Debt-for-Nature Swaps in Action: Two Case Studies in Peru

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

Gockel, Catherine¹ 

关键词: Amazonia;    civil society;    debt-for-nature swaps;    local capacity;    nature conservation;    nature conservation funding;    Peru;    program evaluation;    resource management;    Tropical Forest Conservation Act;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-04063-160313

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

Debt-for-nature swaps are a major source of global funding for nature conservation and have been touted as a win-win solution to the problem of how to finance conservation. This paper examines how the United States' debt-for-nature-swap program, the Tropical Forest Conservation Act, works in the field. We provide an introduction to the technical aspects of the debt-for-nature swap mechanism, then describe how the program operates on the ground, using the United States–Peru swap as an example. We focus on two case studies that are largely representative of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act's work in Peru: 1) ProNaturaleza

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