Further reading

A good overview paper is:

K. Ellison, Renting Biodiversity: The Conservation Concessions Approach, Conservation in Practice, 2003, 4: 20-29

A critique of the approach was published in conservation biology by Romero and Andrade. They argue that conservation concessions distort the value of tropical forests and disadvantage local people. Their article prompted a valuable correspondence:

Romero, C and G. I Andrade 2004 International Conservation Organisations and the Fate of Local Tropical Forest Conservation Initiatives. Conservation Biology 18: 578-580

Price, S.V., S. Reichle, R.E. Rice, E.T. Niesten, C. Romero and G.I Andrade, 2004. Letters concerning ICO Approaches to Tropical Forest Conservation. Conservation Biology 18: 1452-55.

See also:

J. Hardner and R. Rice 2002 Rethinking Green Consumerism Scientific American [Sci. Am.]. Vol. 286, no. 5, pp. 89-95.

R. Rice, 2003 Conservation concessions: concept description Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International

R. Rice, 2002 Conservation concessions: our experience to date. Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International

RSPB Public Relations department 30 November 2005 Indonesian government on cusp of historic decision for forest

RSPB Public Affairs department 2 November 2004 Sierra Leone pioneers conservation approach