Figure 1.
The tropical forest biome with standing forests in 2000.
Gray: Tropical forest biome. Green: Standing forest, 2000.
Table 1.
1-km forest and fire pixel statistics in the tropical forest biome (2000–08).
Figure 2.
IUCN-designated protected areas established by 2000.
Protected area category. Strict (IUCN I–IV) [green]. Multiuse (IUCN V, VI) [yellow]. Indigenous [pink].
Table 2.
Total tropical forest protected (km2 and %) by protection class and region.
Table 3.
Forest and fire area (km2) and fire rates per region/protection group.
Table 4.
Summary statistics for variables in tropical forest areas.
Table 5.
Estimated impact on fire incidence (cumulative over 2000–08) comparing all pre-2000 protected areas against never protected areas.
Table 6.
Estimated impact on fire incidence (cumulative over 2000–08) comparing 1990–2000 protected areas against never protected areas.
Table 7.
Summary of estimated protected area reductions of fire incidence (percentage points).
Figure 3.
Unbiased estimated fire rates for tropical forests in Latin America and the Caribbean (with matching).
Top – Strict protection in Latin America and the Caribbean, with Mahalanobis matching (A) and Mahalanobis matching with calipers (B). Bottom – Multi-use protection in Africa, with Mahalanobis matching (C) and Mahalanobis matching with calipers (D).
Figure 4.
Unbiased estimated fire rates (red - never protected, green - protected, and grey – difference) for indigenous protection in Latin America and the Caribbean, with Mahalanobis matching (A) and Mahalanobis matching with calipers (B).
Note the change in scale on y axes.
Figure 5.
Unbiased estimated fire rates (red - never protected, green - protected, and grey – difference) for tropical forests in Africa with Mahalanobis matching (A) and Mahalanobis matching with calipers (B).
Figure 6.
Unbiased estimated fire rates (red - never protected, green - protected, and grey – difference) for tropical forests in Asia (with matching).
Top – Strict protection, with Mahalanobis matching (A) and Mahalanobis matching with calipers (B). Bottom – Multi-use protection, with Mahalanobis matching (C) and Mahalanobis matching with calipers (D).