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 …

This note introduces and illustrates fCPR (Forest Conservation Performance Rating), a system of color-coded ratings for … tropical forest conservation performance that can be implemented for local areas, countries, regions, and the entire pan …-tropics. The ratings reward tropical forest conservation in three dimensions: (1) exceeding expectations, given an area’s forest …

A “conservation good” (such as a tropical forest) is owned by a seller who is tempted to consume (or cut), but a buyer … benefits more from conservation. The seller does conserve if the buyer is expected to buy, but the buyer is unwilling to pay as … long as the seller conserves. This contradiction implies that the market for conservation cannot be efficient and …

-mountainous region of Sweden through contingent valuation. The primary benefit of this in-situ conservation of biodiversity is the forest …

conservation effectiveness can be enhanced by complementary interventions that change characteristics that reduce forest use, such …

support conservation, or REDD protocols. Using the literature review as a lens, we discuss the models' implications for these … policies with particular emphasis on effective conservation spending and leakage. …

This paper updates Working Paper 294, “FCPR—Forest Conservation Performance Rating for the Pan-Tropics.” Forest … Conservation Performance Rating (fCPR) is a system of color-coded ratings for tropical forest conservation performance that can be … implemented for local areas, countries, regions, and the entire pan-tropics. The ratings reward tropical forest conservation in …