeu du changement global - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Alexio Clovis Lohanivo: Département Agromanagement, ESSA - Université d'Antananarivo
Manohisoa Rakotondrabe: Département Agromanagement, ESSA - Université d'Antananarivo
Andrianjakarivo Henintsoa Razafindraibe: Département Agromanagement, ESSA - Université d'Antananarivo
Jules Razafiarijoana: Département Agromanagement, ESSA - Université d'Antananarivo

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Abstract: Protected Areas (PAs) remain the central instrument to protect Madagascar's threatened biodiversity. We combine matching and regressions in a quasi-natural experiment setting to analyze PAs' additionality annually between 2001 and 2012 and study the channels that moderate the impact. PAs' have allowed to stabilize deforestation around a positive without having halting it. They have recreating some law effectiveness in areas where initial law enforcement was the lowest, limiting what we call opportunistic deforestation. However, additionality decreases when poverty rates increase. Effectively stopping deforestation will require ambitious policies to trigger the necessary agricultural transition for the country.

Keywords: Protected Areas; Madagascar; Effectiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07-16
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