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“Being able to share experiences makes us more able to innovate” - Zdenka Piskulich
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Over the last twenty years, the RedLAC network of Latino-Caribbean conservation trust funds has served as a launchpad for innovative thinking about financing mechanisms.
In bringing trust funds together around mutual problems, this network has encouraged really useful experience-sharing.
Zdenka Piskulich, President of the RedLAC network of Latino-Caribbean conservation trust funds.
FFEM is currently at its 21st Annual Congress, taking place 29 - 31 October in Mérida in Mexico. Zdenka Piskulich, President of RedLAC shares the following testimonial:
"Conservation trust funds in Latin America and the Caribbean have been at the forefront of conservation financing, building a bridge between the public and private sectors in Africa. They have provided springboards for innovative models that range from payments for ecosystem services to carbon credits, by way of mixed financing, impact investments, compensation systems or permanent finance Projects. The ability to share information and knowledge, and learn from each other, has brought down mutual barriers, accelerated our learning and increased our capacity for innovation. Result: projects with greater impact and better conservation practices."