The four-day event is led by experts on natural capital approaches, with a focus on regional ecosystems and issues. The symposium brings together researchers, students, government representatives, and environmental professionals in the tropical Andes for learning exchanges, training on natural capital modeling and valuation, and panel presentations. With partners Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) and Stanford University's Natural Capital Project (NatCap), is organizing a regional symposium on conservation economics and natural capital in Ecuador.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is an international environmental organization whose mission is to stop the degradation of our planet's natural environment and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. This $1 million contribution catalyzes additional investment from donors to reach $70 million total, thereby leveraging an additional $70 million commitment from the Peruvian national government, for a total of $140 million. MacArthur's support will go directly toward achieving effective management in Peru's Amazon protected areas and long-term financial sustainability for the country's parks system, an objective of MacArthur's 25-year commitment to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation in Peru. This project aims to secure long-term ecological, institutional, social, and financial sustainability for 41 million acres of Peru's Amazon forests by achieving effective management in 38 protected areas and establishing the enabling conditions for these areas to become financially self-sufficient within 10 years. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is an international conservation organization whose mission is to stop the degradation of our planet's natural environment and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. Implementation of the fishery management plan involves transferring marine resource management to four pilot communities, promoting community-level savings and loans, and continuing to strengthen community capacity for resource management. With recent support, WWF has improved management of the BATAN area shrimp fishery by thirteen fisher unions (compromising 200 cooperatives and associations from the region). This grant supports the implementation of the fisheries management plan for the BATAN area (Baies d'Ampasindava, Tsimipaika, Ambaro, et Nosy Be), comprising four bays within the Northern Mozambique Channel that span 1.7M hectares. WWF's marine program works with traditional fishermen and government authorities in Madagascar to manage marine and coastal resources for the benefit of conservation and local communities. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is an international organization that works to address large global threats to species and their habitats.