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Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity
We evaluate the impact of a fisheries management program centered on the definition of Fish Conservation Zones on biodiversity, measured as the number of species caught in the last 12 months. Data comes from a set of 32 villages in central Lao PDR, of which half participated in the program, and the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7252637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32459821 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233775 |
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author | Butorac, Declan Santos, Paulo Phouvin, Phousavanh Guegan, Francois |
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description | We evaluate the impact of a fisheries management program centered on the definition of Fish Conservation Zones on biodiversity, measured as the number of species caught in the last 12 months. Data comes from a set of 32 villages in central Lao PDR, of which half participated in the program, and the remaining are a set of matched control villages. The estimated causal effects are large (an increase between 29 and 32 species) and robust to the potential importance of unmeasured confounders. We also show that initial conditions may matter, as the program seems particularly effective in villages with high probability of participating in the program. These results are particularly important given the paucity of evidence regarding the impact of conservation programs on biodiversity, particularly in the context of freshwater ecosystems. Further directions of research suggested by these results are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-72526372020-06-10 Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity Butorac, Declan Santos, Paulo Phouvin, Phousavanh Guegan, Francois PLoS One Research Article We evaluate the impact of a fisheries management program centered on the definition of Fish Conservation Zones on biodiversity, measured as the number of species caught in the last 12 months. Data comes from a set of 32 villages in central Lao PDR, of which half participated in the program, and the remaining are a set of matched control villages. The estimated causal effects are large (an increase between 29 and 32 species) and robust to the potential importance of unmeasured confounders. We also show that initial conditions may matter, as the program seems particularly effective in villages with high probability of participating in the program. These results are particularly important given the paucity of evidence regarding the impact of conservation programs on biodiversity, particularly in the context of freshwater ecosystems. Further directions of research suggested by these results are discussed. Public Library of Science 2020-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7252637/ /pubmed/32459821 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233775 Text en © 2020 Butorac et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Butorac, Declan Santos, Paulo Phouvin, Phousavanh Guegan, Francois Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity |
title | Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity |
title_full | Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity |
title_fullStr | Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity |
title_full_unstemmed | Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity |
title_short | Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity |
title_sort | freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7252637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32459821 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233775 |
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