Madhu Rao

TL;DR: The densities of seedlings and saplings of canopy trees are severely reduced on herbivore-affected islands, providing evidence of a trophic cascade unleashed in the absence of top-down regulation.

TL;DR: Evidence from multiple sites indicated animal populations declined precipitously across the region since approximately 1980, and many species are now extirpated from substantial portions of their former ranges, Unless there is a step change in efforts to reduce wildlife exploitation to sustainable levels, the region will likely lose most of its iconic species, andmany others besides, within the next few years.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used data from five protected forests in four developing Southeast Asian countries, and provided evidence that local people living near parks value a wide range of environmental services, including cultural, provisioning, and regulating services, provided by the forests.

TL;DR: In this paper, the status of 20 of the 31 officially gazetted protected areas in Myanmar within a framework that classified activities incompatible with protected-area status into two broad categories, small and large scale.

TL;DR: It is found that there were few consistent differences in diversity/species richness of flora or fauna protected under the two types of management or in deforestation rates, and CCAs conserve biological values more effectively than open-access areas.