Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their …

Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their …

land in three federal programs—the Endangered Species Act, the Conservation Reserve Program, and Section 404 of the Clean …, or critical habitats for endangered species, are found on their properties. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP …

current revenue sharing scheme yields suboptimal conservation outcomes. It is shown, however, that a performance … can achieve socially optimal conservation. This scheme renders unnecessary poaching effort by the local community … financial benefits for use in conservation if they employ an oligopolistic pricing strategy for gorilla tourism. …

-hour that covers the cost of the energy itself. Conservation advocates have promoted the adoption of policies that “decouple … usage-based pricing leads utilities to encourage use and discourages conservation. Because decoupling divorces profits from …

Concern about “open space” is growing. Conservation advocates worry that private land use decisionmakers preserve too … liabilities. Both factors may be empirically important, although tax deductibility may have larger conservation effects than does …? Do they motivate enough conservation of open space? Do tax incentives target the right conservation priorities? …

Conservation investments are increasingly evaluated on the basis of their return on investment (ROI). Conservation ROI …. This paper includes case studies—of three large-scale conservation projects—designed to assess current ROI capabilities in … the field, barriers to ROI analysis, and opportunities to improve conservation ROI. The cases reveal important …