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A photo of the Lower Brule reservation, courtesy Jerry Huddleston via Flickr Creative Commons.

Take in the view of the Lower Brule reservation, courtesy Jerry Huddleston via Flickr Creative Commons. 

Yale Forest Forum Highlights: Carbon Projects for Indigenous Forest Owners

Katie Michels
November 14, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Climate
  • Environmental Justice
  • Forest
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
Bryan Van Stippen’s talk started with an assertion: Tribal nations must “not let their natural resource assets benefit others before they benefit their own communities.” The National Indian Carbon Coalition (NICC) views carbon projects as both economic development and natural resource stewardship opportunities in response to historic extraction and theft.
The Connecticut Green Bank sees potential for capital flows from greenspace like this New Haven park.

Connecticut's Green Bank Seeks Leader for Financing Natural Capital

Alec Appelbaum
October 10, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • Environmental Justice
  • Forest
  • Fresh Water
  • Habitat
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
States around the nation are changing laws to clarify and speed up financing for natural climate solutions. Now Green Bank CEO Bryan Garcia and his team are looking for a senior team member to crystallize and underwrite the strategy. Garcia says it’d be the first time the green bank has...

Dispatches From Fort Collins and the 2022 Conservation Finance Network Boot Camp

Leigh Whelpton
August 10, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Climate
  • Environmental Justice
  • Forest
  • Public Policy
An NGO head working in South America joined the first live Boot Camp we've hosted since 2019. His recollections mix optimism with determination, technique with tenacity, and the spirit of past Boot Camps with the reasons for attending future ones.
Photo of an Appalachian stream by Payton Chung, via Flickr Creative Commons

Can a new Congressional formula offer a way to prosperity without suffering in Appalachia? 

Paying to Put a Mountain Back

Robin Happel
July 19, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Climate
  • Environmental Justice
  • Forest
  • Fresh Water
  • Public Policy
Decades of blasting the tops of mountains for coal have clouded generations of human life and millions of years' worth of other life in Appalachia. A new approach that centers on reclaiming mine sites, supporting health in order to build livelihoods, can reset that.
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.
BIg Spring Run development site, with wetlands

(Photo by Sam Feibel/Franklin & Marshall College.) This restored wetland brings life back to a Pennsylvania site that once posed a threat to the Chesapeake Bay. 

Removing Sediment to Restore Wetlands Clears Revenue Paths

Sam Feibel
January 24, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Fresh Water
  • Habitat
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
By removing "legacy sediment" from dam diversions, scientists can expand wetlands and their conservation oomph. In Pennsylvania, a commercial real estate firm learned how this wetland protection can create more developable land - and more profit.
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.
The Land Trust Alliance's 2021 Rally raised defining questions from start to restart.

What makes a land trust earn its trust? 

Digging In: Our Recharge From Rally

Sawyer Cresap, Katie Michels, Jackson Moller, Helen Rogers, Angela Xue
October 21, 2021
  • Topics:
  • Environmental Justice
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
Every year, the Land Trust Alliance Rally unites practitioners across the conservation finance firmament. The 2021 rally weighed more in our memories, marking an end to isolation and raising our prospects. Our team members reflect below.
US capitol

A Pioneering Environmental Impact Bond for DC Water (Updated)

Abby Martin, Alec Appelbaum
September 27, 2021
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  • 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.
Is this the way to crop reform?

(Photo courtesy of Pexels.com) Farmers can deliver steeper returns to themselves, their ecosystem, and their economy when their insurance system makes more sense. 

The Case for Crop Insurance Reform

Cortney Ahern Renton, Claire Huntley Lafave
April 08, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Habitat
  • Land Conservation
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Across the political spectrum, most Americans have favorable opinions of farmers and are happy with the idea that the federal government provides financial assistance to help pay for crop insurance. If they knew crop insurance's full cost, that might change. This system, while well-intentioned, leaves out the majority of farmers...

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