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Innovative conservation business training: what makes a conservation project bankable?

Why attend
Learn about basic business components and kick off a financially sustainable future of your conservation project. Lack of availability of bankable projects is continuously cited as a key barrier in scaling up conservation initiatives. In particular, increasing capacity in bankable project development is a necessity.
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The conservation space, mostly financed via donations, is in dire need for substantially more funding if global conservation and sustainable development targets are to be met. While public sector and philanthropic funds seem to have reached a ceiling, private sector capital specifically set aside for sustainable use is among the fastest growing financial asset classes. Why isn`t more of this type of financing finding its way into undertakings directly targeted at and benefiting nature? This session explores the reasons why conservation projects do not yet have full access to private sector funding. It brings all key market actors ranging from NGOs to financial investors together to find ways to overcome existing barriers. Conservationists can benefit from getting first-hand information from business experts on how to create a promising start-up while more advanced conservation project developers learn what is missing to secure an investment and who to reach out to for support.

Session agenda

Moderator

Ms Dorothee HERR

Manager, Oceans and Climate Change,
IUCN
Germany


08:30 - 10:30

Speaker

Ms Liliana Andrea MARTINEZ SARMIENTO

Head of Global Biodiversity/Impelentation,
South Pole
Colombia


08:30 - 10:30

Nicolas PASCAL

Executive Director,
Blue finance
France


08:30 - 10:30

Mr Thomas EGLI

Fair Trade Project Manager,
Blueyou Consulting LTD
Switzerland


08:30 - 10:30

Mr Torsten THIELE

Founder,
Global Ocean Trust
Germany


08:30 - 10:30

Facilitator

Elmedina KRILASEVIC

Senior Program Coordinator, NBS Finance,
IUCN
United States of America


08:30 - 10:30

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