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How the Location of Roads and Protected Areas Affects Deforestation in North Thailand

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 sanctuari...

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Main Authors:	Cropper, Maureen, Puri, Jyotsna, Griffiths, Charles
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY BOUNDARIES CHEMICAL PROPERTIES CONSERVATION CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION ECOSYSTEMS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENDANGERED SPECIES EQUILIBRIUM FOREST FOREST AREAS FOREST CLEARING FOREST COVER FOREST DEPARTMENT FOREST FRINGE FOREST PROTECTION FORESTRY FORESTS GIS HILLS HOUSING INCOME LAND AREA LAND CLEARING LAND ECONOMICS LAND USE LAND USE CATEGORIES LAND USES LOGGING NITROGEN OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARKS PHOSPHOROUS PLAINS PLOTS POINT POPULATION PRESSURES PRESERVATION RAINFALL RIVERS SAMPLE PLOTS SATELLITE IMAGES SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES SOIL SOIL CHARACTERISTICS SOIL PROPERTIES SOIL QUALITY SOIL TEXTURE SOILS STUDY AREA SUPPLY CURVES TOPOGRAPHY VALLEYS VECTOR WAGES WATERSHED WATERWAYS WEST
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089562/location-roads-protected-areas-affects-deforestation-north-thailand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19683

How the Location of Roads and Protected Areas Affects Deforestation in North Thailand

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