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Biodiversity, Governance, and the Allocation of International Aid for Conservation

dc.contributor.authorMiller, Daniel C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAgrawal, Arunen_US
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, J. Timmonsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-05T18:18:11Z
dc.date.available2014-04-02T15:08:07Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013-02en_US
dc.identifier.citationMiller, Daniel C.; Agrawal, Arun; Roberts, J. Timmons (2013). "Biodiversity, Governance, and the Allocation of International Aid for Conservation." Conservation Letters 6(1). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96771>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1755-263Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1755-263Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96771
dc.description.abstractThere is little systematic knowledge about the magnitude and allocation of international funding flows to support biodiversity conservation in the developing world. Using the newly released AidData compilation, we present a comprehensive assessment of official donor assistance for biodiversity during 1980–2008. We find that biodiversity aid increased markedly in the early 1990s, but that estimates of current aid are likely overstated and donor commitments at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit have not been met. Aid has been well targeted, however, in that the allocation of biodiversity aid is positively associated with the number of threatened species in recipient countries after controlling for country size, national population, and wealth. Biodiversity aid is also positively associated with indicators of good governance. Our results provide an empirical measure of progress toward international conservation funding targets, a baseline against which future flows can be compared, and information necessary to assess the effectiveness of biodiversity aid.en_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Incen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Aiden_US
dc.subject.otherAid Allocationen_US
dc.subject.otherGovernanceen_US
dc.subject.otherConservation Financeen_US
dc.subject.otherBiodiversity Conservationen_US
dc.subject.otherConservation Investmenten_US
dc.subject.otherForeign Aiden_US
dc.titleBiodiversity, Governance, and the Allocation of International Aid for Conservationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelBiologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNatural Resources and Environmenten_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationum School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherCenter for Environmental Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USAen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/96771/1/j.1755-263X.2012.00270.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00270.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceConservation Lettersen_US
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