Funding Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean: A Guide for Managers and Conservation Organizations

This document is an orientation to sources of funding for protected areas and biodiversity
conservation. It is designed to serve as a primer and basic guidelines for protected area agencies
and managers as well as non-governmental organizations carrying out programs of conservation,
education, and sustainable uses of biodiversity resources in and around protected areas. The
editors intend to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the mechanisms that can be
used to raise funds and generate revenues, as well as the sources of financial and technical
support generally available for protected areas and biodiversity conservation in the Wider
Caribbean. All of the mechanisms, and many of the sources, will also have applications outside
the Wider Caribbean region.