Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1227:
Financing National Protected Area Networks Internationally ; The Global Environment Facility as a Multilateral Mechanism of Transfer
Oliver Deke
Abstract: Nationally implemented protected area measures for
biodiversity conservation generate cross-border externalities. For
internalizing these externalities at the international level, the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) has been established as a multilateral mechanism
of transfer. This paper empirically analyzes the use of GEF funds for
protected area projects in biodiverse developing countries. It turns out
that transfers generally do not play the role of compensations in that they
directly balance foregone payoffs from alternative land uses. The funds are
also not primarily directed to the expansion of protected area systems but
address improvements in the management of already legally designated
sites.
Keywords: Biodiversity, Conservation, Land Use; Global Environment Facility; International Institutions; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: O13,; Q28,; Q56,; Q57; (follow links to similar papers)
55 pages, September 2004
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