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Tools and Training
Conservation
Finance Guide
Prior to the creation of the actual Conservation Finance Alliance,
many of the same organizations that attended the February 2002 retreat
collaborated in the fall of 2001 to produce the CD
Conservation Finance
Guide. The Guide is designed
to help expand the use of
sustainable
 finance
mechanisms to
support the conservation
of biological diversity. It covers a broad cross section of finance mechanisms (e.g., conservation trust funds, tourism user fees, debt-for-nature
swaps, the GEF, bilateral donor agencies, etc.) and contains highly practical,
user-friendly tools to support the use of these mechanisms. We are pleased to be able to offer the
full
contents of the CD online. We also have the full Guide available in
French, and certain chapters
available in Spanish and one
chapter available in
Russian!
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Conservation Finance Guide
in English
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Conservation Finance Guide
in
French
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Conservation Finance Guide
in
Spanish
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Conservation Finance Guide
Chapter
in
Russian
A joint project of:
- Conservation International
- Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar,
1971)
- Global Environment Facility
- Biodiversity Planning Support Program
- GTZ
- IUCN: The World
Conservation Union
- National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA)
- The Nature Conservancy
- RedLAC
- UNEP
- Wildlife Conservation
Society
- World Bank
- World Wildlife Fund
Papers/Publications Relevant to
Conservation Finance
The Conservation Finance Alliance is pleased to
post papers relevant to Conservation Finance on this website.
New papers are being added all the time!
Funding Opportunities
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Division of International Conservation
Starting October 1st, 2005, the USFWS Division
of International Conservation will be accepting proposals for the next fiscal
year for the grants programs listed below. The grants are reviewed on a rolling
basis each time a program receives enough submissions to hold a committee review
session (typically every few months). The reviews will continue until the funds
are fully obligated for this fiscal
year.
African Elephant Conservation Fund
Asian
Elephant Conservation Fund
Great
Apes Conservation Fund
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Neotropical Migratory
Bird Conservation Fund
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Wildlife without Borders:
Mexico,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Russia
International Foundation for
Science (IFS) Research Grants
The IFS Granting Programme is open for project proposals from developing country
scientists who meet the eligibility criteria and conduct research on the
sustainable management of biological resources. Proposed projects must be
related to the sustainable utilization of the biological and/or water resource
base. IFS is specifically targeting scientists in countries with developing
science and technology
infrastructures. Research grants are awarded up to a maximum value of US$12,000
for a period of one to three years and may be renewed twice. They are intended
for the purchase of equipment, expendable supplies, and literature. Deadlines
are June 30 and December 31. Find out more at the IFS
website.
The Small Grants Programme for
Operations to Promote Tropical Forests
This program, sponsored by the European Commission and implemented by UNDP and
SEARCA, offers grants to civil society organizations for country-level projects
that promote sustainable forest management and use by local stakeholders in
South and Southeast Asia. The countries they are currently working in are
Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
Read an update
about the project here or go directly to their website at:
http://www.sgpptf.org/home.asp.
Grants for Conservation Finance
or Payment for Ecosystem Services Projects
UNEP-DGEF is inviting interested institutions to submit a proposal on
Conservation Finance or Payment for Ecosystem Services.
Email the CFA UNEP Representative
to find out more about the requirements of the program.
The Wildlife
Conservation Society sponsors a Research Fellowship Program (RFP), a
small grants program designed to support individual field research projects that
lead directly to the conservation of threatened wildlife and wildlife habitat
and that are based on sound and innovative conservation science. In addition,
the RFP aims to build
capacity for the next generation of
conservationists. The upcoming deadline is March 1. Read more about the program
and its restrictions as well as download the application
here.
Training Courses
Latin
America Scholarships: Yale - Moore Foundation Scholarships
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
seeks to strengthen the managerial capacities of environmental and conservation
organizations around the world, especially those that operate in the
Andes-Amazon region. Equipped with a joint MBA / MEM from the Yale School of
Management and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, these
managers will have the tools to effectively create change in some of the most
critical eco-systems in the world.
Scholarship Award:
Moore fellows will receive funds to cover full tuition and a modest stipend for
all three years of the program. In addition, they will receive funds for at
least one summer internship to be carried out with a Moore Foundation grantee
organization in the Andes-Amazon region.
Post Graduation
Commitment:
Moore fellows must commit to working within the biodiversity conservation field
in the Andes-Amazon region for at least three years following graduation.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants for the Moore Fellowships must have work experience within
the biodiversity conservation field in the Andes-Amazon region and must be
accepted to both Masters programs. While the fellowship is not limited to
citizens and permanent residents of a country in the Andes-Amazon region, these
applicants are preferred.
Application
Process:
There is no separate
application for the Moore Fellowships. Applicants must apply to each school
separately in accordance to their deadlines and requirements. Indicate your
interest in the Moore Fellowship on each application.
To read more about this opportunity, click on:
http://emc.som.yale.edu/moore2.html
Deadline: January 14,
2006
The Smithsonian Institution's
Monitoring & Assessment of Biodiversity program offers two training courses:
Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Course (May 17 - June 3, 2006) and their
Environmental Leadership Course (July 2006). See their website for more
information:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationandScience/MAB/training/default.cfm
Online Repository
of Workshop Papers and Presentations
We are pleased to be able to offer papers and presentations from the following
workshops:
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Sustainable Finance Mechanisms for
Conservation - Conservation Trust Funds, November 2005,Vilm, Germany.
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Atelier de formation sur les
mecanismes de financement pour la conservation et la gestion durable des
ressources
naturelles,
5-8 juillet 2005, Libreville, Gabon.
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Towards Sustainable Financing for National
Protected Area Systems:
a CFA-hosted side event at the Convention on
Biological Diversity Ad
Hoc Open-Ended Working Group Meeting,
Tuesday, June 14, Montecatini, Italy
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Post-World
Parks Congress Event at the COP-7, February 2004, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Sustainable Finance
Stream of the World Parks Congress, September 2003, Durban, South Africa.
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Conservation Trust Funds in CIS
countries, April 2003, Vilm, Germany.
●
First African Conference on Environmental Trust Funds, April 2002, Arusha,
Tanzania.
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