[Coral-List] Upcoming OCTO - EBMTools Webinar

[Raye Evrard]

Hi Coral list,

My work has an upcoming webinar that I thought may be of interest to this
group. The topic will focus on the use of financial tools to help manage
marine protected areas. This particular webinar will focus on the tool's
use for coral reef conservation. *We will be presenting this webinar twice
so to include respectable times for viewers in other time-zones.* You may
choose either to attend, they will be the exact same webinar. The
presentations will be an hour long (40 minutes presentation and 20 minutes
Q&A) and a recording will be available on www.openchannels.org/webinars
after the final viewing. Full information below!

*Webinar: **Finance Tools for Coral Reef Conservation: An Overview*

*Presented by**: David Meyers of the Conservation Finance Alliance and
Venkat Iyer of UN Environment*

*This webinar will be offered at two different times**:*

   - Viewing 1: *Wednesday, June 5, Noon US EDT/9 am US PDT/4 pm UTC*
   <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BoVvSwLgQ-GqO7osvPc4YQ>
   - Viewing 2: *Wednesday, June 5, 9 pm US EDT/6 pm US PDT* *(Thursday
   June 6, 9 am Australian WST/11 am Australian EST/1 am UTC)*
   <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RhZKT0S4SQW3DPJ3K0XNXg>

*Description:* The Wildlife Conservation Society, in collaboration with the
Conservation Finance Alliance and in support of the 50 Reefs initiative,
recently released "Finance Tools for Coral Reef Conservation: A Guide"
<https://conservationfinance.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b37d1411f778c043250da5ab5&id=d728e03b5e&e=6109642dcc>
 as a resource for protected area managers and others charged with managing
and financing reef conservation. The report describes 13 types of finance
tools which have either been proven successful at or have great potential
to support reef conservation and sustainable management. Some of the
finance tools to be covered in this overview webinar include various
tourism-based fees, biodiversity offsets, bonds, debt swaps, and
conservation trust funds. This webinar will share key findings and
recommendations from the report and invite discussion from participants.
This webinar is sponsored by the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
<http://www.icriforum.org/>, an informal partnership which strives to
preserve coral reefs and related ecosystems around the world, as part of
its collaboration with the Conservation Finance Alliance for promoting
innovative financing for coral reef conservation.

*Co-sponsors:* OCTO (OpenChannels, The Skimmer, MPA News), the EBM Tools
Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe), and the Reef Resilience
Network

*Register:*

   - Viewing 1: *https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BoVvSwLgQ-GqO7osvPc4YQ*
   <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BoVvSwLgQ-GqO7osvPc4YQ>
   - Viewing 2: *https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RhZKT0S4SQW3DPJ3K0XNXg*
   <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RhZKT0S4SQW3DPJ3K0XNXg>


Best,
Raye

-- 
Raye Evrard, MMA
Project Manager
OCTO | Open Communications for The Ocean
https://www.octogroup.org | https://www.openchannels.org
raye at octogroup.org
Seattle, Washington, USA (UTC-7)


-- 
Raye Evrard, MMA
Project Manager
OCTO | Open Communications for The Ocean
https://www.octogroup.org | https://www.openchannels.org
raye at octogroup.org
Seattle, Washington, USA (UTC-7)