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An Evaluation of Protected Area Policies in the European Union / Tristan Grupp, Prakash Mishra, Mathias Reynaert, Arthur A. van Benthem.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grupp, Tristan.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w31934.
- NBER working paper series no. w31934
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023.
- Summary:
- The European Union designates 26% of its landmass as a protected area, limiting economic development to favor biodiversity. This paper uses the staggered introduction of protected-area policies between 1985 and 2020 to study the selection of land for protection and the causal effect of protection on vegetation cover and nightlights. Our results reveal protection did not affect the outcomes in any meaningful way across four decades, all countries, protection cohorts, and a wide range of land and climate attributes. We conclude that European conservation efforts lack ambition because policymakers select land for protection not threatened by development.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- December 2023.
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