Quantifying causal mechanisms to determine how protected areas affect poverty through changes in ecosystem services and infrastructure

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2014-02-24

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1307712111PMID 24567397PMCID PMC3964111
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