Do entrance fees crowd out donations for public goods? Evidence from a protected area in Costa Rica
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This paper investigates how different levels of entrance fees affect donations for a public good, a natural park.
Conservation, Policy Design
It took thousands of turtles
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Crafting a set of rules and incentives for the local community in Ostional National Wildlife Refuge (ONWR), one of the few places in the world where sea turtles come ot nest in massive number.
Protected areas and economic welfare: an impact evaluation of national parks on local workers’ wages in Costa Rica
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The number of protected areas around the world has significantly increased. However, the effects of this policy on the wellbeing of local households are still under debate. Using pre-treatment characteristics and household surveys with highly disaggregated geographic reference, we explore how national parks affect the wages of local workers in Costa Rica.
Effects of Protected Areas on Forest Cover Change and Local Communities Evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether “win-win” scenarios are possible—that is, whether protected areas can both stem forest cover change and alleviate poverty. We examine protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon using high-resolution satellite images and household-level survey data for the early 2000s.
Do Entrance Fees Crowd Out Donations for Public Goods? Evidence from a Protected Area in Costa Rica
EfD Authors:
In this paper, we investigate how different levels of entrance fees affect donations for a public good, a natural park.
To explore this issue, the researchers conducted a stated preference study focusing on visitors’ preferences for donating money to raise funds for a protected area in Costa Rica given different entrance fee levels. The results reveal that there is incomplete crowding-out of donations when establishing an entrance fee.
The impact of buffer zone size and management on illegal extraction, park protection, and enforcement
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Many protected areas or parks in developing countries have buffer zones at their boundaries to achieve the dual goals of protecting park resources and providing resource benefits to neighbouring people.
Governance, Location and Avoided Deforestation from Protected Areas: Greater Restrictions Can Have Lower Impact, Due to Differences in Location
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For Acre, in the Brazilian Amazon, we find that protection types with differences in governance, including different constraints on local economic development, also differ in their locations. Taking this into account, we estimate the deforestation impacts of these protection types that feature different levels of restrictions. To avoid bias, we compare these protected locations with unprotected locations that are similar in their characteristics relevant for deforestation.