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How Landscape Conservation Partnerships Are Working to Address Climate Change

This paper examines the experience of collaborative partnerships in dealing with climate change. The examination draws from a recent online survey of landscape conservation partnerships, interviews with over 40 practitioners, web research, and email communications. The paper presents practices that appear to be most effective and makes re...
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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute Working Paper
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration

Conservation Finance Glossary

Conservation Finance Network

A glossary of conservation-related abbreviations, acronyms and terms.
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Resource Type Other
Topic Finance

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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Resource Type Other
Topic Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

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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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Finance / Green Infrastructure / Stewardship and Land Management

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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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication
Topic Finance / Green Infrastructure / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

ILCN e-Newsletter, May 2016

ILCN will be at Rally in October. Updates from Armenia and Chile.
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter
Topic Finance / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

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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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Webinars
Topic Finance / Organization and Governance

ILCN e-Newsletter, March 2016

Inaugural e-newsletter for the ILCN, with updates from, and since, the 2015 Berlin Congress.
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter
Topic Finance / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

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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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

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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Resource Type Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

Profitability and Sustainability in Responsible Forestry; Economic Impacts of FSC Certification on Forest Operations

WWF Report: 2015

This study seeks to advance knowledge about the impact of FSC certification on a company’s “bottom line” through primary research on 11 forestry entities operating across four continents. More than 500 original data points are analysed to assess upfront investments, annual costs, annual benefits, and the overall net present value (N...
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Resource Type Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Stewardship and Land Management