Direct Payments for Conservation : Lessons from the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund
Direct Payments for Conservation : Lessons from the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund
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直接支付保护费用:帝王蝶保护基金的经验教训
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K. Nelson
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Mónica Missrie;K. Nelson
Limited success in ameliorating the alarming rate of biodiversity loss worldwide has led donor countries to seek alternative approaches to conservation investments. Innovative strategies such as directly paying individuals or communities to protect areas identified as conservation priorities are being promoted and implemented globally. However, as an emerging tool, knowledge about these mechanisms is limited, prompting the need for applied and theoretical analyses. A deeper understanding of direct payment strategies and their attributes can help decision-makers develop more effective conservation policies and organizations enrich and improve their conservation programs. In this article, the attributes of a ‘real world” example of a direct payment project in Mexico (The Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund) are analyzed. This project pays local communities within the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve to conserve their forest by forgoing the use of logging permits and performing conservation activities. Observations, document reviews and interviews were used to document the operation and implementation of this Fund. Results demonstrate that by providing an economic incentive, the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund established a direct link to conservation and gave legitimacy to landowners. However, the Fund faces a high degree of institutional complexity and requires long-term financial commitments and intensive donor-recipient communication. Monitoring compliance and conservation outcomes is costly, technologically complex and requires the incorporation of social dynamics. Danaidaes Da"na*ide n. from the mythical Danaides who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes; family of tropical butterflies. Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus)