Sentences with phrase «forest debt swap»
In the case of the Chimane Forest debt swap, debt with a face value of $ 650 000 (Pounds sterling 342 000) was bought for $ 100 000.
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Other mechanisms, such as debt - for - nature swaps or REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), may help.
Environmentalists see the agreement over Cameroon's forests as a bizarre reversal of the «debt - for - nature» swaps of the late 1980s, under which Third World debt was cancelled in return for agreements to protect forests.
As manager of State Department engagement in the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA), Chip was instrumental in developing debt - for - nature swap deals worth over $ 100 million for Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
New bird species discovered in Colombia $ 24 million debt - for - nature swap in Guatemala mongabay.com October 5, 2006 Tropical forest conservation efforts in Guatemala will receive $ 24 million under a debt - for - nature swap...
Debt - for - Nature Swap Protects Forest in Cameroon Debt - for - Nature Swap Protects Forest in Cameroon World Wildlife Fund June 22, 2006 Further conservation needed to protect forests from destruction France and Cameroon signed...
The Conservancy and Conservation International broker the largest ever debt - for - nature swap under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act.