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Although
governments, multilateral agencies and NGOs have increasingly
recognized the need to develop sustainable conservation finance
mechanisms and have pioneered many mechanisms that dedicate
long-term funding for environmental protection, these efforts
have not achieved the scale of impact required to meet the
global conservation funding challenge.
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The CFA is a collaborative effort to promote sufficient
and sustainable funding for biodiversity conservation
worldwide.
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The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) was created to
catalyze increased and sustainable public and private
financing for biodiversity conservation to support
the effective implementation of global commitments
to conservation.
The CFA was established
in February 2002 in order to encourage and enhance
collaboration among institutions and organizations
involved in the sustainable financing of biodiversity
conservation. CFA membership has been growing with
the addition now of FUNBIO and Chemonics
International, as a first-year observer (see
the
Letter
of Intent institutions need to sign to join the
CFA). Other members include
PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the
Conservation Development
Centre, as well
as many others! See the fully updated list of
CFA members. |
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News Corner
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Read about how UNDP-GEF is looking
at ways to finance a more effective protected-area system in
Namibia!
UNEP and 14 investment companies
launch a ground-breaking report! Read about it
here! The governments of Paraguay and the
USA have just signed a
new debt-for-nature deal.
Read about it
here!
Job Opportunities!
Positions available for a new UNDP/GEF project
CAMBio:Central American Markets for Biodiversity: Mainstreaming
biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
within micro-small and medium size enterprise development and
financing.
Read more
here!
Zambians Trade Guns for Honey
on Road to Sustainability
Read more about this unique program taking place in Zambia!
Creation of new
trust fund
A new non-profit
organization, the
Dutch
Caribbean Nature Alliance, has been created to protect
nature and promote sustainable management of natural resources
on the six Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao,
Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten. Funds to support this
organization will be generated through the creation of a
trust fund! UNEP/GEF has recently approved of another
conservation-finance related project. Read about it
here!
Jacque Chirac proposes an airline
tax to fund Millenium Development Goals. Read more about it
here!
Carbon offsets are being sold on ebay! Read about this
interesting activity here!
Official Development Assistance increases but 2006 targets
still a challenge. Read more here!
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CFA
Site Updates! |
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Click
here
to
read the fourth edition of our Conservation Finance Newsletter!
New links
have been added to our
Website Links
page!
Presentations
from the June/July 2006 Vilm Workshop on Fundraising for
Conservation Trust Funds are now available.
Read about the latest
in conservation finance
projects
being implemented and supported by CFA members!
Sign
up to join our mailing list for the Conservation Finance
Newsletter!
Regarde!
¡Ojo!
The Conservation
Finance Guide is now available in
French
thanks
to support from the German Cooperation Agency (GTZ), the
Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC), and UNESCO.
We also have the chapter on Environmental Trust Funds translated
into
Russian
and have some
Spanish
translations (Traduciones
en español) available.
Latest Conservation
Finance Papers added:
▪Concession
Best Practices: White Paper
▪Value
of Biodiversity: Documenting EU examples where biodiversity loss
has led to the loss of ecosystem services
▪Valuing
our natural environment
▪Sustainable
financing & Payments for Environmental Services: InfoExchange
Newsletter. Click
here
to find out how to receive this PES newsletter on a regular
basis.
▪Sustainable
financing of protected areas: A global review of challenges and options
- Final version
▪Rainforest
Expeditions: Where to next?
▪Ecotourism
investment and development models: Donors, NGOs and private
entrepreneurs
▪Accounting approach for protected areas
▪Mapping
conservation investments: an assessment of biodiversity funding
in Latin America and the Caribbean
▪Business
plan for the Uganda Wildlife Education Center
▪Payments
for environmental services: an annotated bibliography
▪Innovative
financing mechanisms for conservation and sustainable forest management
▪Dollars
and sense
▪Ecology
is key to effective aid
▪Bridging
the gulf...
▪Ecosystem
Services of Tropical Landscapes
Funding
Opportunities!
The GEF
has approved two PDFA proposals dealing with conservation
finance. Read more about them here!
