International funding is increasingly important in supporting conservation in mega-biodiverse countries. However, it remains unclear which donors invest in which conservation objectives and where, making it difficult to identify gaps and key actors to influence. Here we identified 1947 foreign-aided conservation projects in South America's major deforestation frontiers and summarized their objectives and interventions over time and space. We found that conserving nature for its own sake and for ecosystem services remained key objectives, but the types of interventions varied considerably over time. Geographically, international conservation prioritized moist forests over drier biomes, despite equally high deforestation risk. Different donor groups emphasized specific objectives and interventions that reflected socioecological links (e.g., bird migration, colonial history) between donating and receiving regions, as well as the donors’ values (e.g., iconic/endangered species, human rights). These telecoupled patterns provide both opportunities and barriers for conservation and have implications for conservation prioritization strategies.

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南美森林砍伐边界的国际保护利益地理

国际资金在支持生物多样性大国的保护方面越来越重要。然而，尚不清楚哪些捐助者投资于哪些保护目标以及在哪里投资，因此很难确定差距和影响的关键参与者。在这里，我们确定了 1947 年在南美洲主要森林砍伐前沿的外援保护项目，并总结了它们在时间和空间上的目标和干预措施。我们发现，为了自然和生态系统服务而保护自然仍然是关键目标，但随着时间的推移，干预措施的类型差异很大。从地理上看，尽管森林砍伐风险同样高，但国际保护优先考虑潮湿的森林而不是干燥的生物群落。不同的捐助团体强调反映社会生态联系的具体目标和干预措施（例如，捐赠地区和接受地区之间的鸟类迁徙、殖民历史）以及捐赠者的价值观（例如，标志性/濒危物种、人权）。这些远程耦合模式为保护提供了机会和障碍，并对保护优先战略产生了影响。