Publications

 

Rakela, S., Vilela, T., Espinoza, S., & Harb, A. M. (2025). COVID-19 Effects on Tourist Fees: Bolivia’s National Parks Case Study. Sustainability, 17(5), 1768. 

Gasparinnetti, P., Bakker, L. B., Queiroz, J. M., & Vilela, T. (2024). Economic valuation of artisanal small-scale gold mining impacts: A framework for value transfer application. Resources Policy, 88, 104259. 

Rakela, S., Vilela, T., Espinoza, S., Malky Harb, A., & Mendizábal Vergara, C. (2024). Exploring Public Support for Bolivia’s Protected Areas: A Contingent Valuation Approach. Land, 13(6), 868. 

Vilela, T., Harb, A. M., & Vergara, C. M. (2022). Chileans’ willingness to pay for protected areas. Ecological Economics, 201, 107557. 

Vilela, T., Malky-Harb, A., & Mendizábal-Vergara, C. (2022). The impact of protected areas on poverty: Evidence from Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 95. 

Waldron, A., Adams, V., Allan, J., Arnell, A., Asner, G., Atkinson, S., Baccini, A., Baillie, J., Balmford, A., & Austin Beau, J. (2020). Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: Costs, benefits and economic implications. 

Lynham, J., Nikolaev, A., Raynor, J., Vilela, T., & Villaseñor-Derbez, J. C. (2020). Impact of two of the world’s largest protected areas on longline fishery catch rates. Nature Communications, 11(1), 979. 

Vilela, T., Malky Harb, A., Bruner, A., Laísa da Silva Arruda, V., Ribeiro, V., Auxiliadora Costa Alencar, A., Julissa Escobedo Grandez, A., Rojas, A., Laina, A., & Botero, R. (2020). A better Amazon road network for people and the environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(13), 7095–7102. 

Bruner, A., Rojas, C. A. S., Mendizabal, C., & Vilela, T. (2018). Using Incentives to Control Deforestation in the Andes-Amazon: Insights from Field Study of Opportunity Costs. Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico, 16(30), 27–50. 

Vilela, T., & Reid, J. (2017). Improving hydropower choices via an online and open access tool. PLoS One, 12(6), e0179393.