Financial Costs and Shortfalls of Managing and Expanding Protected-Area Systems in Developing Countries

By A. Bruner, R. Gullison, A. Balmford. 2004

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Effects of Protected Areas on Forest Cover Change and Local Communities (2014, background): “2 because of insufficient human, financial, and political resources, uncertainty about land tenure, and conflicts with local communities (Balmford et al. 2003; Bruner et al. 2004; Naughton-Treves et al. 2005).”
The role of protected areas in conserving biodiversity and sustaining local livelihoods (2005, background): “The expansion of the protected area system has outpaced institutional and financial capacity for actual management (106), and even if there were a tremendous infusion of financial resources toward protected areas, managing protected areas would still be profoundly difficult, given the multiple and a”
Financial Costs of Meeting Global Biodiversity Conservation Targets: Current Spending and Unmet Needs (2012, result): “9 billion, 31%, in lowerincome countries), which is comparable to previous estimates of protected area expansion costs in developing countries (18)].”
Paper park performance: Mexico's natural protected areas in the 1990s (2015, background): “decades, in general, insufficient financial and human resources have been devoted to managing them (Balmford et al., 2003; Bruner et al., 2004; Wilkie et al., 2001; WDPA, 2014).”
Walk on the Wild Side: Estimating the Global Magnitude of Visits to Protected Areas (2015, background): “We currently spend<$10 billion/y in safeguarding PAs [21]—a figure which is widely regarded as grossly insufficient [21–25].”
The use of contingent valuation for evaluating protected areas in the developing world: Economic valuation of Morro do Diabo State Park, Atlantic Rainforest, São Paulo State (Brazil) (2008, background): “Despite all the problems faced by protected areas in the tropics, Bruner et al. (2001, 2004) have shown that they have been effective in protecting the ecosystems and biodiversity within their borders, suggesting they should remain a central part of conservation strategies.”
Population recovery patterns of Southeast Asian ungulates after poaching (2010, background): “However, in most Southeast Asian protected areas, financial, staff, and logistical constraints impede high levels of protection across the entire area (Robichaud et al., 2001; Bruner et al., 2004).”
Biodiversity, Governance, and the Allocation of International Aid for Conservation (2013, background): “…(Zavaleta et al. 2008), the World Bank (Kareiva 12 Conservation Letters 6 (2013) 12–20 Copyright and Photocopying: c©2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. et al. 2008; Hickey and Pimm 2011), or specific conservation approaches, such as protected areas (Bruner et al. 2004; Mansourian and Dudley 2008).”
Future habitat loss and the conservation of plant biodiversity (2010, background): “Less wealthy countries have limited financial means for conservation projects such as the enforcement and monitoring of protected-areas (Bruner et al., 2004).”
When good intentions are not enough … Insights on networks of “paper park” marine protected areas (2013, background): “Supplementation of official budgets can be accomplished via financial contributions from NGOs and foundations (González Montagut 2003; Bruner et al. 2004).”