CFA Webinar: Conservation Actions and Measurements Library (CAML)

Please join us on Friday February 19th at 11am Eastern Time to learn from Nick Salafsky about the Conservation Actions and Measures Library (CAML) under development by Foundations of Success.

CAML can help practitioners find generic theory of change pathways that serve as templates for their project’s specific conservation actions and strategies. It can also help managers and funders develop standard objectives and performance indicators to report on similar actions across a portfolio of actions. It is our hope that CAML will provide the basis for systematic learning about the conditions under which different actions work.

We will discuss how we could use the CAML framework to create theory of change pathways for conservation finance solutions as a tool to increase understanding and capacity to use these tools.

See this video for more information.

WHEN: 11am ET Friday, February 19th, 2021
WHERE: RSVP Below

Nick Salafsky is Executive Director and Co-Founder of FOS. In this role, he works with conservation practitioners across the United States and around the world to define clear and practical measures of conservation success, determine sound guiding principles for using conservation strategies, and develop the knowledge and skills of individuals and organizations to do good adaptive management. Nick is also product manager for the Miradi Adaptive Management Software program (www.miradi.org).


This webinar is hosted by the Marine and Coastal Finance Working Group of the Conservation Finance Alliance. Jos Hill will chair the discussion. If you have any questions, please contact Jos at jos@oceandesignlab.com

Webinar: Conservation Trust Funds

Closing The Gap: Financing and Resourcing of Protected and Conserved Areas in Eastern and Southern Africa

Following the successful launch of the report Closing the Gap - Financing and Resourcing of Protected and Conserved Areas, partners including the IUCN, World Commission on Protected Areas and Conservation International invite you to this event on Conservation Trust Funds as a means to increase revenue, enhance sustainability and improve management efficiency.

When: December 9th, 15:30 EAT
RSVP: Required

Speaking on the panel is our very own Katy Mathias!

Please register below!

CFA Webinar: Debt Conversions

Please join the us for a webinar on debt conversions (also known as debt for climate and nature swaps), a finance instrument that allows countries to reduce their national debt and reallocate funds for sustainable development and conservation projects.

Date: November 16th
Time: 11:00am EST
RSVP: Required

During the webinar, we will provide a brief overview of this instrument and some lessons learned from previous projects. We will also engage the authors of the recently released paper "Tackling the Triple Crisis: Using debt swaps to address debt, climate and nature loss post-COVID19" along with a Q&A session moderated by CFA's Executive Director, David Meyers. 

Miss the webinar? View it below!

Please join the us for a webinar on debt conversions (also known as debt for climate and nature swaps), a finance instrument that allows countries to reduce ...

Meet our panelists

Paul Steele - International Institute for Environment and Development

Paul Steele, chief economist for IIED, is focused on the linkages between environment, climate and poverty reduction and has more than 20 years' experience working for international organisations, including the United Nations Development Programme, the European Union, the World Bank and the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Sejal Patel - International Institute for Environment and Development

Sejal Patel is an environmental economist who has worked in public policy analysis, climate finance and governance, and climate-resilient development. Her work concentrates on bridging international, national and local level climate policy responses and resourcing

Kevin Bender - The Nature Conservancy

Kevin Bender is TNC’s Acting Deputy Managing Director, NatureVest. He leads TNC’s initiatives to finance conservation and climate adaptation via the structuring of sovereign debt conversions globally.

SeyCCAT Webinar

Partnerships for ocean conservation and climate action.

This year, we celebrate 5 years since the establishment of SeyCCAT. SeyCCAT has successfully turned a blue economy vision into concrete impactful action. Within 5 years, the funds available for the sustainable financing of ocean conservation, sustainable fisheries and climate action, via the Blue Grants Fund, has more than tripled. So far, SeyCCAT has channelled more than SCR 6.9 million (approximately, US$ 500,000) to support marine protected areas and the Seychelles marine spatial plan. It continues to support Seychelles' ocean and climate ambition by supporting the marine spatial planning initiative and the integration of blue carbon into Seychelles' nationally determined contributions. SeyCCAT's success is intertwined with the support it has received from its partners. To commemorate SeyCCAT@5, its webinar is dedicated to partnerships for ocean conservation and climate action!

