Financing Nature: Celebrating Progress, Partnerships and Innovation
Location: Main Room
Organizers: The Pew Charitable Trusts
(Networking Reception) Celebrating conservation finance partnerships and innovative solutions that are mobilizing resources, empowering communities and delivering lasting conservation outcomes for people and nature.
Progress in conservation finance is driven by partnerships that bring together governments, communities, funders and conservation organizations to turn ambition into action. Join The Pew Charitable Trusts, Blue Nature Alliance, and EarthEcho International for an evening celebrating the people, partnerships and innovative financing solutions advancing lasting conservation. Hear inspiring perspectives from leaders in Brazil, Chile and the Caribbean, alongside the next generation of conservation advocates, as we reflect on achievements and opportunities ahead. Together, we’ll celebrate the growing conservation finance community and build momentum for mobilizing the resources needed to protect nature for generations to come. This will be a networking reception following brief remarks from the aforementioned speakers:
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Lauren Swaddell, Principal Associate, The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Manoel Serrão, Programs Superintendent, FUNBIO (Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade / Brazilian Biodiversity Fund)
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Eugenio Rengifo, Executive Director, of Fundo Naturaleza Chile
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Jhaylin Cruz, EarthEcho International Youth Delegate
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Karen McDonald Gayle, Chief Executive Officer, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF)