Conservation finance : What are we not doing? A review and research agenda

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Conservation finance embraces a series of innovative financing mechanisms aimed at raising and managing capital to be used for the conservation of biodiversity. The climate emergency and the pursuit of sustainable development underline the criticality of financial support for achieving this goal. Funding for the protection of biodiversity, in fact, has long been disbursed by governments in a residual form, only after they have dealt with social needs and political challenges. To date, the main challenge of conservation finance is to identify solutions that not only generate new revenue for biodiversity, but also effectively manage and allocate existing funding to provide a mix of social and community benefits as well. The paper, therefore, aims to act as a wake-up call, urging academics working in economics and finance to turn their attention to resolving the financial problems faced by conservation. Through a comparative bibliometric analysis, the study aims to outline the structure of scientific research on the topic of conservation finance, to understand the state of the art, and to identify open questions and new research trends. The results of the study show that the topic of conservation finance is currently a prerogative of scholars and journals of ecology, biology and environmental sciences. Finance scholars pay very little attention to the topic and yet there are many opportunities/needs for future research. The results are of interest to researchers in banking and finance, policy-makers and managers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:336

Enthalten in:

Journal of environmental management - 336(2023) vom: 15. Juni, Seite 117649

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cosma, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Rimo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Cosma, Stefano [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bibliometrics
Biodiversity conservation
Climate change
Conservation finance
Journal Article
Literature review
Review
Sustainable development

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Date Completed 21.08.2023

Date Revised 21.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117649

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353762040