Protection reduces loss of natural land-cover at sites of conservation importance across Africa.

There is an emerging consensus that protected areas are key in reducing adverse land-cover change, but their efficacy remains difficult to quantify. Many previous assessments of protected area effectiveness have compared changes between sets of protected and unprotected sites that differ systematica...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Alison E Beresford, George W Eshiamwata, Paul F Donald, Andrew Balmford, Bastian Bertzky, Andreas B Brink, Lincoln D C Fishpool, Philippe Mayaux, Ben Phalan, Dario Simonetti, Graeme M Buchanan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3667134?pdf=render