Innovative Financial Tools for Conservation

Local Business, Voluntary Surcharges, and Conservation Outcomes

The 2013-2014 edition of 'Nature's Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services' has arrived! The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is pleased to continue this exciting webinar series that addresses the growing importance of ecosystem service valuation and investment. This year CBEY is joined by co-sponsor Island Press and the Conservation Finance Network in presenting a new round of webinar mini-series. Building on the previous years' webinar series, this season we will explore current experimentation in ecosystem services across the US in the following focal areas: Investments in Green Infrastructure, Innovative Financial Tools, and Community Economic Development.