Biodiversity Conservation Network

Evaluating linkages between business, the environment, and local communities.

The Biodiversity Conservation Network (BCN) was initiated in 1992 with the goal of testing a key hypothesis:

If enterprise-oriented approaches to community-based conservation are going to be effective, they must:

• Have a direct link to biodiversity.
• Generate benefits.
• Involve a community of stakeholders.

Funded by the USAID-led United States-Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP), the program provided implementation grants to twenty community-based projects in seven countries across Asia and the Pacific. The program, which closed in September 1999, not only documented its conservation impact, but also generated a significant amount of data, analysis, and experience surrounding the conditions under which enterprise-based approaches are most effective for the conservation practitioner.

For a full presentation of BCN, visit the program’s web site, http://www.BCNet.org.

Additional Information

Map of "The Conservation Impact of BCN's Projects 1993-1999"