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News focused on funding & financing
nature-based solutions
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April has been a month filled with funding announcements for our field. First came the announcement on April 3rd of $1.5 billion available through the federal Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), the most in the program’s 12 year history. RCPP grants are not the easiest to deploy, but federal officials stressed that they’ve implemented measures to streamline and simplify the program. Then a day later came the mega $20 billion Green Bank announcement. Although the lion’s share of funding will go toward traditional clean energy projects such as solar panels, energy efficient housing and EV charging stations, nature-based solutions – e.g. protecting forests, restoring coastal marshes or installing rain gardens – could also qualify for funding (Duke University’s Nicholas School has assembled helpful materials on nbs: Duke). As the month comes to a close, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made it a trifecta with its proposed rule putting conservation on equal footing with other multiple uses such as mining, timber harvesting, grazing and gas extraction on 244 million acres of BLM Lands. We can’t wait to see what May brings!
Peter Howell
Executive Director
Conservation Finance Network
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The EPA awarded $20 billion in federal “green bank” grants to eight nonprofit organizations for use on projects combating climate change in disadvantaged communities. EPA announced the historic funding would be available for an array of projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions and leverage as much as $150 billion in private investment in decarbonization strategies. (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Request for Information (RFI): Building an Environmental Infrastructure Investment Pipeline for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (Quantified Ventures)
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USDA Rolls Out $1.5 Billion for Conservation and Climate-Smart Ag Under RCPP. USDA announced the funding -- the most in the program's history -- is available for "partner-driven conservation and climate solutions," under "President Biden's Investing in America agenda." (Progressive Farmer presented by DTN)
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Nature-based Solutions Funding Database. National Wildlife Federation’s interactive database for communities interested in pursuing federal funding and/or technical assistance for nature-based solutions.
(National Wildlife Federation)
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State Policy Leadership To Conserve Nature: A Guide to Innovative Land Conservation Policy Tools Being Deployed by State and Territorial Governments Across the Country. As momentum builds nationally to address the nature and climate crises, state and territorial leaders across the country have stepped up with a variety of measures aimed at conserving lands and waters. (Center for American Progress)
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Virridy Receives Walton Family Foundation Grant to Advance Carbon Finance in Watershed Restoration across the Mississippi River Basin. Virridy, a global leader in innovative environmental and public health solutions, has received a $500,000 multi-year grant from the Walton Family Foundation to advance transformative watershed management programs by researching the potential for carbon finance innovations in the Mississippi River Basin. (Virridy)
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Land Trust Alliance and Open Space Institute award grants to accelerate climate planning nation-wide. Over three years, the ‘Land and Climate Program’ has distributed more than $1.2 million in grants, empowering land trusts and conservation organizations to engage in climate-informed land conservation. (Land Trust Alliance)
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Senior Manager, Environmental Infrastructure Programs
Connecticut Greenbank
Hartford, CT
Climate Officer
MIT Solve
Hybrid, Boston, MA
Buyer, Carbon Removal Nature Based Solutions
Microsoft
Redmond, WA; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA
Program Director, Environment
Crown Family Philanthropies
Chicago, IL
Chief Executive Officer
Conservation Lands Foundation
Durango, CO or Remote
Program Director
Environment Funders Canada
Montréal, Ottawa, Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area, Calgary or Vancouver
Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) Coordinator
State of Colorado
Denver, CO
Curator of the Loeb Fellowship
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Hybrid position in Massachusetts (more details in job description)
Carbon Marketing Specialist
National Indian Carbon Coalition
Remote
Project Manager (Reforestation)
National Indian Carbon Coalition
Remote
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