Conservation Finance

The Conservation Finance Network: advancing innovative financing for environmental conservation.

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Our 9th Conservation Finance Conference! How does @USTreasury integrate nature in decisions? What's structure of Belize blue bond & rhino bond? How to harness net zero pledges for real climate action? w/@NatureVest @EmergentClimate @AfricanParks @NuveenInv @Mirova_RI @InvescoUS

[Leigh Whelpton @LeighWhelpton]

May 12! Join us for this year's drumbeat of investable, scalable, repeatable transactions for conservation & natural climate solutions w/@CreditSuisse: https://t.co/MIBYGStUGp🦏@JohnTobinBridge @AtkinsonCenter🌲 @dypchen @EquilibriumCap @ConsFinance🐠 #naturebasedsolutions

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

@BurgerKing, the @NFWFnews and @Cargill join forces to bring financial and technical resources to ranching organizations in the Southern Great Plains to improve grassland management and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
https://t.co/1IJzvSPnr3

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Here's some good news for #EarthDay: Maryland just passed nation’s 1st conservation law focused on private finance! Will help speed and scale MD's Chesapeake Bay, forest conservation, climate, and environmental justice goals—without increasing the state budget.

[Leigh Whelpton @LeighWhelpton]

It happened! Maryland's Conservation Finance Act is LAW. @EPIConservation @SenatorSarah
Increased equity & efficiency for conservation / climate resilience = pay for outcomes + expand SRF + prioritize EJ + finance blue/green infrastructure #earthday🦀https://t.co/8FEHKh5409

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Check out our 9th Annual Conservation Finance Conference with @CreditSuisse May 12th. We'll continue our drumbeat for scalable, repeatable, investable #conservationfinance approaches. See you on the (free) livestream? https://t.co/jxzwQ0kGuD

[Leigh Whelpton @LeighWhelpton]

What does biodiv mean for @BlackRock? What are the deal mechanics of Belize blue bond @NatureVest? What's behind carbon market growth @EmergentClimate? Join our livestreamed Conservation Finance Conference w/@CreditSuisse 5/12: https://t.co/MIBYGStUGp @ConsFinance @AtkinsonCenter

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Permanent funding for the South Carolina Conservation Bank has stalled, but legislators still support the bill.
https://t.co/Qjj9W1Pyp9

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Join the Conservation Finance Network as our new Project & Ops Manager! Help public, private, & nonprofit practitioners mobilize $$ for the projects that matter most⁠—from climate resilience to human health/equity, from green infrastructure to regen ag: https://t.co/he00NbCYvr

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

In March, the SEC proposed rules requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their climate risk. This move is a step in the right direction, but does not encompass the full range of #environmental risk.
https://t.co/5u86KdAZLy

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

🎵🎵Species extinction is driving the loss of sonic diversity as we lose millions of singing whales and billions of vocalizing fish. @YaleE360 calls out why this matters 🎵🎵
https://t.co/XXfwY0NrPn

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

What are the 7 common factors across successful conservation-land aggregation projects?
🟢pre-identified buyers
🟢catalytic funding
🟢sufficient incentives
🟢active landowner outreach
🟢trusted conveners
🟢aggregation structure
🟢equity
https://t.co/nixhWOaFg6

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

After a record $4.2 million was committed to #restoration projects by participating #conservation groups, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and @WorldResources committees now decide which habitat and conservation projects are of the highest priority.
https://t.co/ArUg1cygEs

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Opinion | Why Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis should save #soil and water #conservation districts.
https://t.co/qcbuynb4Tr via @tdonline

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Martens can serve as an “umbrella monitoring species” for 11 other mammal species in Maine. But this cute carnivore is threatened by recent intense timber removal activities.
https://t.co/cBYA1m6yMR

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Conservation Finance Boot Camp is livestreaming direct from the classroom! June 27-30 at @cnt4collabcons @ColoradoStateU w/@UWENR: https://t.co/PA8ZzhY3Vw #conservationfinance #CFbootcamp

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Calling all fund managers, advisors, project developers, intermediaries, investors & partners: join our CF Conference with @CreditSuisse May 12 to explore the latest public/private sector innovation & how institutional investors are stepping up 🦏🦈🌲 https://t.co/Yfg3TnVMft

[Leigh Whelpton @LeighWhelpton]

It's the Super-Year for Nature⁠—an inflection point for #ConservationFinance. Join us virtually May 12th for our 9th Conservation Finance Conference w/@CreditSuisse @AtkinsonCenter @EquilibriumCap Lyme Timber, Seale & Associates & @ConsFinance: https://t.co/MIBYGStUGp #impinv

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

#soy was responsible for 10% of #deforestation across South America in the last 20 years. Brazil is the world’s third-largest soy producer, but its Indigenous peoples are working to protect their lands and develop sustainable businesses.

[Yale Environment 360 @YaleE360]

The Kayapó of Brazil are fighting an intensifying battle to save their land from illegal logging and mining.

“If there were no more Kayapó territory, then there would definitely be no more forest at all," says one expert.
https://t.co/vqLdl0PW4o

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

A growing number of scholars are calling to forest data FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable 🌳🌳

[Nidhi Vinod @NidhiVinod4]

Important paper:
Making forest data fair and open
https://t.co/L8EQWDiGqW

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Conservation groups restore habitats for endangered wildlife on the South Texas border. These actions help protect and create habitats for wildlife like the endangered ocelots.
https://t.co/BqsUuFpBzX

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

@IowaStateU study finds that farmland leases of at least two years spur #conservation action, such as cover crops, grass buffer strips and other practices.
https://t.co/0uQsg2R4sO

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

Cash for conservation: A Canadian farmer, in collaboration with Wild Sheep Society of B.C., is helping save bighorn sheep from deadly bacteria by buying discarded wool.
https://t.co/l8b6uyz8NB

[Conservation Finance @ConsFinance]

South Africa is piloting its first internationally certified carbon program for the agricultural sector - known as AgriCarbon - to help curb GHG emissions. Dairy farms release large amounts of methane and nitrogen.
https://t.co/ZYtsMSTQSP