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News focused on funding & financing
nature-based solutions
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Conservation practitioners came to Quebec from six continents earlier this month to focus on land conservation across the globe. Perhaps we have a soft spot for networks, but the International Land Conservation Network’s 3rd Annual Congress was an extraordinary gathering, bringing together 250 leaders representing indigenous nations and conservation leaders from across many countries’ public, nonprofit and private sectors to tackle the challenges of achieving meaningful and equitable partnerships to secure financing for sustainable conservation and long-term stewardship of conserved areas. CFN was honored to help advise on the conservation finance track and facilitate one of its five panels that included Tee Thomas of Quantified Ventures; Peter Culp of Culp & Kelly LLP; Candice Stevens of the Sustainable Finance Coalition in South Africa; Morrison Mast of Blue Forest Conservation; and Anastasia Mourogova Millin of Ombrello Solutions in Canada (see ILCN Congress for program, presentations will be posted in the coming weeks).
For matters closer to home, check out Claire Jahns’ article below analyzing the EPA’s recent Climate Pollution Reduction Grants and the role natural and working lands play in state climate action plans. In other CFN news, stay tuned for the early November release of the application for our 18th annual Conservation Finance Boot Camp, which will be in New Haven, CT in June 2025. We are also very excited to introduce our new Project and Operations Manager, Alyssa Doman. Finally, if you are in the US, please be sure to vote on or before November 5th!!
Peter Howell
Executive Director
The Conservation Finance Network
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New CFN Staff Member: Alyssa Doman
Alyssa is the Project & Operations Manager at The Conservation Finance Network, where she leads the organization’s business objectives. She has previously worked for the Wisconsin Policy Forum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research think tank. There she helped facilitate the organization’s research on important state-wide issues facing Wisconsinites, including conservation efforts and government finance. With a Masters of Science in Nonprofit Management & Leadership and over a decade of experience in the industry, Alyssa is dedicated to stewarding the work of nonprofit organizations.
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USDA Invests $1.5 Billion in 92 Partnership Projects to Advance Conservation and Climate-Smart Agriculture as Part of the Biden-Harris Investing in America Agenda. Selected RCPP projects will help farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners adopt and expand voluntary, locally led conservation strategies to enhance natural resources while tackling the climate crisis. (Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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USDA partners with states to conserve private forestlands as part of Investing in America agenda. $265 million from the Inflation Reduction Act will conserve 335,000 acres of private forests through the Forest Legacy Program. (U.S. Forest Service)
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Biocredits and Habitat Banks: Rethinking the Development and Maintenance of Ecological Infrastructure. This working paper describes how the private sector interacts in infrastructure markets to increase financial flows and utilize biodiversity credits and other market mechanisms to support ecological infrastructure. The report concludes with recommendations for adoption of infrastructure standards and practices for nature. (Terrasos)
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Public Comment Period Open for First National Nature Assessment's Zero Order Draft. To assess changes in nature as an aspect of global change, the status, trends, and future projections of America's lands, waters, wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystems and the benefits they provide, including connections to the economy, public health, equity, climate mitigation and adaptation, and national security will be assessed. (U.S. Global Change Research Program)
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Groundwater Conservation Easements: Evaluating an Innovative New Tool for Aquifer Sustainability.
This report explains how groundwater conservation easements work and describes the conditions necessary for their successful implementation. (PERC)
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King Charles and Big Banks Jump Into New Market to Save Nature. As financiers and diplomats gather for the UN’s biodiversity summit, British landowners are exploring the promise — and risk — of nascent markets for conservation. (Bloomberg)
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Massachusetts County Green Fund: A new initiative dedicated to supporting local climate action efforts throughout the region. The Fund will focus on supporting the land trusts that cover Worcester County, MA providing capacity-building grants to support their land conservation efforts and help form a county-wide climate coalition. (Greater Worcester Community Foundation)
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Nature-Based Solutions Policy Tracker. This report from Nature4Climate tracks policies that promote nature-based solutions from across the world. (Nature4Climate)
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