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Ecosystem Investment Partners Closes Fourth Conservation Fund at $455 Million

February 28, 2020
Source: ImpactAlpha
Private equity firm Ecosystem Investment Partners has been helping investors profit off of ecological restoration and conservation projects since 2007. EIP has raised nearly $1 billion from investors through three institutional funds, including $454.5 million for its latest fund, Ecosystem Investment Partners IV.
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Commentary

Carbon Taxes Are Key to Stop Deforestation

February 28, 2020
Source: Climate Home News
Economists and scientists agree that carbon taxes help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by creating an incentive for people to use less fossil fuels. But that’s not all they can do.
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Commentary

Fervidly Facilitating Financial Feats

February 28, 2020
Source: Land Trust Alliance
"It didn't surprise me that interest in last month's Chesapeake Intensive course was robust. The event brought together land trust staff and partners from across the watershed with a faculty of national and regional experts to discuss forest carbon offsets, revolving water funds, voluntary surcharges, state revolving funds, pay-for-success outcomes-based contracting and financing and more."
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Watershed Finance Models: Comparing Structure, Scalability and Scope

Monday, March 02, 2020 from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
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In this webinar, we will hear about two water fund models that differ in both the types of watersheds that they seek to protect and the types of finance they seek to leverage. We will then discuss the lessons learned from each model and compare their potential for scale and replication in different types of geographic settings. Ashley Allen Jones (i2 Capital) will present her work with the Revolving Water Fund, an innovative conservation finance model that aligns the interests of farmers, conservationists, municipalities, regulators and impact investors to address conservation on a watershed scale. The model, piloted in the Brandywine-Christina Watershed in Pennsylvania and Delaware, invests in structural agricultural BMPs in partnership with farmers and conservation organizations, and then transfers such reductions to municipal entities and water companies as a mechanism for water quality compliance. In so doing, the Revolving Water Fund creates a sustained pool of capital to fund priority agriculture-based pollution reduction strategies. Spencer Meyer (Highstead Foundation, Sebago Clean Waters Initiative) will introduce the Sebago Clean Waters initiative, a conservation collaborative and water fund serving the Greater Portland, Maine region in an effort to secure permanently the forests that naturally filter the drinking water for 1/6th of...
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External News

USDA Invites Input on Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Rule

January 30, 2020
Source: PR Newswire
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service seeks public comments on its interim rule for the Agricultural Program. The rule – now available on the Federal Register – takes effect on publication and includes changes to the program prescribed by the 2018 Farm Bill.
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Mirova: A Natural Approach to Investment

January 30, 2020
Source: Environmental Finance
Mirova's Natural Capital Platform is looking to generate attractive returns and positive impact from investments in sustainable agriculture, fisheries and conservation. CEO Philippe Zaouati spoke to Environmental Finance.
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Call for Proposals Open for CFA Incubator Until January 31

January 30, 2020
Source: Conservation Finance Alliance
Are you a conservation finance entrepreneur? Do you have an idea that can leverage the power of finance for conservation? The Alliance (CFA) Incubator seeks to identify, support and promote innovative ideas and solutions to conservation finance challenges that have significant positive conservation impacts.
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Commentary

How to Generate Private Financing Flows for Conservation Outcomes

January 30, 2020
Source: IUCN
A summary of the presentations made during the fifth in a series of webinars examining how civil society organizations are engaging business on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.

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