This document summarizes a presentation on using impact evaluation to understand the effects of protected areas and roads on deforestation. The presentation discusses: - Using an econometric model to predict where deforestation is most likely based on plot attributes, proximity to roads and protected areas. - Results showed protected areas were not very effective at preventing deforestation in the static model. Roads increased clearing. - A second analysis examined how population, transportation costs, and property rights affected agricultural expansion and deforestation over time in forest reserves. Higher population and lower travel times increased clearing of some crops but not others.
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