conservation contract, (iii) when the donor prefers contracting with central rather than local governments, and (iv) how the donor …. Consequently, decentralizing authority increases conservation if and only if districts are weak. Contracting with the central …

-to-pay for biodiversity conservation is positive in "rich" developed countries (North), but very low in "poor" developing … welfare when the North financially supports biodiversity conservation in the South - as stipulated in the Convention on … Biological Diversity (1992). We model that support as a market for biodiversity conservation and distinguish the cases, in which …

of land and climate attributes. We conclude that European conservation efforts lack ambition because policymakers select …