The Asian Development Bank would like to invite you to register for the inaugural flagship event called Healthy Oceans Technology and Finance Forum: Innovative Solutions for Asia and the Pacific, which will be held virtually on 26 - 28 January 2022.

Join us for this webinar on Tuesday, January 18 from 9:00-10:00 AM EST for Europe and USA East Coast, or on Wednesday, January 19 from 9:30-10:30 AM SGT for Asia and USA West Coast, where Convergence will provide an overview of our Design Funding program and an in-depth look at the Asia Natural Capital Design Funding Window, including insights on types of solutions supported, target geography, how to apply, eligibility and evaluation criteria, and much more.

In the face of the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, governments and their partners in civil society have increased their efforts to protect and conserve nature in line with the anticipated global goal to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. Reaching this goal will require more—and more effectively managed—protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, but current funding is not enough to cover existing needs or to increase the areas under protection.

This webinar will provide an overview of the main characteristics of PFPs and present the new guide, followed by discussion with a diverse panel of stakeholders from PFPs currently being implemented.

Please join us for our 10th webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for CTFs. Octobers webinar will focus on Risk Management and Safeguards, a new core area in the 2020 edition of the Standards. Kathy Mikitin, the chair of the CFA's task force on Environmental and Social Safeguards, will present an overview of the topic, and Lourdes Lares from Profonanpe will share their experiences with safeguards.

The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) is the first ever continent-wide gathering of African leaders, citizens, and interest groups to discuss the role of protected areas in conserving nature, safeguarding Africa’s iconic wildlife, delivering vital life-supporting ecosystem services, promoting sustainable development while conserving Africa’s cultural heritage and traditions.

The ILCN and ELCN are pleased to announce that registration for the virtual 2021 Global Congress of the International Land Conservation Network and the Final Conference of the LIFE project Development of a European Land Conservation Network (LIFE ELCN) is now open.

In this webinar, find out more about the Social Impact Guarantee that can be used to help stretch funder dollars and capacity build to amplify social impact.

Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) will be leading a webinar hosted by the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL) and the World Bank’s Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Community of Practice (CoP).

The ninth webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for CTFs will focus on how the Standards can support CTFs in the process of becoming accredited by partners like the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund. The webinar will be conducted as part of the RedLAC Virtual Assembly during the last week of September.