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News focused on funding & financing
nature-based solutions
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| | Welcome our New Executive Director!
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I am thrilled to announce that Peter Howell, the interim head of the Conservation Finance Network since early June, has shed the "interim" from his title and become CFN's permanent Executive Director. He brings to the position deep expertise in conservation, philanthropy and finance and the vision and skills to guide CFN in the future.
Renee Kivviko
Chair of CFN's Steering Committee
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While all eyes are now on the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, there's been no pause in the focus of conservation leaders here in the US on the issue. Earlier this month, practitioners up and down the East Coast explored how to scale their efforts to counter climate change while incorporating justice and equity in their work earlier this month. In both the Chesapeake and New England, leaders gathered for their 14th annual regional meetings. Both sessions had an added urgency given the accelerating climate and biodiversity crisis and historic levels of federal funding. In the Chesapeake, some 60 practitioners took stock of tremendous progress in reaching the region’s 30x30 goals but acknowledged the challenges of supporting durable, community-center conservation. And in New England, birthplace of the Regional Conservation Partnership (RCPs), it was an opportunity for the some 100 attendees to reflect, recharge and commit to partnerships with new stakeholders toward common goals. We highlight below some tools discussed and look forward to helping to advancing promising financing practices in both regions.
On a sad note, we are sorry to say goodbye to Julia Mettler-Grove, our Program and Operations Manager, who is leaving CFN to work for a community development corporation in Cleveland, Ohio. Julia kept the trains running on time here and so much more, and we wish her the absolute best! We're hiring for a Project & Operations Coordinator to fill her place, please share out to your networks!
Peter Howell
Executive Director
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Climate finance issues to watch at COP28. From efforts to reform financial institutions and mobilize new funds, to efforts to update the multilateral development banks and debt restructuring deals, a host of climate finance topics will be discussed in Dubai. (c2es.org)
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NFWF Announces $141.3 Million in Grants from the America the Beautiful Challenge. The 74 new grants announced will support landscape-scale conservation projects across 46 States, three U.S. Territories, and 21 Tribal and Native Nations. (NFWF.org)
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A collaboration with the Intertribal Agriculture Council and EDF examines the benefits and barriers of regenerative agriculture among Indigenous ranchers and farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Montana. The article weaves together this project with broader issues of access to credit in Native agriculture, and some of the innovators who are overcoming those obstacles including Akiptan, a Native-focused community development financial institution. (CivilEats.com)
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Defenders of Wildlife Launches New Website for Land Trusts to Identify Federal Resources for Habitat Conservation. The Wildlife and Land Trusts tool is a one-stop-shop for helping land trust staff understand the programs, find the right fit for their land trust’s goals, and get contact information for the appropriate federal staff. (Defenders.org)
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Trends to scale collective impact at the 2023 Sustainable Agriculture Summit and beyond. We hope this will provide some useful insights whether you attended the conference or not. (EDF.org)
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New carbon credit integrity guidelines could boost buyer confidence in agriculture. Amy breaks down how new guidelines from the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market may impact agricultural carbon markets. (EcosystemMarketplace.com)
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