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Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Conservation Agreement Fund Scott Cecil is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Conservation Agreement Fund. Scott, through several ventures has been instrumental in funding the Upper Essequibo Conservation Concession (UECC) in Guyana since 2006 when he first read an article about conservation agreements authored by Dr. Richard Rice. Because…

Trustee, Maasailand Preservation Trust, Kenya Tom Hill received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His career as a business and social entrepreneur spans more than forty years. He assisted Dr. Donald Johanson in founding the Institute of Human Origins (now at…

Senior Economist, Conservation Strategy Fund Aaron is Senior Economist at Conservation Strategy Fund. He has worked for 20 years leading conservation projects and research in developing countries, with a focus on the benefits and costs of protected areas, ecosystem service valuation, development planning, and conservation performance agreements. He holds a Master in Public Policy degree…

Senior Consultant, EcoAdvisors Dr. Eduard Niesten serves as Senior Consultant with boutique conservation services firm EcoAdvisors. Throughout his career he has focused on designing effective conservation approaches with a particular interest in direct incentives and sustainable finance. Before joining EcoAdvisors, he spent 14 years at Conservation International designing, implementing and evaluating incentive-based interventions that advanced conservation…

Chief Program Officer, Nia Tero Dr. Chris Filardi is a research scientist by training with 30 years’ experience in building grassroots partnerships with indigenous peoples to sustain thriving natural systems within their territories. Chris has helped establish community-based wildlife reserves in Papua New Guinea and has facilitated strategies for customary protected areas in the Solomon…

Co-Founder and President, Conservation Agreement Fund Dr. Richard Rice has over 25 years experience in natural resource and public policy analysis, most recently at Conservation International where he served as chief economist. While at Conservation International, he conducted extensive research on the costs and effectiveness of different approaches to biodiversity conservation in the tropics and…