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The Defense Department helps this Minnesota wolf defend its turf.

The Defense Department helps this Minnesota wolf defend its turf.  (Photo by Julie DeJong, Minnesota DNR, via the US Army Flickr feed.)

Unlocking Partnership, Opening Paths: Inside the REPI Program

Christina Kohler
May 19, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Blended Finance
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
The United States' military apparatus depends on stable land for security at its sites. A partnership with land trusts and other stewards makes conservation hay from that conviction.
Recovery across the world came before a panel of experts at Yale in January.

The International Society for Tropical Forestry’s 2022 conference at Yale emphasized scale and the importance of COVID-19 recovery efforts for the “Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.”

Financing Tropical Forests: Lessons For Scaling From Yale's Annual Conference

Nadeem Demian
February 16, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Blended Finance
  • Climate
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
In looking at forest restoration finance in a tropical context, three experts at a Yale-sponsored panel spoke of clearer images from space and more inclusive planning on the ground.
Everyone learns in meetings - but what can we learn about how to run meetings?

With the International Land Conservation Network, CFN offers a handbook for handling gatherings to boost impact. 

How to Bring People Together to Unlock Scaled Conservation Impact

Helen Rogers, Leigh Whelpton
November 23, 2021
  • Topics:
  • Blended Finance
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
  • Philanthropy
  • Public Policy
Intractable social and environmental problems require collective action. These challenges demand that we step beyond individual mission statements and business models to craft strategies, chart paths forward, and unlock scaled impact—together. A new guide draws on lessons from convenings around the world to make gatherings more enjoyable and effective.
US capitol

A Pioneering Environmental Impact Bond for DC Water (Updated)

Abby Martin, Alec Appelbaum
September 27, 2021
  • Topics:
  • Blended Finance
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • Fresh Water
  • Impact Investing
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) created a municipal bond that covers the downside risk of using green infrastructure to control stormwater runoff. By offloading risk to investors, the utility drew new financing -and time to get its practices right. Now other cities are following its lead.
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.
Philadelphia

How Green Infrastructure Yields Urban Safety and Health

Kat Friedrich
September 23, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
  • Land Conservation
  • Blended Finance
  • Philanthropy
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
  • Climate
  • Habitat
Greenprint Partners is field-testing a green infrastructure-financing approach that could help make communities healthier and safer in a small group of Rust Belt cities. In an interview, Nicole Chavas, the company’s CEO and cofounder, and Rose Jordan, its marketing director, said the models have expansion potential. If adopted on a...
Plover

New Jersey Shields Its Fragile Shoreline Ecosystems

Kat Friedrich
May 21, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Land Conservation
  • Oceans
  • Cities
  • Blended Finance
  • Philanthropy
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
  • Climate
  • Habitat
Among the piping plovers and marsh grasses of New Jersey’s scenic coast, environmentalists and communities are busy creating green infrastructure to shield the shorelines from storm damage while supporting local economies. The Coastal Resilience Collaborative, the New Jersey Resilient Coastlines Initiative, and the NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance are bringing financial...

How Houston Could Reduce Storm Flooding

Kat Friedrich
February 21, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Fresh Water
  • Land Conservation
  • Cities
  • Blended Finance
  • Philanthropy
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
  • Climate
National news coverage of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 painted a bleak picture of Houston’s ability to face severe storms. Some articles portrayed urban sprawl as having wiped out the city’s ability to cope with natural disasters, saying Texas policies were to blame.
Colorado river

Blueprints for Conservation Investment Can Expand the Market

Jeffrey Conti
January 25, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Forest
  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
  • Land Conservation
  • Oceans
  • Cities
  • Blended Finance
  • Impact Investing
  • Philanthropy
  • Public Funding
  • Climate
  • Habitat
Forward-thinking nonprofits and environmentally driven investors are increasingly using blueprint reports to help develop conservation finance markets. Blueprints are in-depth proposals designed to provide investors and stakeholders with creative ways to source cash flows and investment opportunities within key conservation areas.
Herding sheep image

Cultivating Market Maturity Will Unlock Billions for Conservation

Leigh Whelpton
September 07, 2017
  • Topics:
  • Forest
  • Agriculture
  • Land Conservation
  • Blended Finance
  • Impact Investing
  • Philanthropy
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
  • Habitat
What if the development of these approaches could be responsibly accelerated? What if we could shorten the time it takes for environmental markets and investment vehicles to be defined, piloted, scaled, and matured—without cutting corners? The Network’s recent report, “Private Capital and Working Lands Conservation: A Market Development...

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