CCIF Services

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Conservation Finance


Conservation Finance Since early 2001 CCIF has been designing and promoting private sector investments in biodiversity conservation worldwide. We work on behalf of private, corporate, and multi-lateral investors seeking direct conservation returns on their investments. CCIF concentrates on the protection of critical biodiversity areas under massive and immediate threats—such as coastal tropical rainforest and coral reefs. In most cases, our strategies include a combination of financial incentives and enforcement activities to achieve immediate conservation benefits. We specialize in the design of financial incentive systems as a conservation tool, combining expertise in pragmatic, on-the-ground conservation with extensive experience in finance and investment banking. CCIF designs and finances conservation solutions leading to direct and sustainable conservation outcomes. Examples of such activities include:

Identifying and structuring conservation concessions on behalf of major investors and NGOs. Securing and establishing “conservation concessions” in order to preserve an area’s resources and habitat provides an alternative to destructive natural resource extraction concessions (logging, mining, fishing, etc.). Under such an arrangement local resource users agree to protect natural resources, and the ecosystems they support, in exchange for a steady stream of structured compensation. CCIF is pursuing the establishment of conservation concessions in various areas of the Indo-Pacific. Read A Role for Effective, Efficient, and Equitable Conservation Concessions in Conserving Natural Resources in Indonesia, Andreas Merkl, John Claussen, and Heather Thompson, Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, Finance and Resources Stream: Conservation Incentive Agreements, Durban, South Africa, September 2003

Funding national parks. Many national parks in the developing world are critically under funded. CCIF is pursuing innovative means of developing capital reserve funds which finance operations and maintenance of such parks, contingent on sustained and significant progress against pre-defined conservation outcomes. For example, CCIF is partnering with the World Commission on Protected Areas to create a business plan which lays out a complete financing strategy for a healthy network of Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia. Read Sustainable Financing of Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia—A Thought Piece, 2002

Syndicating finance investments for promising conservation solutions. On behalf of conservation investors, CCIF structures and markets innovative investment partnerships. These can involve both grant funding and private equity/debt investments. Read Reef Product Alliance Business Plan Summary, 2001

Structuring investment funds with environmental program objectives. CCIF works with private and institutional investors to structure and syndicate ‘green’ investment funds. This includes VC funds, timber investment management organizations, foundation PRI programs, and conservation funds. Read From Donor to Investor: Applying a Venture Capital Model to Foundations, 2002

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