Africa’s Ocean Innovation Summit pitch opportunity!

Africa’s Ocean Innovation Summit pitch opportunity!

Ocean Innovation Africa is looking for African-based startups (or operating in Africa with local offices) with disruptive business models and/or innovative products and services with direct or indirect positive impact on the oceans to feature in the pitch competition at Ocean Innovation Africa 2020.

Know of a potential startup? Let them know!

Read more here

CFA webinar: Launch of the CFA’s “Conservation Trust Funds 2020: Global Vision, Local Action”

Date: November 12th
Time: 11am -12:30pm EST
RSVP: Required

Please join us on Thursday, November 12 for the long-awaited launch of "Conservation Trust Funds 2020: Global Vision, Local Action,"- a comprehensive analysis of Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) over the past decade and into the future.
 
During this 90-minute webinar, authors Paquita Bath, Amilcar Guzmán-Valladares, Viviana Luján-Gallegos, and Katy Mathias will share key findings from the report.

Thierry Renaud from the MAVA Foundation and Bryna Griffin from BirdLife, donors to the project, will share some remarks.

David Meyers will moderate the panel discussion 
 

Meet our panelists:

Natalia Arango, Executive Director, Fondo Acción 
Scott Lampman, Director, Tropical Forest Conservation Act Secretariat, USAID
Sean Nazerali, Director of Innovative Financing, BIOFUND

This 10-year review was produced as a project of CFA's Environmental Funds Working Group, by a consulting team of Wolfs Company and Aligning Visions, in partnership with a highly engaged CFA Task Force. RedLAC and CAFÉ were key project partners.
 
The study was made possible through funding from Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre, Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial (FFEM), Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat, Master Capital LLC, MAVA Foundation, Trillion Trees (including BirdLife International, Wildlife Conservation Society and WWF-UK), and WWF-US.

We look forward to seeing you!

Photo credit: Jlhopgood

Sustainable Finance for Conservation RedLAC / CAFÉ (Virtual Conference)

RedLAC and CAFÉ invite you to register to our joint virtual congress that will happen from October 6th to 8th, 2020, and will be focused on finding new opportunities for the planet in the post-2020 agenda.

The event will have multiple sessions with high-level speakers that will address the future of CTFs, fundraising priorities, the 30x30 goals, social and environmental safeguards, private sector engagement, and sustainable investment. There will also be opportunities for virtual networking between participants and cultural exchanges. All sessions (except for breakout rooms) will be translated to Spanish and French.

Register for free and engage with a global community of conservation finance practitioners, including environmental funds, donors, impact investors, NGOs, the private sector, and government authorities.

Beyond Tourism in Africa: Diversifying Community Livelihoods From Wildlife (Application Window Open)

The Luc Hoffmann Institute, the African Leadership University’s School of Wildlife Conservation and the WWF Regional Office for Africa are launching a global innovation challenge. This challenges aims to discover and incubate new revenue models that do not depend on tourism, but still enable local communities within African countries to obtain their livelihoods from wildlife, manage their natural resources sustainably, and improve their collective wellbeing. Participants have the chance to win a place in the African Leadership University’s incubation programme and access to seed money. 

Open from 1 September 2020 to 15 October 2020

Forum on Green Finance and Investment - OECD (Virtual Conference)

The OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment is the annual flagship event of the OECD Centre on Green Finance and Investment. Now in its seventh year, the Forum gathers senior policy makers and key public and private actors for action-oriented discussions on green and sustainable finance issues. 

When: October 6 - 9, 2020

Full Recording of the September 16th High-Level Event!

Following the successful launch of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR), we are pleased to provide a full recording of the high-level event for those that may have missed it. The recording can be accessed directly or through the GFCR landing page, which will be replaced by a full website in the coming weeks. The launch of the official website will be the best place to get more information on the GFCR blended finance model, news, upcoming events and projects.

Many thanks to those that attended and our many distinguished speakers!