Overview
- Explores the history of international conservation finance
- Critically reviews what tools are used to fund tropical rainforest conservation, including ecotourism and debt-for-nature swaps
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Policy and Regulation (PSEPR)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book critically engages with how the conservation of tropical rainforests is financed. Beginning with the context of tropical deforestation, alongside an overview of tropical ecology, global environmental policy and finance, the book reviews several conservation financing instruments. These include ecotourism and private reserves, debt-for-nature swaps and government domestic budgetary expenditures for state and national parks.
Tropical deforestation and forest degradation are serious global environmental issues, contributing to global climate change, species extinction, and threatening the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. Yet, many leading companies, individuals and governments are making a positive impact on tropical forest conservation to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through the use of conservation finance.
Conservation of Tropical Rainforests tells the history of international conservation finance and provides a variety of options for individuals, businesses, and governments to support conservation financing projects.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Conservation of Tropical Rainforests
Book Subtitle: A Review of Financial and Strategic Solutions
Authors: Brian Joseph McFarland
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Policy and Regulation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63236-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63235-3Published: 07 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87504-0Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63236-0Published: 14 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3955
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3963
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LXXXV, 680
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environment Studies, Nature Conservation, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Environmental Management, Environmental Politics