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

Economic Benefits of Madidi National Park
Economic Benefits of Madidi National Park

Significant local economic benefits are provided by Madidi National Park in Bolivia.

Dams and Roads in the Madeira Basin
Dams and Roads in the Madeira Basin

Infrastructure development on Brazilian stretch of Madeira river may fuel soybean expansion into Bolivia

Roads in the Selva Maya
Roads in the Selva Maya

Economically inefficient road projects would spur fragmentation and deforestation in Selva Maya

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2007 Annual Report

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CSF's John Reid quoted in Plenty magazine about controversial dam on Xingu river in Brazilian Amazon
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Ecoaméricas cites CSF-supported study on roads in the Maya Biosphere reserve

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2008 International Course
August 11-22, 2008
Stanford University
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Publications

Valuing Protected Areas in Brazil

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

Roads and Protected Areas in Northern Bolivia

Feasibility studies of road projects should include alternatives and economic impacts on protected areas.

 

PES in Três Picos State Park

Payment for Environmental Services may help protect Brazil's Atlantic Forest