MEASURE 30. Number of initiatives in which funding is provided for conservation as a result of valuing an environmental service

ISSUE

Sustainable sources of finance for conservation activities within the priority landscapes & Valuation of critical ecosystem services for local outreach.

DEFINITION

Valuing the ecosystem is not sufficient to qualify, funding must be result from the valuation.

RESULTS

To date across the five participating Amazon landscapes there were two examples for this Measure: the Trust Fund for Madidi based on the 2005 sale of the rights to scientifically name a titi monkey, and the Programa de Socio Bosque in Ecuador which is supporting indigenous territorial management.