Rice, R.2016-04-192016-04-192002Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International2356_Rice2002_ConcessionConceptDescription.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66846Conservation concessions are a tool to make resource protection and development objectives compatible. Using this approach, government or local resources users are regularly given compensation by conservation donors in exchange for protecting the ecosystem, thus alleviating the economic pressures to exploit and degrade the ecosystem. The following are components of a conservation concession agreement:application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightPayments for environmental servicesConservation strategySustainable developmentBiodiversity conservationConservation concessionsResource protectionDevelopmentCompensationEconomic developmentEcosystemOther