We were thus able to compare parks in isolated areas, under practically no pressure, with Indian lands in areas disputed by loggers and agribusiness.

Many indigenous groups are very well organized, and they are also willing to use force to defend their lands.

By building a policy-sensitive crystal ball for the Amazon, we are able to identify the most important policy levers for reconciling economic development with conservation.

The pressure to increase these kinds of uses in national parks is constantly increasing. Our park lands are becoming more and more like isolated islands, with the demands for their use from everybody.

There is a notion that the presence of people can be harmful to the environment. But this is not always true.

...it is disquieting to feel that the conversion into a National Forest or Park always means the esthetic death of a piece of wild country.