Conservation Finance

Conservation Finance Overview (PDF 5.9 MB)

Articles

• Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resource Management Programme: An Unrecognized Payments for Ecosystem Services Scheme. 2011. Naidoo, R., Weaver, C.L., de Longcamp, M., du Plessis, P.

Reports

• Conservation Trust Fund Investment Survey. 2008. The Conservation Finance Alliance (PDF 2.64 MB)
  
• Delivering Large-Scale Conservation Results. 2007. World Wildlife Fund.
  
• Financing Marine Conservation. 2004. World Wildlife Fund. (PDF 4.62 MB)
  
• Financing Species Conservation. 2004. World Wildlife Fund. (PDF 1.26 MB)
  
• Green Carbon Guidebook. 2008. World Wildlife Fund. (PDF 696 KB)
  
• Guide to Conservation Finance. 2009.World Wildlife Fund. (PDF 2.22 MB)
  
• Joining Forces: The Dakar Meeting of African Environmental Funds Organized by the CFA African Environmental Funds Committee. 2010. (PDF 1.90 MB)
• New Finance for Climate Change and the Environment. 2008. World Wildlife Fund (PDF 1.02 MB)
  
• Raising Revenues for Projected Areas. 2004. World Wildlife Fund.
  English  full report 2004 (PDF 821 KB) 
  French  full report 2004 (PDF 1.02 MB)
  Spanish full report 2004 (PDF 977 KB)
  Chinese full report 2004 (PDF449 KB)
  
• Rapid Review of Conservation Trust Funds. 2008 Full Report. The Conservation Finance Alliance. (PDF 1.46 MB)
  Rapid Review Executive Summary English  2008 (PDF 7.94 MB)
  Rapid Review Executive Summary French  2008 (PDF 5.66 MB)
  Rapid Review Executive Summary Spanish 2008 (PDF 7.31 MB)
  

Case Studies

• Anilao Paying to Play: The Dive Fees of Mabini and Tingloy - A Case Study in the Philippines. 2007. Worldwide Fund for Nature Philippines. (PDF 2.04 MD)
  
• Financing Mechanism: for Conservation and Sustainable Management of Central African Forests. 2002. World Wildlife Fund.
  English full report (PDF 395 KB)
  French full report (PDF 826 KB)
  
• Madagascar's Experience with Swapping Debt for the Environment: Debt-for-Nature Swaps and Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Debt Relief. 2003. World Wildlife Fund. (PDF 596 KB).
  
• Sierra de las Minas Water Fund (forthcoming)
  

Press Releases and Web Updates

• Monumental Debt-for-Nature Swap Provides $20 Million to Protect Biodiversity in Madagascar
  
• U.S. and Indonesian Governments Work Together to Protect one of World’s Most Important Forests
  

Multimedia

• Coke Partnership in Guatemala

Courses

• Protected Areas financing course TNC