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News focused on funding & financing
nature-based solutions
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With two wars raging abroad and Congressional dysfunction at home, it might seem that issues like climate change and biodiversity have receded in importance. Indeed, even before the world was convulsed by the Israel-Hamas war and the Republican infighting, the American public viewed climate change as a lower priority than other issues such as strengthening the economy and reducing health care costs (See: Pew Research report analysis). But the Pew Research Center’s surveys also found strong public support for specific measures to reduce the impact of climate change and achieve carbon neutrality. Coupled with bipartisan passage of the Great American Outdoors Act and increases in funding for popular programs such as Forest Legacy, nature-based solutions have an important and widely-supported role to play in combatting the climate crisis. And it will take a mix of public and private finance to scale up durable strategies that advance such solutions, including conserving natural habitats that store and sequester vast amounts of carbon, and helping the most vulnerable communities adapt to the impacts of climate change. We are far short of the funding needed to achieve these goals, so we all – in the nonprofit, for profit and public sectors – have an important role to play.
Peter Howell
Interim Executive Director
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Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: A Playbook for Corporate Action. The voluntary carbon market (VCM) represents an important lever to help accelerate high-impact climate action, protect nature and drive the energy transition towards net zero. But market growth in recent years has raised important concerns about the potential abuse of the VCM for corporate greenwashing. (World Economic Forum)
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The White House released the National Climate Resilience Framework. This guide was designed to identify key values, priorities, and objectives to help expand and accelerate nationally comprehensive, locally-tailored, and community-driven resilience strategies in response to the changing climate. (WhiteHouse.gov)
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Five things outdoor recreationists want to see in the 2023 Farm Bill. Updated every 5 years, the Farm Bill includes programs that address conservation and restoration policy on private lands and directs policy for the Forest Service. (Outdoor Alliance)
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USDA announces $27.6 million to support underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers through the 2501 program. These grants will support training, outreach and technical assistance to underserved and veteran farmers, ranchers, and foresters to help them own and operate successful farms, ranches, and forest lands. (USDA.gov)
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Open Space Institute and Land Trust Alliance award grants to accelerate climate planning nationwide. In it's first 3 years, this program has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants and technical assistance to address the climate crisis. (Open Space Institute)
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New research: Carbon credits are associated with businesses decarbonizing faster. Businesses purchasing voluntary carbon are more likely to report lower gross emissions year-on-year, and invest more in emissions reductions, than companies not engaged in carbon markets. (Ecosystem Marketplace)
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EuroSite Annual Meeting
Fédération des Conservatoires d’espaces naturels
November 7-9, 2023, in Amiens, France at the Quai De L'Innovation
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Executive Director
Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Network
Southeastern USA
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