Financing Nature Conservation

Session 1 – Kitasoo Nation (British Columbia, Canada)

Film - Keepers of the Land – As the impacts of colonial exploitation and mismanagement take an increasing toll on their territory, the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation finds strength in its stories and culture, emerging as a stewardship leader in an new age of reconciliation.

Discussion – Understanding Indigenous perspectives on financing conservation and stewardship – Chief Doug Neasloss, Kitasoo Nation

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Session 2 – Financing Indigenous Land and seascape scale conservation

Presentation and discussion - As the world’s first Indigenous conservation finance organization Coast Funds will outline the outcomes achieved in their first 15 years, share an overview of the new $335 million Great Bear Sea project finance for permanence initiative and outline how conservation finance can align with Indigenous community priorities.

Host or Publisher Coast Funds