Tree frog Conservation Strategy Fund uses economics and strategic thinking to help conserve natural ecosystems around the globe. Our approach involves helping local conservationists use analytical tools to find smart, efficient solutions to the most urgent environmental problems. We train environmental professionals from the tropics in a focused package of practical skills, and also work with groups directly in the field. Since its creation in 1998, CSF has concentrated on forests and rivers in the tropics, where extraordinarily high levels of biological diversity are found. To maximize the reach and quality of our work, we have involved leading experts and conservation organizations in all of our projects. CSF is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

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Projects

Usumacinta Dam
Usumacinta Dam

The Tenosique dam project on the Usumacinta River is financially shaky, and will negatively impact local communities and downstream wetlands

Interoceánica Sur Road
Interoceánica Sur Road

Tropical forests of southeastern Peru hold the highest biodiversity levels in the world. This unique region is threatened by the construction of a paved road linking Brazil to Peruvian ports on the Pacific Ocean.

Economic Valuation of Marine Management Areas - Gladden Spit, Belize
Economic Valuation of Marine Management Areas - Gladden Spit, Belize

The objective of our work in Belize is to qualify and quantify social economic values of the Gladden Spit Marine Management Area (MMA).

Latest News

 

CSF finds Amazon road BR-319 will lose millions

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CSF is awarded North Bay's Best of 2009

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CSF awarded MacArthur Grant for conservation in Tropical Andes
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International Economic Tools for Conservation course
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        Stanford University
        August 10-21, 2009

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Publications

Economic feasibility of the reconstruction of the BR-319 road in the Brazilian Amazon
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The reconstruction of the abandoned BR-319 road will open a vast area of high conservation importance to deforestation, causing significant economic and environmental losses.

Economic Valuation of Tourism and Fishing Resources in Coiba National Park
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Tourism and fishing activities in and around Coiba National Park provide significant economic benefits.

Valuing Protected Areas in Brazil

Ecological Economics Journal publishes CSF's cutting edge research on existence values of Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest.