Great Lakes of Opportunity A Playbook to Accelerate the Region’s Conservation Finance Project Pipeline

Conservation finance efforts around the world have played a critical role in accelerating positive outcomes for people and nature. Still, there remains an urgent funding gap of up to $824 billion USD per year in what is needed to reverse the global decline of biodiversity by 2030.  Similar funding gaps exist for climate resilience, watershed protection, environmental justice, sustainable forestry, regenerative agriculture, and other social and environmental needs.