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Biodiversity Investment Booms. Now to Make it Tick...

May 20, 2022
Source: Bloomberg News
This May 15 story sizes up fund managers' attitudes toward biodiversity - and spells out means to make the fad more than a fad.
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Kelp-able of More

April 23, 2022
Source: GreenBiz
This April 21 item looks over a project that sells farmed kelp...and an executive who wants to propagate ocean farming into a viable piece of the carbon-credit marketplace.
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The Weight Of the World

April 01, 2022
Source: Scientific American
This March 29 pickup from E&E News details the Biden administration's request for billions to support global climate financing - a lot of which focuses on biodiversity and nature.
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Bipartisanship Blooms...if Only in a Bill Refinancing El Salvadoran Debt Toward Habitat

January 21, 2022
Source: Press release from Senator Rob Portman
This Jan 18 press release heralds a deal to steer $20 million toward conservation projects in El Salvador.
Becoming expert in conservation finance begins with a succession of mental steps.

Boot camp can mean the start of a long, uphill financial journey. 

Boot Camp Personal Narrative: My First Time Exploring Conservation Finance

Lina Farias
August 17, 2021
  • Topics:
  • Blended Finance
  • Impact Investing
  • Oceans
I have always envisioned myself as the wildlife field biologist who camps in the woods or sleeps on a boat. But while attending the boot camp, I found that the difference between fundraising and financing affected whether an organization could sustain its projects.
Wetland restoration aerial photo

In the wake of Katrina, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries
and the state of Louisiana teamed up to rebuild
significant portions of a 19-mile expanse of
barrier islands off Barataria Bay. Newly
rebuilt beaches and dunes were erected from
2006-2009, and scientists today continue to
monitor for changes in elevation, vegetation
and species abundance at this site. To learn more
about this project, visit the NOAA website.
(Credit: NOAA)

Louisiana Environmental Impact Bond May Reduce Coastal Land Loss

Kat Friedrich
September 25, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Fresh Water
  • Land Conservation
  • Oceans
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
  • Climate
  • Habitat
Bordered by beautiful wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana is a hub of transportation and industry. A pilot environmental impact bond could seed a set of wetland-restoration projects for the state. Environmental Defense Fund, Quantified Ventures, and their project partners are proposing to draw on funding from the Deepwater...
Desert Rose

Donor-Advised Funds Are an Untapped Source of Impact Capital

Nathalie Woolworth
August 22, 2018
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  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
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  • Oceans
  • Cities
  • Impact Investing
  • Philanthropy
The National Philanthropic Trust’s 2017 Donor-Advised Fund Report found that the capital housed in donor-advised funds across the United States exceeded $85 billion in 2016. This represents an almost 10-percent increase since 2015 and a 28-percent increase since 2012.
River in Maine

How to Get an Impact Investor's Attention

Jeffrey Conti
July 25, 2018
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  • Agriculture
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  • Land Conservation
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Conservation managers and entrepreneurs who are looking to make their projects stand out as investment opportunities should be sure to supply the information that investors want. Impact investing experts interviewed by Network expressed a surprising lack of interest in most impact metrics and measurements aside from carbon sequestration...

Impact Investors Discuss How They View Conservation Investments

Jeffrey Conti
July 25, 2018
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  • Forest
  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
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  • Oceans
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There is a growing gap between available impact capital and conservation investments. This has become a major focal point for investment professionals in the field. One reason for this trend may be that conservation investments are not meeting investor expectations due to a lack of quality opportunities.
Tuna auction in China

Investing in Sustainable Fisheries

Kalyani Basu
June 20, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Oceans
  • Impact Investing
  • Habitat
A total of 31.4 percent of global fisheries are being fished at biologically unsustainable levels, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. However, a 2016 study by Costello and others said the application of sound management reforms to global fisheries will increase biomass by 619...

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