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Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation. Is China Ready to Play a Role?

Inside Climate News · By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin · last updated
“Debt-for-nature” swaps are helping some lower-income countries increase conservation. The world’s largest nation-state creditor has the leverage for deals—if it chooses to use it.

By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin

Planet China: Thirteenth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world.