The IUCN has worked to set up an incubator for nature conservation to provide technical expertise, guidance, advice and resources to protected areas seeking to improve their business model and achieve financial sustainability. More information can be found on the flyer below as well as on their website. If you have any questions or would be interested in contributing as a partner, please send an email to financeincubator@iucn.org.
Lestari Capital Webinar
Lestari Capital and its first product, The Sustainable Commodities Compensation Mechanism (SCCM) unlocks market-linked finance to conserve and rehabilitate the world’s most at-risk landscapes. Lestari Capital engineers solutions for leading agro-commodities, transportation and energy companies, leveraging the same market forces that drive revenues in these sectors to provide new investment capital for environmental initiatives.
Working together closely with industry sustainability organizations, Lestari Capital develops market mechanisms that help individual companies meet their commitments for certification and membership. Instead of a project-centric approach, Lestari Capital addresses the other half of the equation by driving and aggregating new demand for conservation, ecosystem services and greenhouse gas emission reductions.
On September 26th, Lestari Capital will be hosting a webinar to open discussion on SCCM with CFA members. Registration will open in a few days and a follow up email will be sent out to our network with the information necessary to join in.
More information on Lestari Capital is available here, and, if you would like to learn more about SCCM a fact sheet is available for download.
International Marine Protected Areas Congress
This coming September, the 4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4) will be held in La Serena-Coquimbo, Chile. With the motto, Marine Protected Areas: Bringing the People and Ocean Together, IMPAC4 "will focus on the need to highlight the intricate nature of ocean-human relationship and the benefits of marine protected areas and the ocean for millions that depends on their ecosystem services."* At the Congress the CFA will be involved in several presentations regarding Conservation Finance. A summary of these events, put together by Sylvie Goyet, can be downloaded here. This summary will continue to be updated and shared on our website.
For you members that are lucky enough to be attending and/or presenting we would love to help keep you updated and connected before and during the Congress. By filling out the form through our website we can add you to an email list and share your contact information with one another before you head to Chile.
*taken from IMPAC4 website
PEMSEA Seeks Investment Specialist
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia has a career opening for an Investment Specialist in Manila, Philippines. The chosen candidate will be responsible for building and managing an Ocean Investment Facility for the region, including pre-investment activities and coordination between multiple partners and funds devoted to channeling private and donor capital into bankable projects supporting the sustainable development of coasts and oceans.
Applications must be submitted by September 15th, 2017.
For further information on the position as well as how to apply please see the Terms of Reference.
New Database of Protected Areas Business Plans
Government of Seychelles-UNDP-GEF Protected Area Finance and Outer Islands projects will be hosting a Business Planning workshop for Protected Areas in Seychelles in September. In preparation for this training, they have developed a database containing over 40 examples of terrestrial and marine business plans from around the world and guidelines for their development. They hope that this is also a useful resource for other countries. The projects would like to thank all the professionals that contributed literature to this resource folder.
The dropbox link to this database is available here or through the library on our website.
Please feel free to share with colleagues, download and add more business plans.
If you would like any more information about the Protected Area Finance project in Seychelles please contact the project directly.
WCS Seeks Associate-Level Climate Scientist
The Wildlife Conservation Society is currently seeking an associate-level climate scientist for a full-time position in Bozeman, Montana through the America's Program. The WCS America’s Program, spanning North and South America, works to conserve a strategic set of wildlife and wild places, and to address the crosscutting conservation challenges of ecological connectivity, natural resource extraction, and climate change. The Climate Change Assistant Conservationist hired to work in this program will provide scientific, conservation, and technical support for climate change adaptation projects at several landscapes across North and South America, aimed at applying best-available climate change science to identify or modify conservation and management practices.
If interested in applying, please see the full Terms of Reference and submit necessary materials via WCS's Website. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
BIOFIN Seeking Applicants for Consulting Contract
BIOFIN is looking for applicants for a consulting contract dealing with the preparation of a Biodiversity Finance Plan (BFP) in Georgia. The expert chosen will be responsible for preparation of BFP following the guidance provided by the current version of the BIOFIN Workbook and in close collaboration with the BIOFIN National Team. The work will take place over 6 months and be mostly home-based with two five day business trips to Georgia.
For a full description of the opportunity please visit the UNDP Jobs site. Applicants must submit materials before the 16th of August, 2017.
Environmental Funds Tool Kit Back Online
As CFA continues to move forward we are working on fixing issues with the site, and the Environmental Funds Tool Kit is officially back up and running. This Tool Kit shares the experiences of contributing Environmental Funds – their legal documents, manuals, plans, and communications materials. The goal is to help guide the creation and start-up of new Funds, promote best practices for existing Funds, and increase the efficiency and effectiveness to secure, and expend, reliable funding streams for biodiversity conservation. We hope this will continue to be a helpful tool for you all to utilize in your work.
Within the toolkit there are still a few broken links that are connected to the old site. If you run into any issues with these please feel free to contact our secretariat to get everything sorted out.
The toolkit can be found here or through the affiliated page on the CFA Website.
OXFAM Webinar: Learning from Extractive Industry Negotiations with Indigenous Peoples
OXFAM, Conservation International, and Rainforest Foundation invite you to attend a panel discussion with Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh.
The webinar is titled: Let’s Make a Deal? Learning from Extractive Industry Negotiations with Indigenous Peoples. The webinar will take place at Oxfam America on Tuesday, July 18, from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm. (Oxfam America Office, 1101 17th St NW, Suite 1300, Washington, DC 20036.)
Professor O’Faircheallaigh has over two decades of experience working with indigenous peoples on agreement making, and will share key findings from his analysis of 45 negotiations between indigenous peoples and mining companies in Australia and Canada. Discussants will comment on their varied experiences with negotiation processes around extractive industry projects and will consider the potential for drawing on best practice from industrialized countries for application to developing countries.
Panelists:
- Anne Marie Sam, First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining, Canada
- Vichet Mong, Highlanders Association, Cambodia
- Prabindra Shakya, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
- Ximena Warnaars, Ford Foundation, USA (moderator)
You can RSVP here for the Oxfam presentation in-person or livestream. For more information, please contact Kate Stanley at OXFAM. The event will be available via livestream here.
Two More Weeks to Submit Proposals to ILCN
The International Land Conservation Network will be accepting proposals for panels and presentations at their 2018 Global Congress. Proposals can be submitted here and will be accepted until July 21st.
Proposals for presentations or panels within any of these topic areas are welcome:
- Conservation finance
- Law and policy
- Organization and governance
- Land management, restoration, and stewardship
More information on the proposal process is available here.
The 2018 Global Congress will be held in Santiago, Chile on January 24-26, 2018.
Registration will open this fall.
For more information on attending, submitting a workshop proposal, or about the Congress in general, please see the website here or contact Emily Myron, Project Manager for the ILCN at emyron@lincolninst.edu or +1 617-503-2212