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<p><b>Debt-for-nature swaps</b> are financial transactions in which a portion of a <a href="page.php?w=developing_nation">developing nation</a>'s foreign debt is forgiven in exchange for local investments in environmental conservation measures.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>The debt-for-nature swaps concept was first given birth by <a href="page.php?w=Thomas_Lovejoy">Thomas Lovejoy</a> of the <a href="page.php?w=World_Wildlife_Fund">World Wildlife Fund</a> in 1987 as an opportunity to deal with the problems of developing-nation indebtedness and its consequent</p><p>
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