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How do you sum the value of everything in, from, and under these trees?

(Courtesy City Forest Credits.) Beyond soothing imagery, urban trees measurably lift air quality, energy affordability and employment. City Forest Credits aims to quantify what that's worth. 

A Startup Seeks to Raise Urban Equity

Andy Xie
June 08, 2020
City Forest Credits matches nonprofits and cities to fundi urban trees. It describes its mission as one to make “American cities greener, healthier, and more equitable.” By computing value of rainfall interception, air quality benefits and energy savings, the outfit aims to define premium price for nonprofit organizations to charge...
You can find a path to success

Tread carefully but with clarity when engaging your board. (Photo by Todd Kaplan) 

Rewards Outweigh the Risks: How to Introduce Land Trust Boards to Conservation Finance

Allegra Wrocklage
May 20, 2020
Conservation finance, by definition, involves risk. But land trust staff who engage board members in understanding and navigating risks and opportunities can bring forth new and durable income streams. How can staff members build board members' comfort and earn their support for new approaches? Success stories highlight methods for educating...
Copper Creek, courtesy the Conservation Fund, photo by Bill Mullens

How do you ascribe dollars to this? (Photo by Bill Mullins, courtesy the Conservation Fund)

Book Excerpt: Valuing Nature

William J. Ginn
May 19, 2020
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Island Press’ publication of Valuing Nature: A Handbook for by William Ginn comes 15 years after his first book helped launch what became the Network. While the lessons captured in prior works still ring true, the conservation finance field has experienced rapid growth in recent years...
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Tourism Was Backstopping Conservation. Then Came Coronavirus.

May 15, 2020
Source: The Guardian
In recovering from Covid-19 devastation, leaders in the developing world will need to halt poaching and creatively finance habitat preservation.
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Event Hub Leverages Water-Quality Credits on Oyster Shells

May 15, 2020
Source: Chesapeake Bay Magazine
In Maryland, water quality harms from a popular oyster service lead to a financing trade in which the oyster seller buys nutrient credits, which help replace the oyster stocks.
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Madagascar Official Worries About Threats to Conservation After Covid

May 05, 2020
Source: Mongabay
Loss of tourism revenue and financial depression can limit funding for conservation even as pressure for mining and deforestation rise in the biodiversity hub.
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An Eight-Figure Infusion from Amazon's Fund Aims to Nurture Forests...

May 05, 2020
Source: CNBC
The company that took its name from a rainforest's water supply commits $10 million in grants to shore up forests.
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...as Small Forests' Capital Needs Come Into Focus

May 05, 2020
Source: HuffPost
Small forests add up to potentially significant pools of carbon storage. Carbon credits as structured don't make that an economic business for small owners- yet.

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