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...as Small Forests' Capital Needs Come Into Focus

May 05, 2020
Source: HuffPost
Small forests add up to potentially significant pools of carbon storage. Carbon credits as structured don't make that an economic business for small owners- yet.
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Capitalizing on Climate Change

January 30, 2020
Source: The River
In August, an estimated 4.6 million acres of the Amazon rainforest burned in a government-condoned campaign to clear land for crops and cattle. What most of the world saw as a hopeless and horrifying political problem, though, Bjorn Otto saw as a math problem. And math problems can be solved.
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Dutch Government and Rabobank Announce Anchor Investments in AGRI3 Fund

January 30, 2020
Source: UN Environment Programme
The $1 billion sustainable agriculture and forestry initiative “AGRI3” has been strengthened by two new cornerstone investors. At the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it will become an anchor public investor in the AGRI3 Fund by contributing USD 40 million – an amount matched by Rabobank.
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How the Capital Markets Can Conserve America's Forests

December 19, 2019
Source: RealClear Markets
As gridlock persists in addressing our nation’s critical infrastructure challenges – America’s roads, bridges and railways – a similar, yet vastly underreported set of challenges exist with our natural infrastructure: namely, the loss of our large privately-owned working forests.
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Terra Silva Has $90 Million in ‘Catalytic Capital’ for Carbon Reduction in Tropical Forests

November 21, 2019
Source: ImpactAlpha
Terra Silva, a new $90 million fund of funds, will help eight to 10 investment fund managers prove that sustainable tropical forests are a profitable bet for commercial investors.
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BP Invests $5 Million in Carbon Offset Company

November 21, 2019
Source: Energy Live News
BP Ventures has invested $5 million in Finite Resources, parent company of Finite Carbon, which is a U.S.-based forest carbon management firm. The investment will enable Finite Carbon to launch voluntary carbon offset programs for businesses for sustainable forest management.
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Green Bonds Worth $150 Million Will Conserve Millions of Acres of At-Risk Forests

October 25, 2019
Source: Forbes
The Conservation Fund has a goal of conserving 5 million acres of at-risk forests in the next 15 years. They’ve announced the closing of unique 10-year green bonds totaling $150 million.
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The Conservation Fund Successfully Closes Debut $150 Million Green Bond

October 25, 2019
Source: PR Newswire
The Conservation Fund announced the closing of a first-of-its-kind offer of ten-year green bonds totaling $150 million. Proceeds from the bonds will be used to increase the scale of the Fund's "Working Forest Fund®," dedicated to mitigating climate change, strengthening rural economies and protecting natural ecosystems through the permanent conservation of at-risk working forests.

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