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News focused on funding & financing
nature-based solutions
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| Twenty-five years ago, a group of conservationists met in Katoomba, Australia to consider ways to harness the power of markets to conserve forests and biodiversity. Established by Forest Trends, the group met 28 times in 16 countries since then, returning to Australia last fall to take stock of their work and the path ahead. There is much to learn from the work of these leaders from academia, the nonprofit and private sector and Indigenous communities as they wrestled with how to deploy human and financial capital for conservation and restoration across the globe. While international in scope, a recent report encapsulates some of their learnings that have relevance for domestic US practitioners as well.
In June, the Conservation Finance Network will celebrate a milestone of our own: the 20th Conservation Finance Boot Camp. Some 40 practitioners from the public, nonprofit and private sectors will gather in New Haven, CT at Yale’s School of the Environment to review the fundamentals of conservation finance and explore key trends and innovations that can drive more strategic and efficient conservation on the ground. They’ll soon join a network of some 700 Boot Camp alumni and thousands more practitioners in the CFN network that are seeking more effective and innovative ways to leverage public and private capital for the conservation of land and natural resources.
As this Earth Day month comes to a close, we celebrate the power of networks to advance collective conservation efforts.
The CFN Staff
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Nature's Investment Frontier - April 2025
The April 2025 publication shares perspectives on what has been learned about markets and finance following decades of experimentation. The publication focuses on the economics of biodiversity markets and key lessons from carbon markets across the globe. (Ecosystem Marketplace)
Capital in Nature-Based Solutions Markets|
The Environmental Policy Innovation Center recently released a report on the emerging nature-based solutions markets. The report highlights key opportunities to expand investment in these markets and reviews nine of the largest NBS markets in the United States. (Environmental Policy Innovation Center)
Economic Benefits of Mountain Biking
Trust for Public Land recently released a report on a link between mountain biking and the benefits to the outdoor recreation economy. TPL's findings quantified benefits for local economies and community well-being: for instance, while mountain biking tourists' spending per visit caries between $100 to $1,000, it averages $416. (Trust for Public Land)
Meta and EFM Join Forces to Deliver 676,000 Forest Carbon Credits by 2035
The forest investment and management firm EFM signed a long-term deal with Meta to provide 676,000 carbon removal credits over the next decade in the Olympic Peninsula. This will impact 68,000 acres of forest in Washington, removing over one million tons of carbon emissions. (Carbon Credits)
Realizing the Promise of Land and Water Restoration
Thunderbird Strategies updated their report in March on land and water restoration. The updated report touches on economic benefits of land and water restoration in terms of employment opportunities, cost-effectiveness of multi-phase approaches, and resiliency activities such as ecosystem restoration. (Thunderbird Strategies)
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| Community Forest Training Program: Principles of Community Forests
Virtual Workshops: March-July, 2025
International Symposium On Conservation Impact
The Nest at the University of British Columbia
In-person: May 5-7, 2025 Register here by May 2
2025 New Horizons in Conservation Convening
Yale University in New Haven, CT
In-person: May 8-10, 2025
2025 Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Annual National Conference
Riverton, Wyoming
In-person: May 12-15, 2025
RCP Network Gathering 2025
Request for Speaker Proposals
Proposals Due: May 16, 2025
American Forest Congress
Reforestation Workshop
Virtual: May 21, 2025
UBS Nature Finance Conference
In-person: London, UK
June 10, 2025
9th American Forest Congress
Omni Shoreham in Washington, DC
In-person: July 15-18, 2025 Register here
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