Glossary Element  debt-for-nature swaps

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English term debt-for-nature swaps
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English definition a conservation agency buys up some of a developing country's international debt ("secondary" debt) on the world's money market. The agency then promises to dispose of the debt in return for a promise from the indebted country that it will look after a conservation area. [GBA]
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