The world has pledged to protect 30 percent of its land and waters by 2030 to halt the rapid deterioration of critical … ecosystems. We summarize the state of knowledge about the impacts of protected area policies, with a focus on deforestation and … summarize empirical evidence across multiple regions of the world. In most cases, protection has had at most a modest impact on …

"Despite carefully-constructed conservation interventions deforestation in Indonesia is not being stopped. This book … identifies why large-scale international forest conservation has failed to reduce deforestation in Indonesia and considers why … key stakeholders have not responded as expected to these conservation interventions. A history of deforestation in …