Debt-for-nature swaps in action: Two case studies in Peru

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 02-

  Gockel, Catherine Kilbane ^a   Gray, Leslie C ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Civil society; Debt for nature swaps; Local capacity; Nature conservation; Nature conservation funding; Peru; Program evaluation; Resource management; Tropical Forest Conservation Act

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL SOCIETY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEBT FOR NATURE SWAP; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; FINANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION;

AMAZONIA; LORETO; PACAYA-SAMIRIA NATIONAL RESERVE; PERU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053535891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04063-160313     Document Type: Article

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