Biodiversity Finance Digital Forum
Biodiversity Finance Digital Forum
Investing in People and Nature
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This Digital Forum will explore how finance can tackle the global extinction crisis by investing in conservation and restoration.
Food, medicine, energy, raw materials – we depend on biodiversity for all of these things. But as the sixth mass extinction beckons, how can we make our natural resources last for generations to come?
On 29 November, the Luxembourg–GLF Finance for Nature platform will explore ways to support local action for nature-based solutions, conservation and ecosystem restoration through appropriate financing mechanisms and incentives.
Ahead of the CBD COP15, this Digital Forum will dive into some of the major challenges facing the world of finance in the context of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
Join financiers, business leaders, policymakers and scientists to learn how we can protect and restore nature while also boosting our economies.
AGENDA
- 14:00–16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Opening statement
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André Weidenhaupt
Director General at the Ministry of Environment
Climate and Sustainable development of Luxembourg
Financing nature-based solutions: Needs, opportunities and way forward
This session addresses some of the gaps that local communities face accessing financial resources that help protect biodiversity while improving livelihoods. Finance experts provide examples of how microfinance institutions and impact funds can play a catalytic role to enhance biodiversity and community benefits
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Mathilde Bauwin
Head of Knowledge Management
Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA) -
Andrea Rosales
Head of communications and capacity-building
Red Centroamericana y del Caribe de Microfinanzas (Redcamif) -
Executive Director
Forestry and Climate Change Fund -
GLFx Africa Hub Officer
GLF
Biodiversity finance innovations: How can we maximize impacts for local communities and nature?
Biodiversity finance mechanisms, such as Conservation Trust Funds and Crowdfunding, with potential to increase resources for nature and local communities at the same time will be described and a dialogue will take place on the key success factors for their implementation in various contexts.
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Annabel Trinidad
Technical Advisor
UNDP-BIOFIN -
Niran Nirannoot
Program Manager
UNDP BIOFIN, Thailand -
Ana Orozco
Program Manager
UNDP BIOFIN, Costa Rica -
Executive Director
Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) -
Karen Price
Executive Director
Malawi Environmental Endowment Trust, Malawi -
Aiita Joshua Apamaku
Education Taskforce Lead
Youth4Nature
Announcement: ‘Huella del futuro’ campaign, Costa Rica
Finance, forest and restoration: How to protect biodiversity and improve livelihoods?
This session will bring together expert perspectives from across the globe to share how the private, public and philanthropic sectors can work together to deliver sustainable products while also improving biodiversity and livelihood outcomes. It will reflect on the role of finance and the importance of effective collaboration to deliver positive impacts at scale.
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Forestry Officer, Sustainable Forest Products
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations -
Mokena Makeka
Principal
Dalberg Advisors -
Mark Wishnie
Chief Sustainability Officer and Head
Landscape Capital at BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
Do forest investments strengthen biodiversity and local communities? Insights from an Indonesian case study
OroVerde and Global Nature Fund (GNF) are conducting a market analysis in their project “Investments for Forest and Biodiversity Conservation – Developments and Trends”, including 2 case studies. One of them covers Fairventures Social Forestry’s investment offer, which is developing a community- based forestry and agroforestry project on Borneo, Indonesia. In their session, Jan Ohnesorge (OroVerde) and Steffen Kemper (GNF) analyze environmental and social aspects of the project, while Tisha Wildayanti Ramadhini and Iga Sari (Fairventures Social Forestry) provide Indonesian perspectives on positive biodiversity effects and beneficiaries.
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Jan Ohnesorge
International Project Officer
OroVerde, Tropical Forest Foundation -
Steffen Kemper
Project Manager
Business & Biodiversity, Global Nature Fund (GNF) -
Tisha Wildayanti Ramadhini
Stakeholder Relationships Coordinator
Fairventures Social Forestry -
Iga Sari
Executive Assistant to General Manager
Fairventures Social Forestry
Announcement: Restoration Stewards Cohort 2023
Closing statement
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CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
Global Environment Facility
REGISTRATION
Speakers
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CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
Global Environment Facility -
Executive Director
Forestry and Climate Change Fund -
Tisha Wildayanti Ramadhini
Stakeholder Relationships Coordinator
Fairventures Social Forestry -
Steffen Kemper
Project Manager
Business & Biodiversity, Global Nature Fund (GNF) -
Niran Nirannoot
Program Manager
UNDP BIOFIN, Thailand -
Mokena Makeka
Principal
Dalberg Advisors -
Mathilde Bauwin
Head of Knowledge Management
Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA) -
Mark Wishnie
Chief Sustainability Officer and Head
Landscape Capital at BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group -
Forestry Officer, Sustainable Forest Products
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations -
Karen Price
Executive Director
Malawi Environmental Endowment Trust, Malawi -
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development
Luxembourg -
Jan Ohnesorge
International Project Officer
OroVerde, Tropical Forest Foundation -
Iga Sari
Executive Assistant to General Manager
Fairventures Social Forestry -
Executive Director
Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) -
Annabel Trinidad
Technical Advisor
UNDP-BIOFIN -
Andrea Rosales
Head of communications and capacity-building
Red Centroamericana y del Caribe de Microfinanzas (Redcamif) -
André Weidenhaupt
Director General at the Ministry of Environment
Climate and Sustainable development of Luxembourg -
Ana Orozco
Program Manager
UNDP BIOFIN, Costa Rica -
Aiita Joshua Apamaku
Education Taskforce Lead
Youth4Nature -
GLFx Africa Hub Officer
GLF
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Contact
GENERAL INQUIRIES
Ludwig Liagre
GLF Sustainable Finance Lead
L.Liagrecgiar[dot]org
NETWORKING & PARTNERSHIPS
Nina Haase
Engagement and Growth Coordinator
n.haasecgiar[dot]org