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The Forest Conservation Evaluation Tool: Accessible impact evaluation for Latin America

Year: 2024

Type: software-paper

Abstract: The Forest Conservation Evaluation Tool is a user-friendly webtool that measures the effect on tree cover loss of place-based conservation policies such as protected areas and payments for environmental services. It allows nontechnical users to conduct impact evaluations using high spatial resolution satellite data on tree cover loss along with statistical techniques that control for confounding factors. Because it has all requisite data on board and features a map- and menu-based interface, most users can generate intuitive results in single short session.

Source: SoftwareX

DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2024.101892

Author: Allen Blackman

Institution: Inter-American Development Bank

Language: English

Topic: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $970