The under-financing of protected areas in the Congo Basin: so many parks and so little willingness-to-pay

By D. Wilkie, J. Carpenter, Quanfa Zhang. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2001

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Payments for biodiversity conservation in the context of weak institutions:Comparison of three programs from Cambodia? (2010, unknown): “The PAs were established from 1993 and have a small number of poorly paid staff with limited capacity or infrastructure, i.e. they are ‘paper parks’ (Wilkie et al., 2001).”
Paper park performance: Mexico's natural protected areas in the 1990s (2015, background): “, 2014b; Nelson and Chomitz, 2011), and funding (Bruner et al., 2001, 2004; Wilkie et al., 2001).”
Interaction effects between economic development and forest cover determine deforestation rates (2006, background): “It could also be that some forested lands are more economically valuable to poor nations if they are converted to other landuses (Byrne et al., 1996; Wilkie et al., 2001; Meyer et al., 2003; Chomitz et al., 2005).”
Financial Costs and Shortfalls of Managing and Expanding Protected-Area Systems in Developing Countries (2004, methodology): “Primary determinants of costs across national systems include countrywide cost levels (Wilkie et al. 2001, Balmford et al. 2003) and the size of the protected-area network.”
When good intentions are not enough … Insights on networks of “paper park” marine protected areas (2013, background): “A lack of adequate financial support is often a factor in protected areas failing to meet objectives (Wilkie et al. 2001).”