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Miller, Daniel C Padonou, Christhel Sonia Jesugnon 2022-01-12T22:56:16Z 2022-01-12T22:56:16Z 2024-01-12T22:56:20Z 2021-07-23 2021-08 Funding is important for effective biodiversity conservation. Globally, conservation funding is well below estimates of need, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. However, detailed information about conservation funding flows—and their effects—is very limited, which inhibits the efficient allocation of scarce financial resources and knowledge of conservation effectiveness. This study addresses these gaps in Benin, West Africa. First, conservation funding flows from 1990 to 2019 were identified and analyzed. The results showed a total of 314 conservation projects amounting to $301.04 Million (2015 Constant US Dollars), 96% of which were derived from international sources and 4% from domestic ones. Secondly, this study assessed the social-economic impacts of one of the largest funded conservation projects in Benin, the ECOPAS (“Ecosystèmes Protégés en Afrique Soudano-Sahélienne”) project in the W National Park over the long term. Findings showed that, while the project had positive ecological impacts, evidenced in the literature, the socio-economic ones were largely negative. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2023-08-01 The student, Christhel Padonou, accepted the attached license on 2021-07-22 at 16:30. The student, Christhel Padonou, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2021-07-22 at 16:51. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2021-07-23 at 13:21. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #17072 on 2022-01-12 at 13:05:33 Made available in DSpace on 2022-01-12T22:56:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 PADONOU-THESIS-2021.pdf: 1778017 bytes, checksum: 741b0ff715ff8cda4bbeb8baf20c19d7 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4214 bytes, checksum: 859f3a995a295e611603649174a6f24a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2021-07-23 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 121279 Lift date: 2024-01-12T22:56:20Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Limited application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/113350 en Copyright 2021 Christhel Padonou Conservation finance Protected areas W National Park Conservation impacts Benin Tracking and assessing the socio-economic impacts of conservation funding in Benin over the long-term text Thesis Natural Res & Env Sci Natural Res & Env Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S.