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Events and Webinars

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Presentation Webinars from CFA Incubator Cohort 3

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CFA and OCTO are hosting a series of webinars

The Webinar Series features five (5) webinars each with two projects per session that present the main conclusions and finance solutions developed by the 10 projects of CFA Incubator Cohort 3 during 2025.

The Webinar series, co-hosted with OCTO, is part of the CFA Incubator, supported by Milkywire’s Nature Transformation Fund, in collaboration with Klarna.

Meet the finalists of round 3

CFA incubator - Presentations Cohort 3

🌱 Webinar 1: Making Conservation Investable: Impact Bonds for People and Nature

🎣 The Salmon Impact Bond

Presented by Ross Dixon & Audrey Maria Popa (Coast Funds) and Raven Walkus (Wuikinuxv First Nation).
An Indigenous-led initiative advancing salmon habitat restoration and community development in Canada.

🔹 Karukinka’s Impact Bond and Sustainable Finance (WCS Chile)
Presented by Melissa Carmody (WCS Chile)
A diversified sustainable finance approach supporting the conservation of Karukinka Park in Tierra del Fuego, Chile.

📅 Tuesday, January 20 - ⏰ 11 am EST | 8 am PST | 1 pm CLST | 4 pm UTC | 4 pm GMT

👉 Watch the recording

🌊 Webinar 2: Financing the Sustainable Transition of Small-Scale Fisheries

🐟 Marine Conservation Incentives
Presented by Hollie Booth (University of Oxford & Kebersamaan Untuk Lautan)
A scalable, evidence-based incentive model being piloted in Indonesia to protect marine biodiversity while safeguarding the livelihoods and wellbeing of coastal communities.

🔹 BlueMove Fund for Small-Scale Fisheries in Africa
Presented by Camille Richer and Yousr Benfadhel (BlueMove / BlueSeeds)
A new nature-positive fund combining technical assistance and concessional finance to support sustainable fishing, regenerative blue economy activities, and MPAs in Tunisia and Senegal.

📅 Thursday, January 22 - ⏰ 9 am EST | 6 am PST | 2 pm UTC | 3 pm CET | 10 pm WITA

👉 Watch the recording

🌍 Webinar 3: Sustainable Finance in Africa: Tourism and Blended Finance Solutions

✈️ Global Green Visa®
Presented by Bhalin Singh (Prajna Ventures)
An innovative mechanism that embeds a transparent conservation contribution into national e-visa systems—transforming tourism into a consistent, scalable revenue stream for biodiversity.

🌿 Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCA) Infrastructure Finance Facility
 Presented by Onkemetse Nteta (IUCN)
A regional blended finance facility designed to mobilize long-term funding for conservation and infrastructure across TFCAs in Southern Africa.

📅 Monday, January 26 - ⏰ 9 am EST | 6 am PST | 2 pm UTC | 3 pm CET | 4 pm CAT/SAST

👉 Watch the recording

🌍 Webinar 4: Trust Funds as Engines for Nature Finance: Debt Conversion in Cuba and a Biodiversity and Climate Fund in Madagascar and Africa

🔹 Debt Conversion for Nature and a Conservation Trust Fund in Cuba
Presented by Fernando Bretos (Cresta Coastal Network)
A pioneering effort to develop Cuba’s first debt conversion for nature and an independent Conservation Trust Fund, channeling fiscal savings into biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, and sustainable fisheries.

🔹 Mitsiry Biodiversity and Climate Technical Assistance Facility
Presented by Blanda Andrimamy & Lea Méléard (Miarakap)
A blended finance approach combining a $50M investment fund with a dedicated technical assistance facility to support biodiversity-positive enterprises in Madagascar and Eastern & Southern Africa.

📅 Thursday, February 5 - ⏰ 9 am EST | 6 am PST | 2 pm UTC | 5 pm EAT

👉 Register here.

🌍 Webinar 5: Making Conservation Enterprises Investable: Low-Impact Scallop Harvesting and Improving Biodiversity Outcome Tracking

🐚 Finance Solutions for Sustainable Scallop Fisheries
Presented by Tom Hooper (Fishtek Marine Ltd)
An innovative, low-impact method for harvesting scallops using pots as an alternative to damaging dredging.

🦜 The BirdsPlus Index
Presented by Eliot Miller (American Bird Conservancy)
A science-based tool to measure, report, and validate biodiversity outcomes for conservation finance, impact investing, and nature-positive action.

📅 Thursday, February 12 - ⏰ 12 pm EST | 9 am PST | 5 pm UTC | 5 pm GMT | 6 pm CET

👉 Register here.

Blended Finance for Nature-based Solutions: Experiences from the Asia Natural Capital Design Funding Window

Blended Finance for Nature-based Solutions: Experiences from the Asia Natural Capital Design Funding Window

Join us for this webinar on Tuesday, January 18 from 9:00-10:00 AM EST for Europe and USA East Coast, or on Wednesday, January 19 from 9:30-10:30 AM SGT for Asia and USA West Coast, where Convergence will provide an overview of our Design Funding program and an in-depth look at the Asia Natural Capital Design Funding Window, including insights on types of solutions supported, target geography, how to apply, eligibility and evaluation criteria, and much more.

Securing Sustainable Financing for Conservation Areas: A Guide to Project Finance for Permanence

Securing Sustainable Financing for Conservation Areas: A Guide to Project Finance for Permanence

In the face of the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, governments and their partners in civil society have increased their efforts to protect and conserve nature in line with the anticipated global goal to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. Reaching this goal will require more—and more effectively managed—protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, but current funding is not enough to cover existing needs or to increase the areas under protection.

This webinar will provide an overview of the main characteristics of PFPs and present the new guide, followed by discussion with a diverse panel of stakeholders from PFPs currently being implemented.

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds: Safeguards

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds: Safeguards

Please join us for our 10th webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for CTFs. Octobers webinar will focus on Risk Management and Safeguards, a new core area in the 2020 edition of the Standards. Kathy Mikitin, the chair of the CFA's task force on Environmental and Social Safeguards, will present an overview of the topic, and Lourdes Lares from Profonanpe will share their experiences with safeguards.

IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC)

IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC)

The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) is the first ever continent-wide gathering of African leaders, citizens, and interest groups to discuss the role of protected areas in conserving nature, safeguarding Africa’s iconic wildlife, delivering vital life-supporting ecosystem services, promoting sustainable development while conserving Africa’s cultural heritage and traditions.

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds - Using the Standards: Accreditation

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds - Using the Standards: Accreditation

The ninth webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for CTFs will focus on how the Standards can support CTFs in the process of becoming accredited by partners like the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund. The webinar will be conducted as part of the RedLAC Virtual Assembly during the last week of September.