2023 Virtual Conservation Finance Boot Camp

The Conservation Finance Network (CFN) is pleased to announce a virtual offering to attend our 17th annual Boot Camp, co-hosted in partnership with the Yale School of Environment. Through four sessions held each day Monday through Thursday June 5-9, virtual participation will feature some of the most exciting content from the week-long in-person workshop, facilitated live from the classroom. This series of webinar session are designed to help mid-career professionals increase their understandings of innovative and effective financing strategies to increase social and ecological resilience. There is no application process for virtual participation–anyone may register to attend.

More information and past syllabi are available here.

The following sessions above are an example of the content featured during the 2022 Virtual Conservation Finance Boot Camp in Colorado:

• Principles of Finance - Terms, concepts, and the cost of money framework
• Public Funding, Federal Opportunities
• Federal-Private Partnerships - Leveraging unconventional partnerships and increased innovation
• Conservation Investing: Who, What, & Why - Background and context on the conservation investment landscape, including findings from the CFN Great Lakes Playbook for Accelerating Project Development