… Over the past century, the public sector was the predominant funder of land conservation projects, creating national parks, national forests and wildlife refuges in countries around the world. More recently, inventive conservation finance practitioners have discovered myriad ways to bring private capital to … private investment capital to accelerate and expand land conservation: the role of impact investing … Harnessing private investment capital to accelerate and expand land …
… Governments and conservation organizations invest billions of dollars each year in habitat conservation in efforts to slow ongoing losses of terrestrial biodiversity. Dr. Armsworth will examine the three most commonly used conservation investment strategies, and will present case studies from the US and the UK …
… can make real gains for the environment. The principles of his approach, dubbed “quantified conservation,” will be familiar to any thriving entrepreneur: situational awareness, bold … that the next economy will demand new solutions. As President of The Freshwater Trust, a conservation nonprofit headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Whitworth has put quantified … Related Events Quantified: The New Book and its Implications for Conservation Impact Investing Thu, October 1st, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT — 9:00 AM EDT Nature's Returns Webinar Series …
… Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as he presents the Moore Foundation’s new market-based conservation initiatives. Guillermo Castilleja leads and oversees strategy for the Foundation’s Environmental Conservation Program, which seeks to protect critical ecosystems and balance long-term conservation with sustainable use. The program includes an interlinked trio of …
… for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the 2014-2015 season of "Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services". We are starting off the season with a mini-series on … Bright Spots for Resource Mobilization: Regional Trusts by Willy Kostka of the Micronesia Conservation Trust and Yabanex Batista of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund. In this … financial vehicles to attract and provide long-term, sustainable funding for biodiversity conservation. They will also detail how countries within their respective regions have …
… NGOs, and the private sector. In this talk, she will lay out why and how impact investing can move the needle in deploying capital to address social and environmental … where impact investing sits in the spectrum of capital, and she’ll give an example from conservation finance to demonstrate the gap that philanthropy should be filling. For those … where impact investing sits in the spectrum of capital, and she’ll give an example from conservation finance to demonstrate the gap that philanthropy should be filling. For those …
… Dr. Lovejoy will discuss the evolution of conservation in the Amazon since he first stepped foot in the region over 50 years ago, and describe strategies to finance and execute large-scale conservation. Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, “the Godfather of Biodiversity," is unquestionably among the world's most prominent figures in environmental conservation. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation, a University …
… Dave Chen of Equilibrium Capital will discuss sustainability as the new investing standard, sponsored by the SOM Responsible Investing Club, FES Conservation Finance Club, and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). We … as the new investing standard, sponsored by the SOM Responsible Investing Club, FES Conservation Finance Club, and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). We …
… forest ecosystems and that answer: What tools can transform traditional donor-backed conservation to financially sustainable conservation and livelihoods? What are practical methods that can be incorporated into … and the Environment (CBEY) is pleased to announce the third year of Nature’sReturns: Investing in Ecosystem Services, a webinar series that addresses the growing importance of …
… forest ecosystems and that answer: What tools can transform traditional donor-backed conservation to financially sustainable conservation and livelihoods? What are practical methods that can be incorporated into … and the Environment (CBEY) is pleased to announce the third year of Nature’sReturns: Investing in Ecosystem Services, a webinar series that addresses the growing importance of …