Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17771 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1227
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
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.
Subjects: 
Biodiversity
Conservation
Land Use
Global Environment Facility
International Institutions
JEL: 
Q56
Q28
O13
Q57
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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