… 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 … catalyze funding for conservation. She will also share findings from the Conservation Trust Investment Survey, an annual report by WCS and the Conservation Finance Alliance that …
… 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 conservationinvestment strategies, and will present case studies from the US and the UK that examine …
… economic, social, and environmental returns. Mike Higuera , the Director of Resource Investments, will discuss the company’s strategy for investing in farms and ranches and … for water while protecting productive agricultural lands. Water is extremely scarce in the western United States and is the lifeblood of the area for both people and nature. Increased … is the fact that western water law was designed to promote consumption; it does not incent conservation or other creative ways to meet current-day needs. The law is slowly changing …
… African ministers issued an ambitious challenge: We need to mobilize $2 billion in direct investment through 2022 for Africa's land restoration movement, AFR100. Funders are responding, announcing that they are committing to … Location New Haven , CT Related Programs Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services Conservation Finance Network Participants Sonia Wang Alumni Master of Environmental …
… Watch the full recording here! To enable funds to flow into landscape scale restoration projects, the impact must be proven and the value of ecosystem restoration must be measured in financial terms, making a solid business case for cleaner … the full value for each environmental, social, and economics outcome produced by ecosystem restoration, and reports on those outcomes in monetary terms to partners and funders. This …
… tools that the Chesapeake Conservancy is developing. These tools streamline the efforts of conservation and restoration organizations, allowing them to quickly priortize efforts and model the … markets in the Chesapeake Bay, aiming to improve water quality while helping finance conservation and restoration projects using market based solutions. The free online event …
… 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 outcomes, innovation and technology, data and analytics, and gain-focused investment. This no-nonsense strategy builds on the inspirational environmental work begun … 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 …
… Allen Jones (i2 Capital) will present her work with the Revolving Water Fund, an innovative conservation finance model that aligns the interests of farmers, conservationists, municipalities, regulators and impact investors to address conservation on a watershed scale. The model, piloted in the Brandywine-Christina Watershed …
… 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 …
… that they ultimately pursued. This talk will feature: Spenser Shadle (MF/MBA '13) manages conservation-oriented timberland and organic farmland investments at New Island Capital--an impact investment firm based in San Francisco Patrick … National Forest Foundation’s Business Concept Challenge for a proposal focused on financing restoration-based forest products businesses in rural Oregon. 2417 2427 Equity and …