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CFN Executive Director Peter Howell leading a session at the 2nd Annual European Conservation Finance Boot Camp in Angofa, Romania.
CFN Executive Director Peter Howell leading a session at the 2nd Annual European Conservation Finance Boot Camp in Angofa, Romania.
Next Monday, 42 conservation practitioners from across the country will descend upon Yale University in New Haven for the CFN's 18th annual Conservation Finance Boot Camp.  We look forward to an exciting week together of information sharing and problem-solving as we grapple with effective and innovative ways to fund and finance nature-based solutions.  The session, which you can still participate in remotely (you can register here up until 1 pm EST Friday, May 31st), comes on the heels of the 2nd European Conservation Finance Boot Camp held earlier this month in Angofa, Romania that CFN helped to organize and facilitate.  CFN staff will also be participating in the Northeastern North America/Turtle Island Landscape Connectivity Summit in Montréal / Tiohtià:ke, Québec, Canada from June 11-13 and facilitating a panel on conservation finance and policy with a group of Canadian and American practitioners.  From one continent to another, the CFN is helping to advance conservation finance efforts!
Peter Howell
Executive Director
Conservation Finance Network
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From the Field

News & Resources

Quantified Venture is seeing your input as they seek to develop an environmental infrastructure investment pipeline for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Learn more at an upcoming informational webinar on May 30, the RFI sbmission deadline is June 16. (Quantified Ventures)
Five new Sentinel Landscapes are Designated to Address Climate Change Impacts and Community Resilience. The new landscapes are located in New Mexico, Utah, Hawaiʻi, Pennsylvania, and and California. (Sentinel Landscapes)
Resource Commons Pilot Investment Program: A Recap. The National Black Food & Justice Alliance celebrates one year of the resource commons Pilot Investment Program and shares updates from member grantees. (National Black Food & Justice Alliance)
Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce pledge to contract for up to 20M tons of high-quality nature-based carbon removal credits by 2030. The goal of the Coalition is to send a strong demand signal to accelerate the development of high-impact, science-based restoration projects that will advance progress on global climate goals. (BusinessWire.com)
The Trust for Public Land just released their 2024 Parks Score report. Explore the findings of the latest Park Score report to learn about the benefits of parks to communities and the general strategies recommended on local and national levels to further improve the parks across the U.S. (Trust for Public Land)
The National Wildlife Federation’s interactive Nature-Based Solutions Database is designed for communities interested in pursuing federal funding and/or technical assistance. Use the filters to search for nature-based solutions funding and technical assistance resources that fit your needs. (National Wildlife Federation)

Funding

Environmental Protection Agency:

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program

Application Due: November 21, 2024
Department of Defense:

Virtual + In-Person Events

Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series
Co-hosted by the Forest Carbon and Climate Program & Society of American Foresters
First Wedenesday of the month through June 5, 2024 at 3pm ET, Virtual
State Leadership To Conserve Nature
Center for American Progress
June 6, 2024 from 1-2:15pm, Virtual

Forest Optimism Series

Forest History Society
June 11 from 12-1pm, June 12 from 1-2:15pm, June 19 from 1-2:15pm ET, Virtual 

CDFA Tribal Finance Webinar Series
July 9, & October 15, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET, Virtual
Land Trust Alliance Rally - Registration open!
Land Trust Alliance
September 25-28 in Providence, RI at the Rhode Island Convention Center
2024 Regional Conservation Partnership (RCP) Network Gathering
Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities
November 14 in Amherst, MA at UMass Amherst (Proposal submissions deadline: May 31)

Jobs + Fellowships

Associate, Environmental Infrastructure Programs
Connecticut Green Bank
Hartford, CT
Assistant Program Manager / Sustainability Specialist
Greenprint Partners
Seattle, WA

Part-Time Southern Appalachian Conservation Finance Director
Trust for Public Land
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Program Officer
Climate Justice Resilience 
Remote

Climate Officer
MIT Solve
Hybrid, Boston, MA 

Chief Executive Officer
Conservation Lands Foundation
Durango, CO or Remote

Biogas Originator, North America (Environmental Markets team)
3Degrees
San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Portland, ME; New York, NY

Carbon Marketing Specialist
National Indian Carbon Coalition
Remote

Project Manager (Reforestation)
National Indian Carbon Coalition
Remote

Community Engagement Specialist
Center for Heirs' Property
Charleston, NC

Director of Land Retention & Advocacy
Federation of Southern Cooperatives 
East Point, GA
Forestry Outreach Specialist 
Federation of Southern Cooperatives 
East Point, GA 

Enterprise Account Executive, HydroForecast
Upstream Tech
USA, Remote
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