Economics and Finance for Environmental Leadership: Celebrating 25 years of CSF’s flagship international course with another successful cohort

This August and September, Conservation Strategy Fund brought 43 participants together for the 25th iteration of our world-renowned Economics and Finance for Environmental Leadership Course. This course is designed for professionals at the forefront of global sustainability issues, to train them on key economic and financial mechanisms they can use in their work building sustainable conservation strategies.

Jennifer Swensson

Jenn joined CSF as the Accounting Associate in January 2024. Jenn’s professional background includes 13 years of nonprofit experience working with a variety of organizations in the US, Ireland, UK, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Prior to joining CSF she was an Assistant Controller with CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) a public accounting firm where she worked with a variety of nonprofits in Washington, D.C.

Impacto de los incendios en Bolivia: un análisis nacional

Bolivia ha experimentado un desafío angustiante en los últimos años: los incendios forestales. Estos eventos devastadores no solo dejan cicatrices en el paisaje, sino también en la vida de las personas y en la rica biodiversidad del país. En este análisis, exploraremos a fondo el impacto de los incendios en Bolivia a nivel nacional. Destacaremos las diversas facetas de este problema, que incluye la pérdida de bosques y biodiversidad, las consecuencias ambientales y económicas.

Forestry concessions experience lower rates of forest loss than Protected Areas in Bolivia

Many people think logging is a major cause of tropical deforestation, but in this blog post we show that expanding forestry concessions may actually be the best way of protecting the forest in Bolivia.

In 2016, about 5.6 million hectares of Bolivian forest were being used for timber production through long-term forestry concessions (see Map 1). The forestry concessions were located mainly in areas with Amazon rainforest (63%) and Chiquitano dry forest (31%).

Map 1: Forestry concessions in Bolivia, 2016 (5.6 million hectares)

Las tasas de deforestación en concesiones forestales son menores que en Áreas Protegidas en Bolivia

Mucha gente piensa que la tala de árboles es una de las principales causas de deforestación. En este blog mostraremos que, en realidad, expandir las concesiones forestales puede ser la mejor manera de proteger los bosques en Bolivia.

En 2016, alrededor de 5,6 millones de hectáreas de bosque en Bolivia estaban siendo utilizadas para la producción de madera a partir de concesiones forestales de largo plazo (ver Mapa 1). Las concesiones forestales estaban localizadas principalmente en el Bosque Amazónico (63%) y Bosque Seco Chiquitano (31%).

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