Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Forests as Natural Infrastructure: Building a Portfolio Approach for Risk, Return, and Resilience

The Nature Hub @CWNYC2025

Tuesday 23rd September 2025
12:00 - 13:00 (EDT), New York City (US)

To explore how different forest finance tools—REDD+, restoration, and new mechanisms like HIFOR and TFFF—can work together to form a high-impact, diversified portfolio that mitigates climate risk, delivers measurable returns, and sustains the planet’s most critical natural infrastructure. The session will highlight real-world examples and emerging instruments that move beyond carbon to value forests for water, biodiversity, and stability in supply chains.

Speakers

  • Daniel Zarin, Executive Director, Forests and Climate Change, The Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Edwina McKechnie, Executive Vice President, Corporate Engagement, Emergent
  • Garo Batmanian, General Director of the Brazilian Forest Service and the TFFF lead for Brazil, Government of Brazil
  • Mark Wishnie, Chief Sustainability Officer, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
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