Now the researchers plan to apply the methodology to other nations to build up a global evidence base for protected area effectiveness, to «move beyond looking at protected areas as a monolithic concept and clarify how
different kinds
of protected areas, and
different ways
of locating them in the landscape, affect
deforestation and local human welfare», and to measure the
impacts of protected areas on humans that live in neighbouring communities, an issue that is «subject to contentious international debate but for which there is little credible evidence to support the opposing views».