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On the heels of the election, CFN hosted its 13th Conservation Finance Roundtable in partnership with the Salazar Center and with support from the Gates Family Foundation. Held last month in Denver, CO, the event CO. The Roundtable brought together 65 practitioners to discuss both the challenges and opportunities facing the conservation community.
It was energizing to hear perspectives and share thoughts on a range of topics including: on the election, including the very strong bipartisan support for conservation at the state and local level as well as the need to celebrate the benefits conservation work can bring to rural communities; creative financing strategies to conserve water and land under way in the Colorado River Basin; innovative efforts to establish interim finance vehicles; and ways private capital is engaging in conservation, among other topics. Many thanks to participants and speakers.
We are grateful to the participants and speakers for their invaluable insights. We came away with fresh hope and resolve to continue and accelerate effective and innovative funding and financing solutions to our mounting environmental problems.
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CoBank originates its first sustainability-linked loan with Heartland Co-op with support from EDF.
The farmer-owned cooperative will be able to leverage the loan to expand conservation programs that enhance Iowa communities’ water quality. (Environmental Defense Fund)
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The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities is excited to announce the second round of the Impact Investing Program. The program will launch is January with $6.5 million in available funding. Learn more and register for the upcoming webinars, December 18, 2024 at 12pm PST. (Gordian Knot Strategies)
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Local and state level support for conservation: local and state-level conservation funding efforts were very successful this election cycle! For more information, see press releases form Trust for Public Land and The Nature Conservancy.
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New $1 Million Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Loan Fund Supporting Improved Water Quality in the Great Lakes Region. The Environmental Policy Innovation Center is pleased to announce the establishment of the Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Loan Fund to support project predevelopment activities for underserved municipalities and water utilities. (Environmental Poliy Innovation Center)
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USDA Forest Service partners with states to conserve private forestlands as part of Investing in America agenda. The USDA Forest Service announced an investment of more than $265 million to conserve nearly 335,000 acres of ecologically and economically significant forestlands across the nation, in partnership with states across the country, thanks to funding from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. (USDA Forest Service)
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COP 29 Recap: From Financial Breakthroughs to Missed Opportunities. COP29 made progress by setting a $1.3 trillion annual climate finance target by 2035 and advancing carbon market rules, but it fell short on addressing nature-based solutions and left significant funding gaps for biodiversity and ecosystem preservation. (Nature4Climate)
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$375M Indigenous-led conservation deal just signed in the Northwest Territories. The agreement uses a Wall Street-inspired approach to conservation finance, with 380,000 square kilometres of land and water in its scope. (The Narwhal)
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The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) and the next Farm Bill. This article summarizes the expectations of the next Farm Bill and implications for RCPP funding, from technical assistance and administrative change to partner contributions and funding levels. (Environmental Policy Innovation Center)
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