Conservation Finance Camp at Yale

Dates: Monday, June 25 - Friday, June 29, 2007

This course is now full. Please see below for contact information to be added to a waiting list.

The Center for Business and the Environment at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies is hosting a weeklong course on conservation finance to be held June 25-29, 2007 on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Details
Join other conservation professionals in an in-depth examination of private and public conservation finance. It will survey traditional and cutting edge funding techniques for raising philanthropic, private investment and public capital for land conservation, focusing on useful, hands-on tools for conservation practitioners. The course will feature twelve, experienced guest speakers in addition to a knowledgeable core staff. Speakers will offer case studies in such emerging topics as ecosystem service payments, conservation investment groups, public bond initiatives, and natural resource damage assessments.

This highly interactive course will offer attendees the opportunity to practice combining multiple techniques often required to successfully fund conservation transactions, and to seek advice and counsel on their own conservation projects from experts in the field. The course will include a field trip and time to network with experienced conservation leaders.

Tuition for the five-day course is: $1,000. Lodging is available at nearby hotels. Transportation and meals will be provided.

Confirmed Speakers
Peter Howell (Open Space Institute), Ernest Cook (Trust for Public Land), Matt Pearson (Morgan Stanley) Michael Catania (Conservation Resources, Inc.), Nancy Perlson (Rangeley Lakes Land Trust), Michael Dowling (Colorado Conservation Trust), Mark Schaffer (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), Pat Coady (Coady Diemar Partners), and Jim Levitt (Harvard Forest). The core staff is: Brad Gentry (Center for Business and the Environment at Yale), Peter Stein (Lyme Timber Company), and Story Clark (Conservation Consulting).

Course Sponsors
The Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, the Land Trust Alliance, Island Press, and Conservation Finance Innovation Network.

This course is now full. Please see below for contact information to be added to a waiting list:

Registration and More Information
Please contact Amy Badner, Senior Administrative Assistant, Center for Business & Environment at Yale at 203-432-5887 amy.badner@yale.edu.

updated 5/22/07