EarthTalk / E- The Environmental Magazine

Debt-for-nature swaps are agreements whereby a portion of a developing nationís foreign debt is forgiven in exchange for local investments in environmental conservation measures. Pictured: a Yellow Spotted River Turtle in Bolivia's Beni Biosphere Reserve, the location of the very first debt-for-nature swap, brokered by the non-profit Conservation International in 1987. Photo courtesy of Open Cage. Photo: Contributed Photo / CT