… March 4th 12pm EST. Testing the Effectiveness of Payment for Ecosystem Services to Enhance Conservation in Productive Landscapes; The Albertine Rift, Western Uganda: Lilly Ajarova , … available to the global community through Yale University's iTunesU channel . More details about the speakers associated with each focal area will follow. If interested, please subscribe to the Nature’s Returns newsletter for information about upcoming events. …
… Watch the full recording on YouTube here! Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) are private, legally independent institutions that provide sustainable grant funding for conservation, usually in countries with developing economies where national budgets are not adequate to meet the funding needs of protected areas and biodiversity conservation. Katy Mathias (SOM ‘98) from the Wildlife Conservation Society will discuss …
… Governments and conservation organizations invest billions of dollars each year in habitat conservation in efforts to slow ongoing losses of … from 1:15 to 2:00 pm (Sage 24) for students and post-docs interested in learning more about opportunities at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis ( …
… of Sustainability Affairs at Credit Suisse, will begin the 2016 line-up with his talk on Conservation Finance: From Niche to Mainstream – as the Building of an Institutional Asset Class. In January 2016, Credit Suisse released a new report, “Conservation Finance – From Niche to Mainstream,” which examines the recent development of the conservation finance market. In this webinar, Fabian Huwyler, the lead author, will present …
… recording here! Please join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the next webinar of the 2016-2017 season of Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services. Lucyann Murray … and organic grain crops. Stephen Hohenrieder (Food System and Regenerative Agriculture Investor) will discuss the practical ways in which regenerative land …
… Jr ., a board member at the Trust for Public Land. Roy will present his work with Terra Conservation Capital, a five-year-old company conceived to exploit niche opportunities in … the American Southeast. It uses easements, conservation finance, and mitigation to protect about 1000 acres per year and makes a small profit. His presentation will review its work and potential for expansion, and seek advice from the audience about the business model. Lunch will be served. About Roy Richards, Jr. Board member at the …
… he will present on how his company helps reduce risk for farmers and promotes sustainable agriculture. Co-hosted by the Conservation Finance Student Interest Group at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental … A talk with Jacob Israelow, Founder and MD of Dirt Capital Partners Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, 7:00 AM EST — 8:00 AM EST Dirt Capital Partners invests in farmland in partnership …
… experience designing loan products for the renovation (replanting) of smallholder coffee farms, with benefits for farmers and the agroforestry farms and broader landscapes in which … vital resources: access to capital, trade and technical partners, financial training and conservation practices. Root Capital works in hard-to-serve geographies where others don’t. To date, Root Capital has distributed $1.2 billion to improve the lives of six million people in farming communities. Equity and …
… Public Utility Commission took a big step towards creating the nation’s first statewide on-bill repayment program for efficiency retrofits and upgrades, based on a proposal put together by EDF. EDF estimates that if 1% of California households utilize on-bill repayment, it could spur investments in the range of $3 billion annually, create 20,000 jobs, and after five years reduce annual electricity use and …
… - Financing Solutions for Energy Efficiency - Financing Energy Improvements on Utility Bills 6-2-14, 2. from Ben Butterworth on Vimeo . Are you a state legislator or regulator … This upcoming webinar will focus on the current activity and design of on-bill programs as part of our series of energy efficiency financing webinars held in … present material from the new SEE Action report; “Financing Energy Improvements on Utility Bills: Market Updates and Key Program Design Considerations for Policymakers and …