Co-created conservation performance payment mechanisms to share costs and benefits of living with wildlife

13/10/2025

14:00 - 14:45

The Nature Conservancy , Onsite

Exhibition

Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies

Why attend

Learn more about innovative and inclusive approaches to financing local community led conservation, and join the discussion on opportunities and challenges for taking them to scale.

Session Description

This panel session will dive into different models of local community led conservation finance models across Africa and Asia, including Wildlife Credits, a conservation performance payment mechanism that recognizes the role of local communities as custodians of their natural resources. Examples from the ground, alongside voices of local community members, will seed thinking. We will then discuss together opportunities and challenges to scale these approaches, and how they may be connected to emerging sustainable finance opportunities.

Organised by

The Nature Conservancy ( United States of America )

Partners

World Wide Fund for Nature - International ( Switzerland )

Panthera

International Environmental Guardianship

Namibia Nature Foundation

ECOTRUST

Speaker

Frank DAMSON

Business, Livelihoods and Value Chain Specialist, WWF

Angus MIDDLETON

Executive Director, Namibia Nature Foundation

Pauline KALUNDA

Executive Director, The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda

Mmboneni Esther MATHOBO

Partner, Conservation International

Moderator

Wendy ELIOTT

Senior Director Wildlife, Biodiversity Practice, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Organised by

The Nature Conservancy ( United States of America )

Language:

English

Sector/Industry:

Agriculture Finance / banking / insurance

Additional Focus Areas:

Business / Private sector Local communities Species

Target audience:

Professionals (36 years of age or older) Youth and young professionals (35 years of age or younger)