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News focused on funding & financing
nature-based solutions
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As the year comes to a close, we celebrate all of you - the conservation leaders who are finding effective and innovative ways to conserve land and our natural resources. We have seen your creativity and determination at our events - from our Boot Camp in New Haven and Roundtable in Chicago to the first European Boot Camp in Italy - and in the field through our work with the Department of Defense's Sentinel Landscapes and the US Forest Service Cooperative Forestry Program. We cheer your many successes this past year and hope the network can play some role in helping you meet your continuing challenges. Our work is fundamentally about creating authentic connections built on trust, respect and genuine interest. And so we were so pleased and encouraged that so many of you gathered on zoom for the Conservation Finance Network's First Alumni Gathering earlier this month to share your accomplishments, your struggles, and hopes for the coming year. It confirmed for us the essence of the Network and inspired us to redouble our efforts on your behalf in the coming year.
Peter Howell
Executive Director
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Three Million Acres of Land Returned to Tribes Through Interior Department’s Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations. Over the course of the program, nearly 3 million acres in 15 states were consolidated and restored to Tribal trust ownership and $1.69 billion was paid to more than 123,000 interested individuals. (DOI.gov)
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American Forests Partners with USDA Forest Service to Expand Reforestation across National Forests. American Forests announced a first-of-its-kind $20 million keystone agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to help the agency organize and rapidly scale climate-adapted reforestation across millions of burned and degraded acres over the next five years.(USDA.gov)
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Conservation and Policy Groups Celebrate Senate Introduction of Rural Forest Markets Act. The legislation would enable the USDA to issue guarantees for loans and bonds that help small landowners access carbon markets; incentivize family landowners to adopt climate-friendly forest practices that increase the value of market commodities like carbon, water, and timber; and allow the U.S. to achieve the necessary scale of climate impact by bringing the power of private finance from large corporations to rural America. (ForestFoundation.org)
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Demand-side Sources and Motivation for Biodiversity Credits. By looking at biodiversity credits through a demand lens, the Biodiversity Credits Alliance hopes that the paper will help companies and government agencies to start seeing use cases for biodiversity credits that suit their specific needs. (BiodiversityCreditAlliance.org/)
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Conservation leaders have a role in building equitable communities. Can conservation become more equitable? Though historically conservation organizations have focused narrowly on protecting natural resource-based community assets, Patty Hernandez of Headwaters Economics explores how conservation organizations can (and should) better consider how their work can support the livability and affordability of urban areas. (HeadwatersEconomics.org)
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Biden-Harris Administration Expands Use of Nature-Based Solutions to Better Protect Communities from the Impacts of Climate Change. During the 28th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties (COP28), the Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to advance nature-based climate solutions. Learn more: (WhiteHouse.gov)
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Conservation Finance Roundtable - SAVE THE DATE, registration will open in early January
Conservation Finance Network
April 25-26, 2023 at Duke University in Durham, NC
Conservation Finance Boot Camp - Apply Here, Applications close on February 16, 2024.
Conservation Finance Network
June 3-7, 2024 at Yale University in New Haven, CT
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Executive Director
Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Network
Southeastern USA
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