Session 22: Sustainable Financing: Dream big, Work hard and Go for It!

Abstract

This session will highlight achievements and challenges for different mechanisms for financing conservation action in the region and will showcase come financing mechanisms being used. We will share examples taking into account important dimensions that influence such financing such as: 1. bridging the investment need (how much financing is needed to meet targets on reducing biodiversity loss and damage to nature?) 2. optimizing funding (looking into the efficiency of organizations (public and NGO) the workings of financial mechanisms or the institutional and local contexts within which conservation occurs 3. growth of sustainable financing mechanisms