Conservation Finance

HGA provides services in financial analysis, planning, and development of financing systems for conservation projects.  Recent projects include:

• Technical guidance for the development of an international financing mechanism for sea turtle conservation in the Western Pacific

• Technical guidance for the development of a trust fund to support the Cayos Cochinos reef and island conservation program in Honduras

• Analyses of sustainable financing options for Peru’s Cordillera Azul National Park, Yanachaga Chemillén National Park, and Pacaya Samiria National Reserve

• Technical guidance for the development of a trust fund for Liberia’s nascent protected areas system

• Design of the Bulgarian Protected Areas Fund, a GEF-funded trust to support management of Bulgaria’s national parks and other conservation areas

• Financial planning for conservation incentive agreements with Conservation International in the Galapagos Marine Reserve

• Financial analysis for NOAA´s National Marine Fisheries Service of the financial requirements to protect sea turtle rookeries in Melanesia

• Financial planning for The Nature Conservancy’s investment in a community-based eco-tourism operation in Jamaica’s Cockpit Country

• Financial analyses of Conservation International’s sustainable forestry and non-timber forest product programs in Guatemala and Ecuador