| financing biodiversity conservation in Viet Nam |
Biodiversity conservation has traditionally relied on
funding from central government and international
donors. This has, however, rarely proved sufficient to
ensure that adequate budgets are available. Across the
world, conservation agencies are facing a severe
shortage of funds, prompting the search for new and
secure sources of finance . The development of new
charges and markets for ecosystem services (such as
support to watershed protection, carbon sequestration or
fisheries production), in particular, show great potential
for biodiversity funding, especially for the government
agencies and local communities who ultimately bear many
of the costs of conservation.
We have been working with Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Viet Nam
to identify experiences, lessons learned and best
practices in Protected Area financing at the national level
in Viet Nam, and to identify innovative funding
mechanisms that can be developed and piloted in Ba Be
and Bach Ma National Parks, and Na Hang, Pu Hu and
Pu Luong Nature Reserves.
funding from central government and international
donors. This has, however, rarely proved sufficient to
ensure that adequate budgets are available. Across the
world, conservation agencies are facing a severe
shortage of funds, prompting the search for new and
secure sources of finance . The development of new
charges and markets for ecosystem services (such as
support to watershed protection, carbon sequestration or
fisheries production), in particular, show great potential
for biodiversity funding, especially for the government
agencies and local communities who ultimately bear many
of the costs of conservation.
We have been working with Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Viet Nam
to identify experiences, lessons learned and best
practices in Protected Area financing at the national level
in Viet Nam, and to identify innovative funding
mechanisms that can be developed and piloted in Ba Be
and Bach Ma National Parks, and Na Hang, Pu Hu and
Pu Luong Nature Reserves.
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