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A Tale of Two Parcels: Case Examples Using REPI in Coastal Georgia

Michele Haynes
December 20, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Habitat
In the southeast corner of Georgia, bisected by Interstate 95, sits the county of Camden. One side of the county features a complex coastline highlighted by the winding East River and Satilla Rivers and their tributaries. The Cumberland barrier island sits atop these river mouths dampening the wave action from...
Cash flows and rivers flow

The Washington Farmland Trust, which crafted the Conservation Note, provided this image. 

Good Crops, Good Credit: How a Northwest Land Trust Sustains Farmland With Capital

Katie Michels
November 20, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
  • Habitat
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
  • Philanthropy
How does a farmer with no desire to keep growing crops become a catalyst for financial value and land preservation? The Washington Farmland Trust worked with a farmer at the end of his career to craft a financial package that would keep his land from developers, sustain ecosystem services, and...
So this panther walks into a bank...

(Courtesy Mark Conlin/Alamy, via the NRDC website.)

Species and Habitat Conservation Banking

Amanda Zhang, Katie Allen
September 30, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Habitat
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
*It should be noted that with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, many conservation banks along with other conservation projects are facing uncertain futures because the pandemic has put a stress on current and future funding. For many years, conservationists, landowners, and developers have met at crossroads when handling cases of endangered...

Beyond Easements: Broader Approaches for Greater Conservation Outcomes

Michele Haynes
August 24, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
Easements unlock value for landowners and preserve land for everyone else. With challenges to our ecosystem and economy coming faster and from more directions, conservation leaders need tools that apply more quickly or in quirkier situations. This toolkit looks over a range of techniques that extend conservation to situations where...

New Forest Carbon Offset Strategies Turn to Small Landowners for Big Impact

Marisa Repka
July 24, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Forest
  • Habitat
  • Impact Investing
Forest carbon offset companies see a source of credit, and value, in small forest owners. These owners, in turn, see offsets as a way to sustain their assets. What does this emerging field need to normalize about valuation, verification and communication to make deeper financial and ecological impact?
Nathalie Woolworth

Forging Fresh Ideas for Forests: An Interview with Nathalie Woolworth

Michele Haynes
July 22, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Forest
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
In May, the Network spoke to Nathalie Woolworth, conservation finance manager of the United States Forest Service about the Innovative Finance for National Forests program. This program offers $1.8 million in grants for the development and deployment of innovative financial models to support resilience of the National Forests.
Copper Creek, courtesy the Conservation Fund, photo by Bill Mullens

How do you ascribe dollars to this? (Photo by Bill Mullins, courtesy the Conservation Fund)

Book Excerpt: Valuing Nature

William J. Ginn
May 19, 2020
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  • Blended Finance
  • Impact Investing
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Island Press’ publication of Valuing Nature: A Handbook for by William Ginn comes 15 years after his first book helped launch what became the Network. While the lessons captured in prior works still ring true, the conservation finance field has experienced rapid growth in recent years...
In the nation's Covid epicenter, a well-funded park stokes wellness

New York City's Brooklyn Bridge Park, here on a morning during the Covid shutdown, blends public and private capital to broaden open space access. More neighborhoods need parks like this. 

A Necessity, Not A Luxury: Crisis Reasserts Why Everyone Needs Open Space

Allegra Wrocklage, Spencer Meyer
April 21, 2020
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America has a long tradition of creating public parks and open space, from the rugged wilds of our National Parks and National Forests to the pocket park down the road from our homes. Today, in the midst of Covid-19 social distancing, those of us who are fortunate to have access...

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