NATURE’S FORTUNE TOUTED BY FORMER GOLDMAN DIRECTOR By Ellie Winninghoff “We love nature, but we make it sound like a luxury.” That’s how Nature Conservancy president and CEO Mark Tercek, formerly a managing director at Goldman Sachs, opened his remarks earlier this month at a gathering at Town Hall in …
A New Shade of Big Green: Conservation Notes
The Nature Conservancy is offering conservation notes to retail investors By Ellie Winninghoff What does the sale-leaseback of fishing quotas and trawlers in central California’s Morro Bay have in common with helping four ranching families in eastern Colorado buy a fifth ranch? Both were negotiated by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), …
Landmark Agreement To Save Canada’s Boreal Forest
To Save Canada’s Boreal Forest Last spring, conservation groups and timber companies signed an historic agreement to protect a large swath of Canada’s boreal forest. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, the Pew Environment Group’s Steven E. Kallick, a key player in the agreement, explains why the accord is …