Welcome to the Conservation Finance Guide. The overall goal is to provide practical tools to support the rapid expansion of sustainable finance mechanisms that generate long-term funding for biodiversity conservation.

Welcome to the Conservation Finance Guide. The overall goal is to provide practical tools to support the rapid expansion of sustainable finance mechanisms that generate long-term funding for biodiversity conservation.
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Overview
1. Understanding Entrance and Activity Fees
1.2 Stakeholders
1.3 Potential in Monetary Terms
1.4 When is it Feasible and Appropriate?
1.5 Strengths, Risks, and Challenges
2. Methodology
2.1 Scoping
2.2 Feasibility
2.3 Design
2.4 Implementation
2.5 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Adaptive Management
3. How to Improve the Impact of Existing Systems
Appendix: Generic Terms of Reference (ToR) for a Feasibility Assessment