What are the effects of nature conservation on human well-being? A systematic map of empirical evidence from developing countries

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2016-04-27

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McKinnon, Madeleine C., Samantha H. Cheng, Samuel Dupre, Janet Edmond, Ruth Garside, Louise Glew, Margaret B. Holland, et al. 揥hat Are the Effects of Nature Conservation on Human Well-Being? A Systematic Map of Empirical Evidence from Developing Countries.� Environmental Evidence 5, no. 1 (April 27, 2016): 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-016-0058-7.

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THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN AS PART OF ONE OF THE AUTHOR'S OFFICIAL DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND IS THEREFORE A WORK OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH 17 U.S.C. 105, NO COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH WORKS UNDER U.S. LAW.
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Biodiversity conservation
Human development
Human welfare
Natural resource management
Poverty
Sustainability

Abstract

Global policy initiatives and international conservation organizations have sought to emphasize and strengthen the link between the conservation of natural ecosystems and human development. While many indices have been developed to measure various social outcomes to conservation interventions, the quantity and strength of evidence to support the effects, both positive and negative, of conservation on different dimensions of human well-being, remain unclear, dispersed and inconsistent.