What We're Reading: COMBO - Reducing Infrastructure Impacts on Biodiversity

By Hugo Costa, Hugo Rainey & Ray Victurine | December 16, 2019

Over the past four years, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), together with its partners Forest Trends and Biotope, have been operating an innovative program called Conservation, Impact Mitigation and Biodiversity Offsets (COMBO) in Africa. The programs overarching aim is as simple as it is ambitious: to reconcile economic development with the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

To learn more about this project please view the full article here.

Madagascar Biodiversity Fund Seeking Conservation Finance Consultant

The Foundation of Protected Areas in Madagascar is looking for an experienced consultant in the field of conservation finance to undertake a study of bilateral and multilateral public financing options. Currently capitalised at $72m, the foundation through its board and executive branch, is calling for this consultancy to assist in their resource mobilisation efforts. Please find attached the TORs in French, which is the main language to use for the assignment.

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