Morgans, Courtney Leslie, Jago, Sophie, Andayani, Noviar, Linkie, Matthew, Lo, Michaela G. L., Mumbunan, Sonny, St John, Freya A. V., Supriatna, Jatna, Voigt, Maria, Winarni, Nurul L., Santika, Truly ORCID: 0000-0002-3125-9467 and Struebig, Matthew J. (2024) Improving well-being and reducing deforestation in Indonesia's protected areas. Conservation Letters. ISSN 1755-263X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13010)

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Abstract

Protected areas (PAs) are central to sustainability targets, yet few evaluations explore outcome for both conservation and development, or the trade-offs involved. We applied counterfactual analyses to assess the extent to which PAs maintained forest cover and influenced well-being across 31,000 villages in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia. We examined multidimensional aspects of well-being, tracking education, health, living standards, infrastructure, environment, and social cohesion in treatment and control villages between 2005 and 2018. Overall, PAs were effective at maintaining forest cover compared to matched controls and were not detrimental to well-being. However, impacts were highly heterogeneous, varying by island, and strictness of protection. While health, living standards, and infrastructure aspects of well-being improved, education, environmental and social dimensions declined. Our analysis reveals the contexts through which individual PAs succeed or fail in delivering multiple benefits, and provides insights to where further on-ground support is needed to achieve conservation and development objectives.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Kalimantan; Sumatra; tropical forest; poverty; counterfactual; evaluation
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Agriculture, Health & Environment Department
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2024 12:06
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/46000

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