CONSERVATION NEWS

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The year ahead: Funding critical commitments to nature

By Mary Kate McCoy

January 26, 2023
The recent United Nations biodiversity and climate summits ended with major commitments for stemming climate change and stopping the loss of biodiversity. As nations now turn to implementing these ambitious goals, there’s one persistent sticking point: funding.
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What on Earth is ‘conservation finance’?

By Bruno Vander Velde

December 2, 2016
This range of financial tools might be the final frontier for protecting nature.
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New bond aims to unlock private investment to protect forests

By Bruno Vander Velde

October 31, 2016
This first-of-its-kind investment mechanism could stimulate investor demand for reducing deforestation.
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Trust fund to help protect some of Philippines’ last primary forests

By Molly Bergen

October 7, 2016
A new trust fund aims to finance the management of the Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape.
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