CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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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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