A lot of finance companies are quite worried about putting money down in conservation financing because there just isn’t profit in it. Perhaps things are changing though? Even so, other smaller players like in the car loans and car finance industry, they won’t change much!
It’s not easy to finance conservation efforts if companies cannot see the profit and loss margins clearly. And besides philanthropic reasons, I don’t think anybody would be willing to put money into something that they won’t receive returns from! It’s going to be a chicken and egg scenario since we’re not going to get anywhere without funding either!
Now let us consider the efforts of the generous rich people who set aside a huge portion of money to the charity. And they do not expect a return from the charity. Similarly, the people will invest in Conservation. And there will be a nominal return on the investment. It will also take a long time to have such a return. But the people who made the Conservation Investment can be proud that they are conserving the non-living from fauna, flora to the coming generations of human beings. This type of charity lasts for generations. So we have to identify the real generous people within us.
Pat Coady is right. Deals exist that are both restorative (of ecosystems) and profitable. Natural systems are giant production systems. When they lose their function, they lose their economic value. Let’s view them as young companies, or even farms, which must receive investment to produce profit.
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BY webbrowan
ON December 7, 2015 08:54 PM
A lot of finance companies are quite worried about putting money down in conservation financing because there just isn’t profit in it. Perhaps things are changing though? Even so, other smaller players like in the car loans and car finance industry, they won’t change much!
BY webbrowan
ON December 14, 2015 08:39 PM
It’s not easy to finance conservation efforts if companies cannot see the profit and loss margins clearly. And besides philanthropic reasons, I don’t think anybody would be willing to put money into something that they won’t receive returns from! It’s going to be a chicken and egg scenario since we’re not going to get anywhere without funding either!
BY BHASI BAHULEYAN
ON February 12, 2016 11:03 AM
Now let us consider the efforts of the generous rich people who set aside a huge portion of money to the charity. And they do not expect a return from the charity. Similarly, the people will invest in Conservation. And there will be a nominal return on the investment. It will also take a long time to have such a return. But the people who made the Conservation Investment can be proud that they are conserving the non-living from fauna, flora to the coming generations of human beings. This type of charity lasts for generations. So we have to identify the real generous people within us.
BY Alyson Myers
ON April 9, 2016 01:53 PM
Pat Coady is right. Deals exist that are both restorative (of ecosystems) and profitable. Natural systems are giant production systems. When they lose their function, they lose their economic value. Let’s view them as young companies, or even farms, which must receive investment to produce profit.