Financing National Protected Area Networks Internationally: The Global Environment Facility as a Multilateral Mechanism of Transfer

Oliver Deke

No 1227, Kiel Working Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: Nationally implemented protected area measures for biodiversity conservation generate cross-border externalities. For internalizing these externalities at the international level, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been established as a multilateral mechanism of transfer. This paper empirically analyzes the use of GEF funds for protected area projects in biodiverse developing countries. It turns out that transfers generally do not play the role of compensations in that they directly balance foregone payoffs from alternative land uses. The funds are also not primarily directed to the expansion of protected area systems but address improvements in the management of already legally designated sites.

Keywords: Biodiversity; Conservation; Land Use; Global Environment Facility; International Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q28 Q56 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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