Forest Trends

Meet the Forest Trends' Interns! We are thrilled to have Meredith Foster, Isabelle Reinecke, and Victoria Quinn join our team this summer.

TOMORROW! Register for @EcoMarketplace's newest webinar at bit.ly/CCP_webinar

Welcome back to Meet the FT Team! This month, meet Gena Gammie, Director of Forest Trends' Global Water Initiative.

🌊JUST LAUNCHED🌊: The most comprehensive assessment of investment in nature for water security over the last decade. In our new report with @nature_org, we find broad and growing support for NbS for water around the world. Read our full findings: bit.ly/43P0kYk

Este martes 10 de junio, conéctate a este importante #webinar sobre la inversión en Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza (#SbN) para la seguridad hídrica alrededor del mundo, organizado por #TNC y @foresttrendsorg

Anunciando uma parceria histórica com o Ministério dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil e a Greendata para criar um programa de formação para a lideranças climáticas indígenas: bit.ly/4l2wIOh Fotos do nosso recente evento de lançamento no Brasil abaixo (Crédito: Levi Tapuia)

Announcing a historic partnership with Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and Greendata to develop a training program for Indigenous climate leadership: bit.ly/4dVdjMS Photos from our recent launch event in Brazil below. (Credit: Levi Tapuia)

Welcome back to Meet the FT team! This month, meet Jasmine Garcia, Director of Operations at Forest Trends.

@EcoMarketplace's 2025 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market report in now live! One key takeaway? Retirements and pricing data suggest that underlying demand remains resilient even amid broader market pressures. Access the full report: bit.ly/44ZYXZc

WEBINAR: Investing in nature is essential for a safe & secure water supply. As interest grows around nature-based solutions, does it translate into more investment? Join us & @nature_org on 6/10 to launch our new report and answer this question! Register: bit.ly/FT-TNC-webinar

🚨WEBINAR🚨Join our @EcoMarketplace team as they launch their 2025 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market report on May 29! Be the first to access the flagship report and get a breakdown of the latest analyses of primary carbon market data. Register here: bit.ly/3GTQDQG

NOW LIVE: In partnership w/ Greendata, we’ve launched a new Resource Center for Indigenous peoples & traditional communities on climate/conservation finance & carbon markets. View it in Portuguese (more languages coming soon!): centroderecursospicl.org

China has demonstrated strong domestic forest conservation policies to ensure its forests are contributing to global climate goals. But what abt emissions & deforestation linked to timber & agricultural imports? Findings on this often-overlooked loophole: forest-trends.org/publications/c…

Ryan holds a Bachelors of Music Education from SUNY Fredonia in New York. Fun fact about Ryan: As a lifelong musician and educator, Ryan teaches and performs jazz, rock, pop, and classical music within the Washington DC metro area.

Ryan has a background in education advocacy, project mgmt, & program operations. Prior to joining Forest Trends, Ryan worked for Music Will (fmr Little Kids Rock), a music education non-profit providing student-centered music education programming in US public schools.

Welcome back to Meet the FT team! This month, meet Ryan Boshart, Operations Manager at Forest Trends. In his role, Ryan is responsible for administrative, HR, and executive support tasks at Forest Trends.

Biodiversity-based investment themes are suddenly in the spotlight. How do we bring together decades of siloed knowledge on #biodiversity markets & finance to drive investment forward? Perspectives on this path forward here: ecosystemmarketplace.com/publications/n…

We're planting >2M trees in Brazil w/ @arborday & a network of partners, inc. Indigenous & local communities. A special look at this work in a newly launched video w/ Arbor Day & Greendata: youtu.be/5PEJ-BFEq_Q?si…

There’s no silver bullet solution to make #nature as valuable as we know it is. But we can offer a diverse & deeply informed set of perspectives on #biodiversity markets & finance over the past decades. Our latest report here: ecosystemmarketplace.com/publications/n…

Fun fact about Alex: For his master’s thesis, Alex analyzed the social networks of a population of blue monkeys in Kenya to characterize group cohesion in the face of between-group competition.

Alex has a BA in Biology from Dartmouth College and an MA in Conservation Biology from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Welcome back to Meet the FT team! This month, meet Alex Procton, Senior Manager of Data Solutions and Insights for @EcoMarketplace (EM).