… A number of studies have illustrated that people are healthier in greener places. Contact with nature has been tied to reduced incidence of … Through this channel, greenspace also has an economic benefit – that of reducing healthcare expenditures. Kathryn Boyle (Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente) will discuss Kaiser Permanente’s efforts to improve community health outcomes by investing in access to nature . Dr. Stephen Van Den Eeden (Division of …
… created large scale Base of Pyramid (BOP) operations for multiple organizations in India; Project Shakti embodies this model. Project Shakti (‘strength’ in Sanskrit) trains … a strong positive impact on the community while making a profit. Currently at GSK Consumer Healthcare, Vijay is working on a similar kind of marketing initiative in rural India, now expanding to Bangladesh. Join us as Vijay discusses this important work in emerging markets and how it is contributing to business, society and the environment. This lecture …
… The Willamette Partnership and Todd Gartner, Senior Associate, Conservation Incentives & Markets World Resources Institute. Increasing pressure on natural systems reduces their … and those who can invest in environmental improvement. These incentive programs range from markets, to payment structures, to an array of other options. The Willamette Partnership and … investment in drinking water supply, and applications to spur corporate investment in healthy ecosystems. 2012-11-27 11.54 Nature's Returns Investing in Conservation Market-Based …
… how her organization, The Pacific Forest Trust, is currently exploring ecosystem services markets and payments as a tool to promote forest conservation in the West. She will review how private forest landowners are currently engaging in these markets, and project current and future challenges to attracting more investments in … ecosystem service valuation and investment. The benefits that human populations gain from healthy and functioning ecosystems are vast. Clean drinking water filtered by forests, …
… Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services . Allison White (Research Scientist, EcoHealth Alliance) and Dr. Yasha Feferholtz (Economist, EcoHealth Alliance) will discuss the One Health model that connects human, ecosystem, and wildlife health. The program will include a …
… Investments in Water Resources. The mini series explores the development of water finance markets in the United States and is organized in partnership with the Conservation Finance … Gartner and Cochran will explore strategies to construct consistent models of water quality markets. 2488 2489 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sustainable Finance and ESG Tackling the Challenge of Creating Water Quality Markets … Online Tackling the Challenge of Creating Water Quality Markets Friday, August …
… from the field on current and prospective investment strategies aimed at growing the health and resilience of forests – an especially relevant topic today. Leigh will kick off … strategies in other contexts, and more generally, what the future of financing forest health may look like. Equity and Justice Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Building Forest Health and Resilience through Investment: Current and Future Strategies … Building Forest …
… Sustainable Forestry and Environmental Markets Please join us for a special edition of the webinar series, “Nature’s Returns: … and responsible investment in the field of sustainable forestry and environmental markets. The company executes three timberland and environmental markets investment strategies in the Asia Pacific region and the United States. Please note …
… trio of market-based approaches to conservation (the Conservation and Financial Markets Initiative, Forests and Agricultural Markets Initiative, and Oceans and Seafood Markets Initiative) as well as the Andes-Amazon, Marine Conservation and Wild Salmon …
… Swap deal. The Republic of Seychelles, a nation of 115 islands in the Western Indian Ocean, reached a major debt buyback agreement worth approximately $30 million with … financing for Seychelles’ marine conservation efforts. The project results in the Indian Ocean’s second largest marine reserve, improving protection for the marine resources … financing for marine habitat protection that can be adapted to other sites in the Western Indian Ocean region, as well as globally. The free online event will last one hour and is …