Virtual Boot Camp

Presented by CFN in partnership with the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, the 2020 Boot Camp Webinar Short Course explores the latest trends and strategies in funding and financing being put to work for land and resource conservation, restoration, and stewardship. With an emphasis on hands-on tools and lessons from relevant case studies, we review innovative and overlooked opportunities in conservation finance in this 4-part video series.

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What exactly is conservation finance? Which approaches are well established, and what does emerging activity and innovation entail? This session provides an overview of how conservation finance approaches have evolved, exploring current trends and a range of funding and financing strategies being put to work for land and resource conservation, restoration, and stewardship.

Moderator: Allegra Wrocklage, The Conservation Finance Network

Presenters: Brad Gentry, Yale School of Forestry; Peter Stein, The Lyme Timber Company; Leigh Whelpton, The Conservation Finance Network

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Ever wonder what goes through the mind of an investor or what to expect when using different types of capital for a conservation finance deal? This session walks through financing terms and concepts, including basic transaction structures, how different participants come together in conservation transactions, the time value of money, and key considerations affecting financial returns.

Moderator: Allegra Wrocklage, The Conservation Finance Network

Presenter: David Hoffer, The Lyme Timber Company

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This session highlights a range of new or underutilized ways to leverage public and philanthropic dollars for land and resource conservation.

Moderator: Leigh Whelpton, The Conservation Finance Network

Panelists:

Will Abberger, The Trust for Public Land
Margaret Bowman, Spring Point Partners
Mark Heller, Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
Peter Howell, Open Space Institute
Alison Souders, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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This session explores a range of case studies in how private capital is being used for land and resource conservation.

Moderator: Allegra Wrocklage, The Conservation Finance Network

Panelists:

Keith Bisson, CEI
Katherine Birnie, Ecosystem Investment Partners
Dylan Jenkins, Finite Carbon
Mark Lambert, Quantified Ventures
Jacob Israelow, Dirt Capital Partners