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The Conservation Finance Network

Where Conservation Meets Capital

The Conservation Finance Network (CFN) advances land and resource conservation by expanding the use of innovative and effective funding and financing strategies.

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Current News and Insights

This past June, CFN hosted our 21st annual Boot Camp. With 45 attendees hailing from 20 states and two countries beyond the US, this was our largest class of participants yet. As in years past, the Boot Camp covered a comprehensive range of public funding sources, private funding sources, and blended...
In Brief The 15th annual Conservation Finance Roundtable was held at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in Durham, North Carolina, bringing together land conservation practitioners, state agency staff, private investors, farm and forestland owners, and academic researchers to discuss conservation funding opportunities and challenges in North Carolina, the...
In Brief - The 14th annual Conservation Finance Roundtable in Portland, OR was held at The World Forestry Center and brought together land conservation practitioners, policy experts, state agency staff, and private forestland investors to discuss conservation funding opportunities and challenges in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. - Key topics...
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