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Biodiversity and Conservation Location: B002 Session Chair: Paulo Santos, Monash University | |
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The Health Cost of Conservation: Impact of Protected Areas on Child Health AMSE, France Are conservation policies detrimental to child health? Using rich household surveys from 2008 to 2021 and a unique database on Protected Areas (PAs) in Madagascar, this study examines the impact of PAs on infant anemia through a difference-in-differences estimation strategy. Results show that PAs reduce hemoglobin levels by1.8 g/L, a 2% decrease relative to pre-PA averages. Although this reduction appears modest, it leads to a 6 pp increase in the occurrence of infant anemia. This negative effect is driven by a rise in diarrhea and malaria, and partly by a decline in the consumption of iron-rich foods such as animal protein, despite improvements in access to drinking water and poverty reduction. These benefits are limited to multi-use PAs. These findings underscore the complex relationship between conservation policies and public health, highlighting the unintended trade-offs that can emerg | |