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Valuing Nature:

A Handbook for Impact Investing
  • ISBN-13: 9781642830910
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By William J. Ginn
  • Price: AUD $63.99
  • Stock: 5 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/07/2020
  • Format: Hardback (150.00mm X 150.00mm) 239 pages Weight: 400g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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As the world faces unprecedented challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss, the resources needed far outstrip the capabilities of nonprofits and even governments. Yet there are seeds of hope'and much of that hope comes from the efforts of the private sector. Impact investing is rapidly becoming an essential tool, alongside philanthropy and government funding, in tackling these major problems. Valuing Nature presents a new set of nature-based investment areas to help conservationists and investors work together.

NatureVest founder William Ginn outlines the emerging private sector investing opportunities in natural assets such as green infrastructure, forests, soils, and fisheries. The first part of Valuing Nature examines the scope of nature-based impact investing while also presenting a practical overview of its limitations and the challenges facing the private sector. The second part of the book offers tools for investors and organizations to consider as they develop their own projects and tips on how nonprofits can successfully navigate this new space. Case studies from around the world demonstrate how we can use private capital to achieve more sustainable uses of our natural resources without the unintended consequences plaguing so many of our current efforts.

Valuing Nature provides a roadmap for conservation professionals, nonprofit managers, and impact investors seeking to use market-based strategies to improve the management of natural systems.
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Finding Value in Nature
I. Nature's Assets
1. Transforming Water Use
2. Investing in Green Infrastructure
3. Feeding the World
4. Investing in Land
5. Oceans and Islands
6. Transforming the Way We Fish
7. Natural Capital and the Climate Economy

II. Tools for Investors
8. The NatureVest Story
9. Lessons from Other Sectors
10. Measuring Impact
11. Legal Challenges
12. Raising Investment Capital
Finding Wealth in Nature

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About the Author
"This is essential reading for anyone interested in conservation-related impact investing and a great collection of what is working (and not working) in conservation impact investing."
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