The Seed
Initiative (Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and
Development) is soliciting applications for its awards.
More information on these opportunities and more can be found
here!
Plus we have information on
training
courses dealing with conservation and sustainable use!
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Internet
Link of the Month! |
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The
Nature Valuation and Financing Network's aim is to stimulate
the development and exchange of practical tools for proper
valuation of the goods and services provided by ecosystems so
that decisions concerning economic development are made with the
full understanding of all the costs and benefits involved.
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World Wildlife Fund's Russell E. Train Education for Nature
Program maintains a
funding
source database with information on more than 150 grants,
scholarships and fellowships for conservationists throughout
the world.
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We will accelerate the delivery of conservation finance
solutions by collaborating in areas where working
together is more effective than working alone.
Statement of
Purpose
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This website, www.conservationfinance.org,
will be the home of the CFA so keep checking back as we make
updates to the site on a regular basis. One of our recent
developments is the formation of the Business
Planning Committee. We have started to post organizational
business plans on this page,
and have just added the business plan for the
Uganda
Wildlife Education Centre!
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Message from the CFA
We
are pleased to announce that
FUNBIO, the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund, has
joined the CFA. FUNBIO was founded in 1995 to
complement governmental action to conserve and
sustainably use Brazil's biological diversity,
in accordance with the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD), and the National Biological
Biodiversity Program (Pronabio). FUNBIO
provides financial and material support to
initiatives related to conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity resources in
Brazil. We are hopeful that with the addition of
a South American national trust fund, the CFA
will be able to reach an even-larger audience.
Welcome FUNBIO!
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This site will also host information
about the Inter-Agency
Planning Group (IPG) and will, in addition, provide
general information on projects arising from the collaboration
of members of the Alliance (see the updated CD available
online - Conservation
Finance Guide - English,
French,
Spanish and
Russian). As part of that, we are proud to
serve as the online host of various conservation finance-related
conferences, such as the:
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Sustainable Finance Mechanisms for Conservation -
Fundraising for Conservation Trust Funds in Central
Asia, Russia and the Caucasus
June 29 - July 3, 2006
Vilm, Germany |
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Financing biodiversity action for achieving the 2010
targets
A Workshop sponsored by the Conservation Finance
Alliance
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Global Biodiversity Forum
Curitiba, Brazil |
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Sustainable Finance Mechanisms for Conservation -
Conservation Trust Funds
November 9 - 13, 2005
Vilm, Germany |
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Atelier
de formation sur les mecanismes de financement
pour la conservation et la gestion durable des
ressources naturelles
5-8 juillet 2005
Libreville, Gabon |
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Towards
Sustainable Financing for National Protected
Area Systems:
a CFA-hosted side event
June 14, 2005
Montecatini, Italy |
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Post-World
Parks Congress Event at the COP-7
February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sustainable
Finance Stream at the World Parks Congress
September 2003, Durban, South Africa. |
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Proceedings of
the Workshop "Conservation Trust Funds in
CIS countries," Isle of Vilm, Germany
April 2003, Vilm, Germany |
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First
African Conference on Environmental Funds
April 2002, Arusha, Tanzania |
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We've
been reviewed! The CFA's CD-Rom Conservation
Finance Guide was reviewed
by the Asian Development Bank Institute. The CD received
a 4/5 ranking! Read the full
review here! |
Upcoming
CF-Related Meetings and Courses
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Forest Trends and the
Katoomba Group are preparing two meetings for
October and November of 2006. These Katoomba Group
events include both global and regional components for
Tropical America and East and Southern Africa. Read more
about these meetings
here! |
Ninth Biennial Conference of International Society of Ecological
Economics on "Ecological
Sustainability and Human Well Being"
December 15 - 19, 2006
New Delhi, India |
GreenPower Energy Conferences provide targeted
business-to-business events that facilitate networking,
sales and innovation.Click here
to learn more about their upcoming events, including the
Carbon Markets Asia meeting and Renewable Energy Finance
Asia, both in June in Hong Kong. |
For
more information on the CFA, please contact:
Conservation
Finance Alliance
info@conservationfinance.org
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