Economics for Conservation

Join a global network of environmental leaders using economic tools to fight for and fund nature!

Our life-changing annual course empowers participants with practical tools to innovate and solve for conservation challenges around the world. 

Back by popular demand, this year we’re returning to in-person training at Stanford University in August 2025. This 2-week course will be run by CSF’s Numbers for Nature Training Institute in partnership with Stanford’s Natural Capital Project and the Conservation Finance Alliance. 

This introductory course provides conservation professionals with a solid foundation in economic theory and practical tools to apply their new skills to the most pressing conservation challenges in their regions. The 2025 cohort will learn to use economic language and theories to build nature into financial decision-making and communicate most effectively with stakeholders across regions, cultures, and backgrounds. 

Applications open on February 26, 2025. Please apply below. 

If you are interested in taking a Spanish version of this course , click here for more information.

What do our course graduates think?

Hear from our 2024 cohort!

Apply before July 11 & save up to $2,700 USD

Fill out our short application for a chance to join the 2025 cohort with scholarship support!

With the generous support of our funder, Dry Creek Foundation, we are able to offer scholarships of up to 35% of the course fee (you pay $5,000 USD). Apply before our registration deadline on July 11!
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Fee Details and Payment Policies

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CSF's Numbers for Nature Training Institute is offering partial scholarships to make this course as affordable as possible, but some of our brilliant applicants need a little extra help.
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This course is life-changing, but don't just take our word for it!

Dates & Deadlines

  • Course Dates & Times

    The 2025 course will run for 2 weeks from August 18 to 29 at Stanford University in California USA.

  • Application Deadlines

    Our next scholarship deadline is on June 11. Apply now for the chance to save $1,700!

  • Cohort-Based Learning

    Learn the latest tools to negotiate for nature alongside like-minded conservationists from around the world!

Meet some of your instructors...

Our instructors are drawn from CSF staff, as well as leading academic and international institutions such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Conservation Finance Alliance.



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