Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica

Spillovers can significantly reduce or enhance the net effects of land-use policies, yet there exists little rigorous evidence concerning their magnitudes. We examine how Costa Rica’s national parks affect deforestation in nearby areas. We find that average deforestation spillovers are not significa...

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Main Authors:	Robalino, Juan, Pfaff, Alexander, Villalobos, Laura
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2020
Subjects:	COSTA RICA AREAS PROTEGIDAS PARQUES NACIONALES DEFORESTACIÓN ECONOMÍA TURISMO ECOTURISMO CONSERVACION ACTIVIDAD ECONÓMICA CONSERVACION DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/692089 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9518

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spelling	RepoCATIE95182021-12-22T19:09:50Z Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica Robalino, Juan Pfaff, Alexander Villalobos, Laura COSTA RICA AREAS PROTEGIDAS PARQUES NACIONALES DEFORESTACIÓN ECONOMÍA TURISMO ECOTURISMO CONSERVACION ACTIVIDAD ECONÓMICA CONSERVACION DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD Spillovers can significantly reduce or enhance the net effects of land-use policies, yet there exists little rigorous evidence concerning their magnitudes. We examine how Costa Rica’s national parks affect deforestation in nearby areas. We find that average deforestation spillovers are not significant in 0–5 km and 5–10 km rings around the parks. However, this average blends multiple effects that are significant and that vary in magnitude across the landscape, yielding varied net impacts. We distinguish the locations with different net spillovers by their distances to roads and park entrances—both of which are of economic importance, given critical local roles for transport costs and tourism. We find large and statistically significant leakage close to roads but far from park entrances, which are areas with high agricultural returns and less influenced by tourism. We do not find leakage far from roads (lower agriculture returns) or close to park entrances (higher tourism returns). Finally, parks facing greater threats of deforestation show greater leakage. 2020-08-25T21:22:04Z 2020-08-25T21:22:04Z 2017 Artículo http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/692089 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9518 en Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Volumen 4, Number 3 (July 2017) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf
institution	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
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language	Inglés
topic	COSTA RICA AREAS PROTEGIDAS PARQUES NACIONALES DEFORESTACIÓN ECONOMÍA TURISMO ECOTURISMO CONSERVACION ACTIVIDAD ECONÓMICA CONSERVACION DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD
spellingShingle	COSTA RICA AREAS PROTEGIDAS PARQUES NACIONALES DEFORESTACIÓN ECONOMÍA TURISMO ECOTURISMO CONSERVACION ACTIVIDAD ECONÓMICA CONSERVACION DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD Robalino, Juan Pfaff, Alexander Villalobos, Laura Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica
description	Spillovers can significantly reduce or enhance the net effects of land-use policies, yet there exists little rigorous evidence concerning their magnitudes. We examine how Costa Rica’s national parks affect deforestation in nearby areas. We find that average deforestation spillovers are not significant in 0–5 km and 5–10 km rings around the parks. However, this average blends multiple effects that are significant and that vary in magnitude across the landscape, yielding varied net impacts. We distinguish the locations with different net spillovers by their distances to roads and park entrances—both of which are of economic importance, given critical local roles for transport costs and tourism. We find large and statistically significant leakage close to roads but far from park entrances, which are areas with high agricultural returns and less influenced by tourism. We do not find leakage far from roads (lower agriculture returns) or close to park entrances (higher tourism returns). Finally, parks facing greater threats of deforestation show greater leakage.
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author	Robalino, Juan Pfaff, Alexander Villalobos, Laura
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title	Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica
title_short	Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica
title_full	Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica
title_fullStr	Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed	Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica
title_sort	heterogeneous local spillovers from protected areas in costa rica
publishDate	2020
url	http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/692089 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9518
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Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica

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