Side Event

Financing Protected Areas

Organizer
The Nature Conservancy

Date and Time
14 February 2008 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2)

This side event will illustrate the trends in financing for protected areas including current needs and gaps. It will also explore opportunities and barriers to securing a diversified set of funding, including financial mechanisms based on extraction of natural resources (royalties, severance fees, pollutant fees and earmarking).