2016 Conservation Finance Boot Camp
June 6-10, Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University

We have a few openings available for the 2016 course, but space is filling up fast! Register today to learn how to use innovative and effective financing strategies in your work.    

How the Public Sector Can Mitigate Risk for Conservation Investors
Conservation finance, or investments that positively affect ecosystems while generating profits, is key to building infrastructure and changing land management at the pace and scale needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
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IRIS Tackles 'Metrics Gap' to Help Entrepreneurs, Investors Measure Triple Bottom Line
The Global Impact Investing Network recently announced the latest version of the IRIS measurement system for impact investors. IRIS provides standardized social, environmental and financial performance metrics for assessing the performance of investments. In other words, investors can analyze the progress of enterprises’ social and environmental goals with the same rigor as they evaluate financial results.
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$90 Million to Decouple Food Production from Negative Environmental Impacts
Just days after pledging $100 million over five years to support efforts to protect the Amazon, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has announced $90 million in grants to improve the sustainability of food production.
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Regional Conservation Programs Receives $260 Million in USDA Funding
Since the creation of the 2014 Farm Bill, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s innovative Regional Conservation Partnership Program has awarded more than $600 million for 199 partner-led projects. And now, the USDA will be providing another $260 million for conservation partnership programs that will help improve water quality, support wildlife, protect agriculture, and more.
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California to Issue $500 Million Green Bond for Clean Water Projects
California continues to show leadership in the growing green-bond marketplace. It will soon issue a $500 million green bond to finance at least 34 clean water projects in localities throughout the state.
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Two Forest Countries, Two Very Different Conservation Finance Outlooks
Papua New Guinea and Tanzania are both REDD+ countries, meaning they’re participating in the UN program officially enshrined in the Paris climate agreement that aims to channel international finance to conservation activities that reduce carbon emissions associated with deforestation and forest degradation.
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Building Carbon in America’s Farms, Forests, and Grasslands: Foundations for a Policy Roadmap
In the United States, where this report focuses, we have been sequestering significant amounts of carbon in forests, grasslands and soils, enough to offset roughly 15 percent of all fossil fuel-related emissions each year over the past several decades, an amount equal to more than half of all transportation emissions. Our growing forests and strong conservation programs have played an important role in this sustained achievement. The question is – will this carbon sink continue to support our climate goals?
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CFN Boot Camp Course
Duke Nicholas School of the Environment
June 6-10
Durham, NC 

SOCAP16
Sept. 13-16
San Francisco, CA

Land Trust Rally (Call for Proposals)
Oct. 18-30
Minneapolis, MN