WHY ARE WE HERE?

1. WHY ARE WE HERE?

2. Biodiversity: Going, going…..

3. Potential “killer barriers”in the finance area Conservation Success Impacts of private financial flows Lack of reliable, long-term funding

4. More specifically... Total fundingis inadequate by an order of magnitudeNearly all conservation funding isshort-term (1 - 3 years)Explosive growth of privatefinancial flows(adverse impacts/opportunities)Ecosystem servicesundervalued

5. Conservation Finance Programs • Sustainable funding for protected areas and national PA systems • Mechanisms to effectively channel funding to conservation activities • Pioneered some new approaches • Global impacts in just a few areas

6. Lots of activity, limited collaboration Foundations NGOs Government agencies Conservation Finance Universities Intergovernmental agencies Private sector

7. How do we go to scale??!! • Approximate numbers of deals • 20+ conservation trust funds (inadequate capital) • 10 conservation-oriented carbon investment projects • 3 biodiversity enterprises funds (mostly small-scale) • 5 water user fees • 4 conservation concessions • 1 national ecotourism tax • 2 resource extraction fees dedicated to conservation

8. Barriers to Scaling Up • Capital: Lack of seed funding for new finance projects; lack of capital for trust funds • Tools: Lack of well-packaged information and practitioner tools for taking action • Sharing/learning: Lack of info-sharing and learning from field experience • Technical support: Lack of technical support, particularly in developing countries Lack of focussed collaboration

9. Training Guide An example of concrete synergies that can be achieved through focussed collaboration (GO TO CD ROM)

10. CAN A CONSERVATION ALLIANCEBE BUILT AROUND A STRATEGIC PROGRAM OF ACTION?

11. Purpose of retreat • Preliminary Program of Action • General elements of MOU to formalize alliance • Identify ways other organizations can contribute to and benefit from alliance

12. Groundrules • Spirit of collaboration • Concise comments to allow others time to speak • Patience • Destroy all cellphones! • Have fun (or else)

13. TNC’S CONSERVATION FINANCE PROGRAM(in transition)

14. Staffing: size • “Core Conservation Finance Staff” (at least 1/3 of their time): Appx. 14 • Many others spending less than 1/3 of their time on conservation finance

15. Staffing: deployment • Core Conservation Finance Staff • 10 in Arlington headquarters • 1 in New Zealand • 1 in San Jose • 1 in Quito • 1 in Vermont

16. Conservation Finance Programs • Conservation Trust Funds – IPG; TA to support establishment / start-up • Water Policy Program – water valuation and water user fees • Initiative for Innovative Conservation Finance – tools, training, financial innovations • Compatible Ventures Group – market tools, compatible businesses, financial innovations • EcoEnterprises Fund – equity/loan/grant capital for biodiversity-friendly enterprises

17. Conservation Finance Programs(continued) • Ecotourism Program – visitor use fees • Climate Change Program – forest carbon mitigation projects (pvt. sector investment) • Debt Swaps Program: TFCA focus • Conservation bonds - state bond issues across U.S. • Conservation easements (?): US and LA

18. CTFs Mature 4 staff WATER Early 1.5 staff INIT FOR INNOV CF Start up 3 staff COMPAT VENTURES Mature 5 staff ECO ENTERPRISES Early 5 staff Status of CF Mechanisms

19. CLIMATE CHANGE Mature 5 staff DEBT SWAPS Mature 2 staff CONSERV BONDS Mature 10 staff? (US) EASEMENTS/ CONSERV CONC Mature 1 staff (intl) 30+ staff (US)? Status of CF Mechanisms

20. CTFs Latin America Carrib, Pacific Mostly nat’l-scale, some site, MesoAmer reef WATER Ecuador, Bolivia, Honduras INIT FOR INNOV CF Training Gde/ related tools Trainings Carbon Fund Agric. transition insurance COMPAT VENTURES Small-scale businesses (forest, farming, ranching) Conservation Beef, Grass Bank, CTIMO, Forest Bank Focus of CF Mechanisms Exploring Indonesia, DR US focus to date

21. CLIMATE CHANGE Latin America, US projects. Exploring Indo, PNG Forest preserv and reforest, carbon fund DEBT SWAPS Belize, Peru, Indonesia CONSERV BONDS 20 states (US) (e.g., CA and FLA) EASEMENTS/ CONSERV CONC All US states 6 LA countries ECOENTERP FUND Latin America Focus of CF Mechanisms Ongoing in many states Private land easements - growing area for LA, strong interest to apply in AP Interest to expand in LA and to AP

22. Priority mechanisms(under review) • CTFs • Ecosystem service payments (carbon, water, tourism user fees) • Compatible enterprises (income gen, reduce conserv costs, enterprise funds) • Conservation concessions (broad)

23. Priority themes(under review) • Site sustainability - lasting impacts • Multi-site strategies- going-to-scale • Capacity-building delivery systems (training guide, targeted tools, targeted trainings, etc.) • 5 TNC Initiatives: marine, invasives, fire, freshwater, climate change

24. Gaps • Delivery systems: seed fund, practical tools, targeted training, field-based finance specialists • Investment capital for CF mechanisms • Capacity in resource economics and economic analysis (esp. int’l) • Finance strategies that engage commercial-scale businesses • Forest policy expertise

25. Existing collaborations • Coral Reef / MPA Initiative: TNC / CI leadership. Large, multi-year grant under discussion • Human welfare / biodiv. integration project: TNC/WRI leadership. Large, ten-year Moore Foundation grant • CI / TNC science and research collaboration on conservation economics (e.g., conservation concessions) • Mesoamer. reefreg. trustfund - TNC and WWF • EcoEnterprises Fund - TNC, IDB, GEF

26. Future collaborations • Large-scale priority sites (e.g., SW Amazon, East Kalimantan, SW China) • Training Guide and targeted trainings • Targeted events/fora: WPC, CBD, GEF • Coral reef / MPAs • Conservation concessions - Latin America and AP)