ASSESSING AND IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

McNeely, J.  1997. Sustainable finance for protected areas.  Paper presented to Protected Areas in the 21st Century: From Islands to Networks, Albany, Western Australia, 24-28 November 1997. 14 pp.

Balmford, A., P. Gravestock, N. Hockley, C.J. McClean and C. M. Roberts. 2004.  The worldwide costs of marine protected areas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 101(26): 9694-9697.

Guides, tools and methods

Athanas, A., Vorhies, F., Ghersi, F., Shadie, P. and Shultis, J. 2001. Guidelines for Financing Protected Areas in East Asia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xii + 96pp.

Curtis, R., B. Houseal, E. Schjelderup, B. Zapata. 200. Long-term Financial Planning for Parks andmProtected Areas. Arlington VA: The Nature Conservancy. 40 pp.

Emerton, L., Bishop, J. and Thomas, L. 2006. Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas: A global review of challenges and options. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 97pp.

IUCN. 2000. Financing Protected Areas. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. viii + 58pp.

IUCN. 1998.  Economic Values of Protected Areas: Guidelines for Protected Area Managers. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xii+52pp.

Pagiola, S., K. von Ritter, J. Bishop. 2004. Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation. Environment Department Paper No.101. Washington DC: World Bank. 66 pp.

Thomas, L. 2000. Financing Protected Areas: Guidelines for Protected Area Managers. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 57 pp.

Case studies, reports and PDF downloads

Geoghegan, T. 1998. Financing Protected Area Management: Experiences from the Caribbean. Caribbean Natural Resource Institute. Unpublished paper 17 pp.

Forest Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture. 2004. Covering the costs of Viet Nam’s protected areas. Hanoi, Vietnam: Nature Conservation Division, Forest Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, 2 Ngoc Ha, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.  12pp.

The Nature Conservancy.  2004. “Sustainable Finance of Protected Area Systems, Early Lessons.”  Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy. 

WWF. 2006. Mesoamerican Reef Financial Model. Gland, Switzerland: WWF. 8 pp.

Websites

Conservation Finance Alliance.  2005. “Conservation Finance Guide.”  Available at www.conservationfinance.org.