Guide to Conservation Finance

World Wildlife Fund

This guide informs field practitioners about which of the available financing mechanisms they could apply to achieve their conservation aims. The various mechanisms are illustrated with short case studies that demonstrate both successes and challenges.

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Conservation Finance Glossary

Conservation Finance Network

A glossary of conservation-related abbreviations, acronyms and terms.

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ICL Leadership Podcast

Institute for Conservation Leadership

Hosted by Kurt Thompson, this podcast series will keep you informed and connected with people in the field by featuring conversations on leadership, strategy, and collaboration.

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Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services Webinar Series

Center for Business and the Environment at Yale

This series of free, public webinars features an introduction to the topic of Ecosystem Services and the perspective of practitioners in the field from the NGO side and the investment community. Conservationists and investors are hoping to achieve a win-win for the economy and the environment.

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Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity

Produced for the European Commission, DG Environment by the Science Communication Unit, UWE, Bristol

This In-Depth Report explores four core facets of the ecosystem services concept: the links between biodiversity and ecosystem services; current techniques for mapping and assessing ecosystems and their services; valuation of ecosystem services and the importance of considering all ecosystem services and biodiversity as part of an interco…

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ILCN e-Newsletter, May 2016

ILCN will be at Rally in October. Updates from Armenia and Chile.

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Kinship Conservation Fellows Webinar Series

The Kinship Fellows webinars expand on themes presented during the month-long Kinship Conservation Fellows training program in order to provide global conservation leaders with access to case studies that demonstrate market-based tools. With mid-career professionals in mind, the series provides skills-based sessions on topics such as comm…

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ILCN e-Newsletter, March 2016

Inaugural e-newsletter for the ILCN, with updates from, and since, the 2015 Berlin Congress.

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Exemplary Conservation Leadership in New England and Across Six Continents (webinar)

Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation

The session features two leaders who are instrumental in shaping new models for land conservation in the northeastern United States and around the globe.

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The Role of Network Bridging Organisations in Compensation Payments for Agri-Environmental Services under the EU Common Agricultural Policy

Ecological Economics

This study found that farmers who have periodic contacts with network bridging organisations that foster cooperation and social learning in the agri-environmental landscapes show a higher commitment to change. Support for network bridging organisations is foreseen under the EU Leader programme and the EU regulation 1306/2013.

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