Proyectos de CSF

Conservation Strategy Fund is providing economic analysis to a joint initiative of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) and the fish-farming firm, Marine Harvest Canada (MHC). This cooperative venture seeks to understand the financial and environmental costs and benefits of different approaches to raising salmon in the coastal province of British Columbia. CSF’s team includes consulting economists Glenn Jenkins, George Kuo and Leonard Leung, of Queens University in Ontario.

Actualmente, las Áreas Protegidas de Bolivia están amenazadas por una presión creciente sobre los recursos naturales que albergan tanto en su interior, como en sus zonas de amortiguamiento. Una actividad productiva, que a la vez de generar recursos económicos para las poblaciones locales, contribuye a la gestión ambiental y la conservación de los recursos naturales es la producción y el aprovechamiento del cacao. Actualmente, el cacao silvestre es producido al interior y en las inmediaciones del Parque Nacional Madidi y la Reserva de la Biosfera y Tierra Comunitaria de Origen Pilón Lajas.

CSF is working with the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), which is the Brazilian National Park Service, on financial aspects of businesses operating in national parks. Starting with five protected areas, in the Atlantic Coastal Forest, the Amazon and the Cerrado, CSF will train and assist ICMBio staff on financial planning to provide services that will improve visitors' access and experience in the parks and strengthen the tie between Brazilians and their parks.

Indigenous people's lands are among the best preserved natural places. In the Amazon Basin, these vast tracts have lower rates of forest loss than national parks and are home to unique cultures, stunning scenery and high concentrations of biological diversity. But they are also beset by poverty and managed by native people looking for economic opportunities. CSF is working with the Suruí and Parintintin peoples to evaluate whether tourism could be one such opportunity for them.