Table 2.

Spatial location, forest cover, population size, and changes over time

Location	Distance (km)	# Fincas	Finca Size (ha)	1990		1999		1999 to 1990 Change
				% Forest	Population	% Forest	Population	Forest g	Population
Lago Agrio	<10	24	50.5	41.0	9.3	36.8	11.0	−4.2	1.7
	10–19	39	48.0	63.0	6.7	50.7	9.8	−12.2	3.1
	20–39	63	48.6	54.4	7.2	43.7	9.2	−10.7	2.0
	≥40	9	52.0	56.3	6.0	57.2	9.9	0.9	3.9
La Joya de los Sachas	<10	17	51.3	39.3*** a	7.4*** b	16.8***	14.0***	−22.6*** c	6.6** d
	10–19	51	45.1	48.3	8.6	36.9	10.4	−11.4	1.8
Shushufindi	<10	11	51.2	52.9***	10.6***	24.7***	21.0***	−28.2**	10.4***
	10–19	39	49.3	59.2	7.5	44.7	12.7	−14.5	5.3
	20–39	8	42.8	83.3	5.5	55.1	7.3	−28.2	1.8
Coca	<10	19	42.1	59.6***	6.5	51.7**	9.2**	−7.9	2.7*
	10–19	18	43.1	56.1	6.1	49.5	8.9	−6.6	2.8
	20–39	40	42.4	87.5	5.1	77.5	5.4	−10.0	0.4
	≥40	23	48.8	81.1	5.6	68.4	6.7	−12.7	1.1
Distance to Nearest Road (km)	<1	174 (213)e	48.5 (48.2)f	52.4**	7.7**	40.3**	10.4*	−13.3	2.9
	1–5	83 (115)	43.3 (45.3)	60.0	6.2	55.1	9.7	−10.1	3.5
	>5	104 (33)	47.7 (46.2)	71.8	6.8	72.4	7.0	−10.7	1.9

% forest refers to percentage of land on finca in forest, as defined in text. Population refers to the total number of persons living in all agricultural households on the finca at the time of the survey, where agricultural households are those with at least 0.5 hectares of land and involved in agriculture.

^***p < 0.0001;

^**p < 0.01;

^*p < 0.05

^aSignificantly less forest cover in 1990 was present on fincas located within 10 KM of Joya compared to those located 10–19 KM away

^bSignificantly fewer people lived on fincas in 1990 within 10 KM of Joya compared to fincas located 10–19 KM away

^cSignificantly more forest was cleared over time on fincas within 10 KM of Joya than fincas located 10–19 KM away

^dPopulation on fincas within 10 KM of Joya increased significantly more than fincas 10–19 KM away

^eThere are 174 fincas in 1990 less than 1 KM from the nearest road, compared to 213 fincas in 1999

^fAmong fincas less than 1 KM to the road, the mean finca size was 48.5 Ha in 1990 compared to 48.2 Ha in 1999

^gPercent change in forest cover