Poverty and protected areas: An evaluation of a marine integrated conservation and development project in Indonesia

• Published in: Global environmental change Vol. 26; pp. 98 - 107
• Main Authors: Gurney, Georgina G., Cinner, Joshua, Ban, Natalie C., Pressey, Robert L., Pollnac, Richard, Campbell, Stuart J., Tasidjawa, Sonny, Setiawan, Fakhrizal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: biodiversity; Conservation; conservation areas; Development; development projects; ecosystem services; Environmental problems; human communities; Human ecology and demography; Indonesia; issues and policy; Marine protected areas; Poverty; Protected areas; social impact; Social impact evaluation; Social problems and social policy. Social work; Sociology; villages; West Malaysia; Indonesia; Protected areas; Development; Social impact evaluation; Poverty; Marine protected areas; Conservation; Evaluation; Village; Ecosystem; Environmental Protection; Social impact

•We evaluated the social impacts of integrated development and protected area projects.•We used pre-, mid- and post-implementation data for sites with and without projects.•Projects appeared to contribute to alleviating three key domains of poverty.•Positive impacts spanned all domains but magnitude...