From Poachers to Park Wardens: Revenue Sharing Scheme as an Incentive for Environmental Protection in Rwanda

The Rwanda Development Board-Tourism and Conservation (RDB-TC) implement a PES scheme to provide alternative livelihoods to people excluded from Volcanoes National Park (VNP) and Nyungwe National Park (NNP ) in Rwanda. It has disbursed USD 918959 (5% of tourism revenues from these protected areas) on community projects for environment protection, education, health care, water and sanitation, basic infrastructure, food security, and income generating activities since 2005. In 2007, projects income was estimated over USD 200,000. The project achieved reduced poaching,..