Please join WWF and the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program for the launch of Securing Sustainable Financing for Conservation Areas; A Guide to Project Finance for Permanence, Tuesday, December 7 at 10am ET.\
The session will provide an overview of the main characteristics of Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) initiatives and present the new guide, followed by discussion with a diverse panel of stakeholders from PFPs currently being implemented in Brazil, Canada, and Peru and a moderated Q&A. More information about the event and the registration link can be found below.
In the face of the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, governments and their partners in civil society have increased their efforts to protect and conserve nature in line with the anticipated global goal to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. Reaching this goal will require more—and more effectively managed—protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, but current funding is not enough to cover existing needs or to increase the areas under protection.
Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) is an approach designed to secure the policies, conditions, and full funding for the effective and long-lasting protection of our planet’s important natural places. It is being successfully applied in Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, and Peru, and there is increased interest in applying the PFP approach in other countries. To meet that interest with information, the ASL Working Group on Sustainable Finance has led the publication of Securing Sustainable Financing for Conservation Areas; A Guide to Project Finance for Permanence, to capture the experience and lessons learned from PFP practitioners and to serve as a guide for the application of the PFP approach.
This webinar will provide an overview of the main characteristics of PFPs and present the new guide, followed by discussion with a diverse panel of stakeholders from PFPs currently being implemented.