Table 1 Recent Debt-for-Nature Swaps (DNS)

(US$ '000)
FaceConservationPurchaseRedemptionSource of
CountryYearCostvaluefunds price % price %LeverageFunds
Brazil19927482,2002,200341002.9CI
Panama19927,50030,000251004n.a.CI
Bolivia11992011,5002,760024n.a.WWF, CI
Philippines199313,00019,00017,70068.493.21.4WWF
Madagascar19931,5003,0003,000501002WWF

Notes:1 Debt donated by J. P. Morgan.
n.a. = not applicable;
CI = Conservation International
WWF = World Wildlife Fund.

Source: World Bank, 1993.