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Episode 7: The Possibilities of Financing Nature with Mariana Bellot

June 15, 2022 • Conservation Finance Alliance & Conservation Strategy Fund • Season 1 • Episode 7

In this episode of 4Nature, Kim speaks with Mariana Bellot, Technical Advisor at The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) providing support to Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, Peru and Mexico. Mariana and Kim discuss the importance of joining private and public sectors together under the goal of investing in conservation and restoration efforts, and Mariana shares a few financing strategies gaining traction, such as impact investing, blended finance and thematic bonds (rhino bonds, green bonds etc.) Mariana explains how “conservation without resources is only conversation” and how her work with BIOFIN helps secure those resources to build a sustainable future for people and the planet.

“We can turn the economy into a nature-positive economy… Not only conserving what we have but restoring what we’ve lost.” - Mariana Bellot