CSF Courses

Conservation Strategy Fund gives conservation professionals economic skills that are key for success in protecting the environment. We strive to equip every participant in our courses with a solid understanding of economic fundamentals, fluency in the language of economics, and an ability to identify the best opportunities to apply economics to conservation practice. Since 1999, we have trained over 800 people from 90 countries.

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Economic Tools for Conservation - 2010 International Course

  • Monday, 9 August, 2010 - Friday, 20 August, 2010
  • Saturday, 15 May 2010

2010 Participants: Click here for more detailed information specific to the course.

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Investigaciones Económicas para la Conservación en los Andes Tropicales del Sur

  • Friday, 1 January, 2010 - Thursday, 31 March, 2011
  • Sunday, 8 November 2009

Conservación Estratégica (CSF) convoca a investigadores y analistas a proponer investigaciones aplicadas en el marco del Programa “Construyendo Destrezas Económicas para aportar a la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales del Sur”, con el apoyo financiero de la Fundación John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur.

En el marco de este programa, CSF ha diseñado un fondo concursable de becas de investigación para profesionales que trabajan en temas de análisis económico relacionados con el medio ambiente.

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Ferramentas Econômicas para a Conservação no Sul do Amazonas

A Conservação Estratégica propõe desenvolver um curso dirigido aos profissionais que atuam em iniciativas de combate ao desmatamento e avanço da fronteira agro-pecuária no Sul do Amazonas.

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Herramientas Económicas Para la Conservación y Análisis Integral de Proyectos

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2009 - Saturday, 12 September, 2009
  • Peru, South America
  • Sunday, 9 August 2009

Conservación Estratégica (CSF) anuncia el lanzamiento del Programa “Construyendo Destrezas Económicas para aportar a la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales”, con el apoyo financiero de la Fundación MacArthur. En el marco de este programa, CSF ha diseñado un curso para capacitar a profesionales y técnicos que trabajan en temas de análisis de aspectos económicos relacionados con el medio ambiente. Este curso cuenta con la colaboración de USAID, a través de la Iniciativa para la Conservación en la Amazonía Andina ICAA, la Universidad del Pacífico y LACEEP.

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Capacitación en Negociación Ambiental

  • Monday, 17 August, 2009 - Saturday, 22 August, 2009
  • Bolivia, South America
  • Friday, 10 July 2009

Un entrenamiento para profesionales decisores en conservación y manejo de recursos naturales

América Latina se encuentra envuelta en una creciente conflictividad socio-ambiental, y en muchos casos las instituciones públicas y los actores sociales tienen capacidades limitadas para responder de forma adecuada y efectiva a los conflictos.

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Economic Tools for Conservation - 2009 International Course

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2009 - Saturday, 22 August, 2009
  • Monday, 15 June 2009

In 2009 Conservation Strategy Fund gave its 11th annual international training course Economic Tools for Conservation at Stanford University. During the two-week course, participants learn to use economics to be more strategic and successful in their conservation work. Participants study natural resource and environmental economics, practice communication and negotiation techniques, and get hands-on experience with cost-benefit analysis. This course is presented in partnership with the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University and The Nature Conservancy.

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Decision-makers Workshop: Developing Economic Analysis Capacity for the Conservation of the Southern Tropical Andes

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2009

This Project was launched with a workshop aimed at decision-makers from Bolivia and Peru, held this past August in Lima. The purpose of this workshop was to familiarize representatives from both countries with the tools that economic analysis provides to conservation practice, and to get their feedback on economic research priorities for their on-the-ground conservation programs in southeastern Peru and northern Bolivia. Participants included representatives from government, NGOs and cooperation agencies in both countries.