{"id":10722,"date":"2018-02-26T21:41:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T21:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioma.redlac.org\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:35:36","slug":"ctfs-investment-survey-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bioma.redlac.org\/?p=10722","title":{"rendered":"CTFs Investment Survey 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Conservation Trust Funds provide long term financing for management of protected areas, biodiversity conservation projects and sustainable development. The significant majority of the CTFs participating in this study are managed as private organizations, independent of government. They are generally capitalized by grants from donor agencies, governments, foundations, nonprofit organizations, individuals and corporations. <\/strong><\/p>

Since the establishment of the first CTF in the early 1990s, Conservation Trust Funds have proven to be highly successful in providing stable funding sources by effectively managing income from investments and leveraging those monies to secure grants and other funds for conservation projects, thus helping to conserve important biodiversity worldwide. As of this writing over 100 Conservation Trust Funds have been established or are in active stages of formation; most are still active while a few have wound down and closed or been absorbed into another institution. CTFs exist in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, and Eastern Europe, building on the structure and functional example of the early CTFs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n \n \n \n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n\n Many of these CTFs have surpassed or are nearing two decades of continuous and successful operations and readily demonstrate the effectiveness of the CTF model. Recent years have seen growth in the number of regional Trust Funds, established to support protected areas or conservation goals that cross national boundaries, as well as the establishment of the Blue Action Fund, a global conservation trust fund focused on marine conservation. The regional networks (RedLAC, CAF\u00c9 and APNET) offer opportunities for knowledge sharing, and several more focused partnerships among a smaller number of CTFs with shared interests have been formed to achieve investment, resource mobilization or programmatic goals. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n Conservation Trust Funds have used the income from endowment and sinking fund investments to support their administrative and operational needs, and provide grant financing for activities and projects that are consistent with their mission and objectives. Moreover, the CTFs have leveraged their finance and administrative capability to catalyze additional funding for projects, through traditional fundraising as well as the use of innovative financing mechanisms. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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