This article by

Aaron G. Bruner,

Raymond E. Gullison,

Richard E. Rice and

Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca

, titled "Effectiveness of Parks in Protecting Tropical Rainforests" discusses how parks help to conserve tropical rainforests: "We assessed the impacts of anthropogenic threats on 93 protected areas in 22 tropical countries to test the hypothesis that parks are an effective means to protect tropical biodiversity. We found that the majority of parks are successful at stopping land clearing, and to a lesser degree effective at mitigating logging, hunting, fire, and grazing. Park effectiveness correlates with basic management activities such as enforcement, boundary demarcation, and direct compensation to local communities, suggesting that even modest increases in funding would directly increase the ability of parks to protect tropical biodiversity."

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Bruner, Aaron G., Raymond E. Gullison, Richard E. Rice, and Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca. "Effectiveness of Parks in Protecting Tropical Biodiversity." Science 291 (2001): 125-28. Sciencemag.org. Science Magazine, 5 Jan. 2001. Web. 8 Aug. 2011. .