LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - At least five African countries are working on what could be the world's first joint "debt-for-nature" swap to raise ... Ecuador, Barbados, Belize, Gabon and Seychelles ...

Belize in 2021 committed to spend $4 million ... debt relief to the Central American country. The Seychelles' debt-for-nature swap took dealmakers almost six years from design to disbursement.

By Marc Jones and Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) -Billions of dollars of debt deals aimed at protecting vital ecosystems ...

More Trustee of the TNC Tennessee chapter, join the TNC team in Belize to learn about the innovative nature bond program. This deal was the first of its kind (the first ocean debt swap and the ...

Recently, however, proposals have been made to “swap” Belize’s crippling debt for the protection of marine resources. Virginia-based non-profit The Nature Conservancy proposed to front the funds to ...

Marine ecosystems like this were part of the Belize debt for nature swap proposal. Image via Planet, March 2018. By integrating GPI into the debt-for-nature model, we can build a more sustainable ...

But, while the Bongo dynasty may be gone, the debt-for-nature swap, so far at least ... blue bonds in the Seychelles, Barbados and Belize. Under the deal, Gabon issued a bond of $500mn at a ...

One is a debt-for-nature deal, the other a broader 'debt-for-development' swap tied to education and ... who has advised Barbados, Belize and Seychelles on such swaps. Those could include credit ...

At least five African countries are working on what could be the world's first joint "debt-for-nature" swap to raise at least ... Ecuador, Barbados, Belize, Gabon and Seychelles have all made ...

One is a debt-for-nature deal, the other a broader 'debt-for-development' swap tied to education and ... who has advised Barbados, Belize and Seychelles on such swaps. Those could include credit ...