| protected area business planning in Kazakhstan |
Protected areas have traditionally relied on funding from
central government and international donors to operate.
These sources of finance have, however, rarely proved
sufficient to ensure that an adequate budget is available
for biodiversity conservation. Protected areas across
the world are facing a pressing funding crisis, prompting
the search for new and secure sources of finance which
can sustain them into the future. One of the key needs
is not just to identify a more sustainable financing base,
but also to work to operationalise financial and business
principles into protected area management planning.
We have been working with the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan to
develop guidelines for Protected Area valuation and
financing, and business plans for Irgiz Torgai Strict
Natuer Reserve and Katon Karagay National Park, as
well as building capacity and awareness on the use of
financial and economic tools for conservation among
conservation and finance planners and decision-makers.
central government and international donors to operate.
These sources of finance have, however, rarely proved
sufficient to ensure that an adequate budget is available
for biodiversity conservation. Protected areas across
the world are facing a pressing funding crisis, prompting
the search for new and secure sources of finance which
can sustain them into the future. One of the key needs
is not just to identify a more sustainable financing base,
but also to work to operationalise financial and business
principles into protected area management planning.
We have been working with the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan to
develop guidelines for Protected Area valuation and
financing, and business plans for Irgiz Torgai Strict
Natuer Reserve and Katon Karagay National Park, as
well as building capacity and awareness on the use of
financial and economic tools for conservation among
conservation and finance planners and decision-makers.
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