BRIDGE Working Groups for Conservation Trust Funds

BRIDGE Working Groups Program for Conservation Finance Capacity Building

Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA), Zamia Media, and Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) are joining forces as a consortium to lead a robust, and engaging Working Groups Program for RedLAC and CAFÉ members.

This Consortium has extensive experience in facilitating knowledge-sharing among diverse groups with varying skills, expertise, and backgrounds. Through their specific focus and extensive reach, each of these organizations plays a crucial role in addressing global environmental challenges. They utilize economic theory, education, strategic financial planning, and community engagement to drive sustainable development and biodiversity conservation effectively.

About The Consortium

Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA)

CFA is a global leader in conservation finance and conservation trust funds, known for producing the Practice Standards, a 10-year review of CTFs, and supporting the Conservation Trust Investment Survey (CTIS). Founded in 2002 to promote awareness, expertise, and innovation in conservation finance globally, it is the principal professional alliance of conservation finance and includes a collaborative network of 3000 volunteers, experts, practitioners, and institutional members that participate in CFA’s Working Groups, specialized Task Forces, and Executive Committee.
Zamia Media

Zamia Media is a social enterprise dedicated to building capacity for social and environmental organizations. It has a community of over 19,000 members globally. The organization has offered more than 5,000 courses across 10 countries, focusing on financial mechanisms and effective communication strategies to amplify the impact of purpose-driven organizations. Zamia Media 's CEO, Ana V. Mandri, pioneered the establishment of FONCET, a Conservation Trust Fund (CTF) in Chiapas. Starting from scratch in one of Mexico's poorest states, which lacks major industry, FONCET leveraged creative and innovative private financial mechanisms to grow and consolidate as a regional fund.
Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF)

CSF has been a leader in economics and conservation training since 1998, training over 5,000 environmental professionals from 131 countries across more than 3,000 organizations in over 200 courses, workshops, and fellowship programs. In 2022, CSF launched the Numbers for Nature Training Institute, offering 12 virtual and live courses in English and Spanish designed to equip international participants from diverse sectors with tools to apply economic principles and finance solutions to conservation challenges.

Working Groups

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Fundraising and Financial Sustainability

Optimize your CTF’s finance strategy with an emphasis on private sector opportunities.

Working Group 1: RedLAC Working Group 2: CAFÉ

Monitoring & Evaluation, Impact Assessment

Effectively manage risk and measure conservation impacts.

Working Group 3: RedLAC Working Group 4: CAFÉ

Communication with the Private Sector

Reinforce your brand management skills, reposition your strengths, and improve your reporting to external audiences.

Working Group 5: RedLAC

Funding Mechanisms around Nature-Based Solutions

Fundraising with the private sector; explore financial mechanisms such as blended finance, blue bonds, carbon credits, among others.

Working Group 6: CAFÉ

Knowledge Exchange & CTF Operations

Broad knowledge exchange including investment strategies, internal procedures, programmatic diversification, private partnerships, and new member-suggested topics.

Working Group 7: RedLAC and CAFÉ

Executive Directors Circle

Strengthening executive leadership networks across CTFs

Marine and Coastal Management

Exploring critical threats to marine and coastal environments, and leading practices for marine conservation.

Working Group 9: RedLAC

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