Malu Almeida

Malu joined CSF in 2025 as a Senior Consultant specializing in restoration economics and conservation finance. With expertise in cost-benefit analysis, forest economics, and forest landscape restoration frameworks, she develops models for forest restoration projects and cost-estimation tools for investor-facing contexts. Her research focuses on forest concessions, green productivity, and financial mechanisms for large-scale restoration across Amazonian and Cerrado biomes.

Mayerli Mamani Alinas

Mayerli joined the CSF team in 2026 as a Junior Economic Analyst, focusing on data analysis and research to support institutional projects. She graduated as an Economist from the Universidad Privada Boliviana (UPB) and has professional experience from Fundación IES, specializing in strategic data processing and survey analysis. She also collaborated with LABEX (Experimental Economics Laboratory), a research center dedicated to studying human behavior to optimize decision-making, where she conducted both quantitative and qualitative research.

Iniciamos una nueva versión del curso “Economía y Finanzas para el Liderazgo Ambiental” para profesionales de América Latina

El curso tiene como objetivo fortalecer las capacidades de profesionales hispanohablantes mediante el uso de herramientas económicas y financieras aplicadas a la conservación de la naturaleza. A lo largo del programa, se abordan temas como fundamentos económicos, los factores que impulsan la degradación de los recursos naturales, la valoración de los servicios ecosistémicos, el financiamiento de programas de conservación, el análisis costo-beneficio, la formulación y evaluación de políticas ambientales y la economía del comportamiento aplicada a la toma de decisiones.

We launch a new edition of the course “Economics and Finance for Environmental Leadership” for professionals across Latin America

The course aims to strengthen the capacities of Spanish-speaking professionals through the use of economic and financial tools applied to nature conservation. Throughout the program, participants engage with topics such as economic fundamentals, the drivers of natural resource degradation, ecosystem services valuation, conservation finance, cost-benefit analysis, environmental policy design and evaluation, and behavioral economics applied to decision-making.

Kemi Kakonge-Ruyondo

Kemi supports the Finance for Nature course by developing self-paced learning materials, structuring the course, and building out the Numbers4Nature platform. Her work focuses on making conservation finance concepts clear, practical, and accessible to a global audience. She holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment, where she focused on financing Nature-based Solutions and ecosystem services, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning from the University of California, Davis.

Alberto González Barrantes

Alberto joined CSF in 2026 as a Junior Economist and Proposal Support Associate. He has experience balancing both analytical and operational demands. He has worked as a research assistant with the Programa Estado de la Nación and the Institute of Economic Research at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), supporting regional papers and reports through data management, literature review, and synthesis. He has led data analysis teams and has worked as an economic analyst. 

All set: The fourth edition of “Economía y Finanzas para el Liderazgo Ambiental” kicks off

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.

Amazon Wetlands: Connecting Knowledge to Drive Regional Action

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.
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