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Figure 6

From: Sustained participation in a Payments for Ecosystem Services program reduces deforestation in a Mexican agricultural frontier

Figure 6

Cumulative 10-year effect of two consecutive PES contracts. Cumulative average effect of 10-year PES contracts in the whole aggregated study sample (combining the two regions), and then distinguishing across the two selected regions, expressed as percentage of enrolled area. The left panel indicates avoided deforestation (difference in forest cover per pixel in enrolled parcels versus similar non-enrolled forest parcels). The right panel (hatched) shows avoided degradation (difference between intact forest cover per pixel in enrolled versus non-enrolled forest parcels). The PES effect on avoided deforestation is statistically significant (95% CI) in the aggregated study sample, and it is driven by the significant effect found in MdC and BdA; the effect on avoided degradation is insignificant.

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