Juliana Echeverri on designing solutions that work for nature and people

With more than 30 professionals from 9 countries across Latin America, a new edition of the Economics and Finance for Environmental Leadership course is now underway. This 100% online program is designed to apply economic tools and strengthen decision-making for conservation. Starting on April 6, this program—now well established as a key space for building capacity in applied environmental economics—brings together participants from civil society, the public sector, the private sector, and Indigenous organizations. This cohort reflects a diversity of professional backgrounds and experiences, with a strong representation of women. All participants share a common goal: to integrate economic and financial approaches into the sustainable management of natural resources.

Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) led a regional initiative between 2025 and 2026 to assess the ecosystem services these territories provide and identify best practices for their conservation and sustainable use. The study covered eight wetlands in the region: the Yata River (Bolivia), the Juruá River (Brazil), the Inírida River Delta (Colombia), the Limoncocha Biological Reserve (Ecuador), North Rupununi (Guyana), the Pastaza Fan and the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve (Peru), and the Coppenamemonding Nature Reserve (Suriname). The analysis focused on services such as carbon sequestration, food provision, recreation (tourism), biodiversity, and water supply.

Con más de 30 profesionales de 9 países de América Latina, ya está en marcha una nueva edición del curso Economía y Finanzas para el Liderazgo Ambiental, una formación 100% en línea orientada a aplicar herramientas económicas y fortalecer la toma de decisiones en conservación. Desde la segunda semana de abril, este programa, que cada año se consolida como un espacio clave para desarrollar capacidades en economía aplicada a la naturaleza, reúne a participantes provenientes de la sociedad civil, el sector público, el sector privado y organizaciones indígenas. Se trata de una cohorte diversa en perfiles y trayectorias, con una destacada participación de mujeres. Todos comparten un objetivo común: integrar enfoques económicos y financieros en la gestión sostenible de los recursos naturales.

Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF), in partnership with Conservation International (CI), is currently seeking Se

Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) lideró entre 2025 y 2026 una iniciativa regional para evaluar los servicios ecosistémicos que estos territorios brindan, e identificar buenas prácticas para su conservación y uso sostenible. El estudio abarcó ocho humedales de la región: el río Yata (Bolivia), el río Juruá (Brasil), la Estrella Fluvial del Inírida (Colombia), la Reserva Biológica de Limoncocha (Ecuador), North Rupununi (Guyana), el Abanico del Pastaza y la Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria (Perú) y la Reserva Natural Coppenamemonding (Surinam). El análisis se centró en servicios como el secuestro de carbono, la provisión de alimentos, la recreación (turismo), la biodiversidad y el suministro de agua.

January 2026: A new chapter in tackling illegal gold mining is unfolding in the Amazon.

In the fall of 2025, Conservation Strategy Fund, along with BIOFIN, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, Sustainable Finance Coalition, and the Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA),  partnered with the High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People (HAC), to contribute to a series of ‘bootcamp’ sessions on conservation finance.&nb

Earlier this month, we were grateful to be working with several partners in the Amboseli Landscape of the Kajiado County in Kenya. This landscape is composed of the highest mountain in Africa as a backdrop, the incredible Amboseli National Park and surrounding ecosystems as the canvas, and the Maasai people, their livestock and the wildlife as the artists who have influenced this land over centuries. But this picture is now fracturing.

  “[I gained] a sense of hope of what's possible.”  This December, 36 professionals from 13 different countries and 25 organizations came together for our first ever Finance 4Nature course, delivered in partnership with the Conservation Finance Alliance and hosted at Conservation International’s Headquarters just outside of Washington DC.