Learn the basics of Conservation Finance from the experts themselves.

Course Instructor: David Meyers, Executive Director of Conservation Finance Alliance

This course will cover the fundamentals of Conservation Finance solutions, public and private sector partnerships, scalable strategies and emerging tools and opportunities to help finance nature now and far into the future.
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  • World-Class Teaching

    Our course combines lectures on fundamental concepts with readings and webinars that show interesting applications of conservation finance solutions in real-world scenarios.

  • Learn on Your Own Schedule

    This self-paced course takes roughly 10 hours to complete, with each chapter consisting of about 1-2 hours of substantiative content. Stop and start at any time without penalties or deadlines.

  • Inclusive & Diverse

    Conservation and sustainable development practitioners from every country and background are invited to enroll. Participants must be comfortable reading and speaking in English.

  • Practical Tools for Conservation Work

    Participants will leave this course with a toolkit of strategic finance solutions to apply directly to their conservation work around the world.

Registration

This self-paced course is now offered at a fraction of the price for accessible learning at your own pace. Register now for one year of access to this course.

Meet Your Course Instructor

David Meyers

David is an environmental finance expert and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in the field. He is currently the Executive Director of the Conservation Finance Alliance. From 2012-2018, David was a Senior Technical Advisor for the BIOFIN/UNDP project. David spent well over a decade in Madagascar and helped the country plan and execute a doubling of the area under conservation. He holds a PhD in Biological Anthropology and Anatomy from Duke University, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

This self-paced course will combine video lectures, selected readings, online resources, and a financing mechanism exercise to apply course concepts to your own real-world context.

  • Overview of Conservation Finance

  • Public Financial Management

  • Economic Instruments

  • Return Based Instruments and Risk Management

  • Business and Markets

  • Prioritizing Finance Solutions 

Introduction to Conservation Finance is developed by:

With generous support from: