… Watch the full recording on YouTube here! American politics may feel highly partisan, but there’s one thing voters of all political stripes seem agree on: local and state funding for parks and conservation. On November 6, voters approved 46 of 54 measures -- an 85 percent passage … at state and local levels have historically brought critical funding to land and water conservation across the country. This webinar will get you started with the tools needed to …
… 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 …
… Over the course of the webinar, Leigh Madeira (Blue Forest Conservation) and Nathalie Woolworth (U.S. Forest Service) will provide invaluable insight from the field on current and prospective investment strategies aimed at growing the health and resilience of forests – an especially … financing mechanism that serves as a public-private partnership to enhance forest restoration. She will also discuss the exciting recent launch of the FRB’s pilot project, …
… and domestic, that serve as scalable models and approaches to spur major institutional investments. The first in this mini-series will feature a talk 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 …
… urging them to divest of all fossil fuel companies from their portfolio. The Foundation’s investment committee had formed a subcommittee to consider what to do, but Gentry admitted … carbon investing. Commonfund had been helping their clients think through these new investment considerations and evaluate potential methods to reflect such considerations … GPSU Foundation faced a set of dilemmas. The basic question was how should they frame their investment policies regarding carbon and what should be the objective of such a policy? …
… webinar series that addresses the growing importance of ecosystem service valuation and investment. The benefits that human populations gain from healthy and functioning ecosystems … opportunity to both protect these assets and bring their worth into the market. Currently, conservationists and investors alike are moving into this space in hopes of achieving a … to preserve these benefits, are an increasingly popular realm of both the financial and the conservation worlds. Take part in this webinar series to understand the direction that this …
… School of Public Health, and the School of Forestry have been hard at work developing an investment thesis, sourcing companies, selecting one, doing due diligence and preparing a pitch about the investment opportunity. On February 20 th , these students will pitch the companies to a … to move forward to the national competition at Wharton – and the chance to win a $50,000 investment for the company they pitch... An honor that we are very happy to say Yale won …
… circular economy principles into business. Prior to Kering, Helen worked with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) for 12 years on conservation strategy, program management and market-based approaches to conservation. She has Ph.D. in Zoology from the Australian National University is on the …
… Debt-for-Nature 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 … the debt restructuring agreement and commitments made by the government to enhance marine conservation and climate adaptation efforts. One such effort is the establishment of a permanent endowment that generates sustainable financing for Seychelles’ marine conservation efforts. The project results in the Indian Ocean’s second largest marine …
… focus will be on significant resource mobilization for priority, high impact and urgent conservation and transformational, sustainable projects across Asia and across various … Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is one of the world’s largest and most experienced independent conservation organizations, with over 5 million supporters and a global network active in … offices in Asia Pacific have doubled the level of funding from priority segments through investments in growth, collaboration, and capacity building, and the main driver behind this …