Side Event

Sustainably Financing Protected Areas

Organizer
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) & IUCN-The World Conservation Union

Date and Time
12 February 2004 18:30 - 20:0

Meeting
Seventh Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 7)

<br>Financing protected areas remains a significant challenge to effective biodiversity conservation. There are, however, a number of tools and approaches now used to diversify and stabilize financial flows to protected areas. Based on the themes and outcomes of the Vth World Parks Congress Sustainable Finance Stream, this event will demonstrate current opportunities and challenges to long term financing of protected areas. <br><br> For further information on the Sustainable Finance Stream and on current conservation finance initiatives: <a href=http://www.conservationfinance.org>www.conservationfinance.org</a> <br><br>For further information on the Vth World Parks Congress: <a href=http://iucn.org/themes/wcpa/wpc2003/>http://iucn.org/themes/wcpa/wpc2003/</a>