browsing case studies for: Payments for conservation services
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Climate Action Project in Tengchong Forest, Yunnan Province, China
Agency: The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International
Conservation goals: Reforest close to 1,200 acres of degraded land in Tengchong with native tree species
Poverty reduction goals: Improve local livelihoods
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Conservation with Economic Development in Sub Tai village, Thailand, 2002
Agency: Population and Community Development association (PDA), an NGO
Donor/support agency: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand; Royal forestry Department; Thai Environment Institute
Conservation goals: Conservation of biodiversity of Khao Yai National Park
Poverty reduction goals: Making community self reliant through a better use of financial resources
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Debt-for-Nature Swap in Bolivia, 1993
Agency: Government of Bolivia
Donor/support agency: Conservation International; USAID
Conservation goals: Increase and extend the conservation effort in Bolivia
Poverty reduction goals: Support the indigenous communities living in and around protected areas and conserve their culture
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Debt-for-Nature Swap in Ecuador, 1993
Agency: Government of Ecuador
Donor/support agency: Nature Foundation; WWF; The Nature Conservancy; Charles Darwin Station; Museum of Natural Science ; Missouri Botanical Gardens
Conservation goals: Support the conservation of protected areas in Ecuador
Poverty reduction goals: Improve the living conditions of indigenous communities living in and around protected areas
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Debt-for-Nature Swap in Madagascar, 1996
Agency: Government of Madagascar
Donor/support agency: WWF; USAID; World Bank; Missouri Botanical Garden; Conservation International
Conservation goals: Improve natural resource conservation in Madagascar
Poverty reduction goals: Improve the living conditions of people living in and around protected areas
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Debt-for-Nature Swap in the Dominican Republic, 1993
Agency: Government of the Dominican Republic
Donor/support agency: The Nature Conservancy (TNC); The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico (TCT)
Conservation goals: Strengthen the conservation of existing protected areas
Poverty reduction goals: Improve the livelihoods of local communities through environmentally sustainable activities
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Debt-for-Nature Swap in the Philippines, 1995
Agency: Government of the Philippines
Donor/support agency: Haribon Foundation; WWF; USAID
Conservation goals: Support conservation by improving the management of existing protected areas
Poverty reduction goals: Improve the livelihoods of local communities by engaging them in sustainable activities in and around protected areas
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Ecuadorian Rainforest Restoration, 2002
Agency: Jatun Sacha Foundation
Donor/support agency: Conservation International
Conservation goals: Reforest more than 680 acres of highly degraded pasture in northwest Ecuador
Poverty reduction goals: Improve local livelihoods
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Guaraqueçaba Environmental Protection Climate Action Projects, Brazil
Agency: The Nature Conservancy
Donor/support agency: Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem (SPVS); American Electric Power; General Motors; Texaco
Conservation goals: Restore and protect approximately 55,000 acres of tropical forest within the Guaraqueçaba Environmental Protection Area
Poverty reduction goals: Improve local livelihoods
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Improving Rural Livelihood through Carbon Sequestration by Adopting Environmental Friendly Technology based on Agro-forestry Practices, India, January 2007
Agency: World Bank
Donor/support agency: Veda-Max; JK Paper Mills
Conservation goals: To remove CO2 and to reforest degraded lands
Poverty reduction goals: To promote livelihoods of the resource poor farmers and to build capacity of the various stakeholders to benefit from global mechanisms.