Conservation Finance Program

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Conservation Finance Program
Wildlife Conservation Society

• February, 2002

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A Century of Conservation

• More than 130 parks and reserves
• Over 300 projects in the Americas, Asia and
  Africa
• Over 150 million invested in the last decade
• Active programs on the land and in the sea
• Field-based wildlife conservation
• Local partners throughout the world
• Strong support from zoos and aquariums

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Approach

• Site-based conservation
• Long-term commitment
• Activities beyond parks
• Knowledge-based programs
• Capacity building
• Scientific
• Site management
• Institutions
• Contributing to changes in national policies

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Living Landscapes

• Developing wildlife-based strategies for the
  conservation of large, wild ecosystems that are
  integrated in wider landscapes of human influence

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Current Situation

• 50
• Sites under WCS stewardship
• 100 million acres
• Area of priority landscape sites
• 250,000
• Annual cost of basic management at each site
• 12.5 million
• Annual baseline funding requirements

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Objective

• Provide stable, long-term funding for the
  conservation of living landscapes sites by
• Building on the 150 million already invested on
  conservation by WCS in the last decade
• Developing income generating options
• Strengthening local, regional and international
  capacity

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WCS-CFP Framework
Solution development and implementation
Enabling Environment
Technical assistance
Information and capacity building
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WCS-CFP Mechanisms

• Natural resource use and extraction fees
• Private sector instruments (debt and equity)
• Global environmental services (carbon and
  biodiversity)
• Debt restructuring transactions

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WCS-CFP Team

• Mariana Awad
• Lauren Burnhill
• Silvia Charpentier
• Mary Gowan
• Valerie Hickey

• Fernando Loayza
• Ilana Locker
• Helena Olivas
• Carlos E. Quintela
• Ray Victurine

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Priority Projects for 2002

• Makira, Madagascar
• Mamirauá-Amanã, Brazil
• North Eastern Ecuador
• Albertine Rift, Eastern Africa