Prioritizing debt conversion opportunities for marine conservation.

ABSTRACT: Incentivized debt conversion is a financing mechanism that can assist countries with a heavy debt burden to bolster their long-term domestic investment in nature conservation. The Nature Conservancy, an international conservation-based nongovernmental organization, is adapting debt conversions to support marine conservation efforts by small island developing states and coastal countries. Prioritizing debt conversion opportunities according to their potential return on investment can increase the impact and effectiveness of this finance mechanism. We developed guidance on how to do so with a decision-support approach that relies on a novel threat-based adaptation of cost-effectiveness analysis. We constructed scenarios by varying parameters of the approach, including enabling conditions, ex

SUBMITTER: McGowan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8129986 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature