The potential for conservation contracts to contribute to biodiversity conservation in Madagascar

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dc.contributor.authorDurbin, J. C.en
dc.contributor.authorAndrianarimisa, A.en
dc.contributor.authorDecosse, P. J.en
dc.contributor.authorKeck, C. A.en
dc.contributor.authorHawkins, F. A.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialMadagascaren
dc.coverage.temporal1991 - 2007en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:49Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:49Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.description.abstractThe desire to conserve the exceptional biodiversity present in Madagascar's forests has been an important stimulant of the roughly $300 million invested in the environment in the past decade. An assumption has been that local inhabitants around important forests need viable economic alternatives to unsustainable resource consumption. We hypothesize that a more direct link between allocation of resources and realization of conservation would encourage donors to invest and ensure that their investments benefit more directly the poorer rural inhabitants living around forests. We are testing an approach in several ecological contexts where direct conservation payments are calibrated to ensure biodiversity conservation. The proposed conservation contracts, under which resource managers will receive remuneration for biodiversity conservation services, will use existing resource management transfer contract mechanisms. Reinforcement of community-based management is particularly relevant in Madagascar where very little land of biodiversity importance is privately owned. Community organisations would receive most revenues, while a proportion would go to the Ministry of Water and Forests and Communes for their help in establishment of the contracts, compliance and monitoring. Biodiversity indicators would be agreed in advance and subject to independent audit.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/vnd.ms-powerpointen
dc.identifier2471en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at "Direct Payments as an Alternative Approach to Conservation Investment: A Symposium at the 16th Annual Meetings of the Society for Conservation Biology," Canterbury, England, 15 July 2002en
dc.identifier.other2471_Durbin2002_Conservation_contracts_Madaga.ppten
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66970en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://epp.gsu.edu/pferraro/special/SCBDurbinetalAbstract.pdfen
dc.relation.urihttp://epp.gsu.edu/pferraro/special/scb2002.htmen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectWildlifeen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectCommunity-based organizationsen
dc.subjectBiological indicatorsen
dc.subjectForestsen
dc.subjectHabitat destructionen
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectConservation contractsen
dc.subjectMadagascaren
dc.subjectRural povertyen
dc.subjectDirect conservation paymentsen
dc.subjectResource managementen
dc.subjectCommunity-based managementen
dc.subjectDirect incentivesen
dc.subjectMenabe forestsen
dc.subjectLake alaotraen
dc.subjectMakira foresten
dc.subjectEcosystem Governanceen
dc.titleThe potential for conservation contracts to contribute to biodiversity conservation in Madagascaren
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